Friday, April 29, 2016

Massive growth shows why Amazon is the public cloud leader


Amazon showed off its dominance in the public cloud market on Thursday as the capstone to a better-than-expected quarterly earnings report.


Revenue from Amazon Web Services during the first quarter of 2016 was up 64 percent year-over-year, showing the big money that’s still out there as companies invest more and more in the public cloud. 


Amazon’s cloud platform generated revenue of $ 2.56 billion, putting it on pace to make $ 10 billion this year, in line with a letter from CEO Jeff Bezos sent to shareholders earlier this month. That’s big money to go with Amazon’s massive customer base, which includes names like Netflix, Time Inc., and Intuit. 


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Massive growth shows why Amazon is the public cloud leader

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