Amazon's clout: World's largest online retailer joins the cloud computing camp

Many organisations invest heavily in information technology, acquiring the best IT equipment, backup for the best IT equipment, and hiring highly skilled and reputable IT consultants and vendors. While a great IT infrastructure will be critical to business success, its escalating costs have become s...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.ksmu-13802018-07-09T04:59:56Z Amazon's clout: World's largest online retailer joins the cloud computing camp Knowledge@SMU Many organisations invest heavily in information technology, acquiring the best IT equipment, backup for the best IT equipment, and hiring highly skilled and reputable IT consultants and vendors. While a great IT infrastructure will be critical to business success, its escalating costs have become somewhat prohibitive, thanks, in part, to a vicious lock-in cycle that handcuffs organisations to heavy machines. Enter cloud computing – a new paradigm in IT management that slashes capital expenditure and operating costs. Amazon.com, which runs the world's largest online retail store on a cloud, believes that cloud computing is the way forward for the connected business. 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/381 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1380&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business Technology and Innovation
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Amazon's clout: World's largest online retailer joins the cloud computing camp
description Many organisations invest heavily in information technology, acquiring the best IT equipment, backup for the best IT equipment, and hiring highly skilled and reputable IT consultants and vendors. While a great IT infrastructure will be critical to business success, its escalating costs have become somewhat prohibitive, thanks, in part, to a vicious lock-in cycle that handcuffs organisations to heavy machines. Enter cloud computing – a new paradigm in IT management that slashes capital expenditure and operating costs. Amazon.com, which runs the world's largest online retail store on a cloud, believes that cloud computing is the way forward for the connected business.
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title Amazon's clout: World's largest online retailer joins the cloud computing camp
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