Amazon社のCEOが自社のクラウドコンピューティング事業について語ったインタビュー。
Amazon社の元々の事業であったeCommerce事業はソフトウェアビジネスと比較して、マージンの薄いモデルであることが自社の効率向上に強く影響していることを強調し、そのフォーカスがこういった新しい事業を生んでいる、と語っている。
転じて、こクラウドコンピューティング事業が従来のeCommerce事業と比較して、非常にマージンの高い事業であること、それがAmazonの株主に評価されている、ということが伺える。
Jeff Bezos Talks About Why Amazon is an innovator in Web Services
GigaOm has an interview Amazon's Jeff Bezos about Amazon Web Services.
This video confirms 2 reasons why I think AWS is successful. Being a retailer, Amazon has low margins and needs to be efficient. (they know how to do pricing to maximize profit.) And, being a retailer, they have to hit dates to meet retail schedules (no compromises on delivery).
Here are more details for you to digest.
- How and when Amazon began its cloud computing effort.
- Why Amazon has become an innovator with Amazon Web Services and how it relates to their core business of being an online retailer.
- Whether or not Wall Street recognizes Amazon's cloud efforts.
- What's next for Amazon Web Services.
- Whether or not Amazon has plans for a VC fund or for cloud computing startups.
For even more info about Amazon's cloud computing efforts, join us at our upcoming conference, Structure '08, where CTO Werner Vogels will be delivering a keynote address.
