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Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Post by pen2l »

> Amazon's rise as the dominant player in renting on-demand, web-based computing power and storage has put some competitors, such as Netflix Inc., in the unlikely position of relying on a corporate rival as they move to the cloud.

Oh yeah, Netflix is on AWS. Amazon is doing pretty much everything, I expect/predict in another two years they will launch a music streaming site a la Google Music/Spotify.

Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Post by tallanvor »

coldcode wrote: post #2

I wonder if this is restraint of trade and illegal. It's as if they are telling retailers they can't sell to Walmart and Target.

There's nothing that says a company couldn't run their service on both AWS or another provider as long as they can guarantee that Wal-Mart's confidential data is not stored on AWS.

Honestly, it's not an unreasonable request from a corporate security standpoint.

Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Post by ovi256 »

pen2l wrote: post #4

> Amazon's rise as the dominant player in renting on-demand, web-based computing power and storage has put some competitors, such as Netflix Inc., in the unlikely position of relying on a corporate rival as they move to the cloud. Oh yeah, Netflix is on AWS. Amazon is doing pretty much everything, I expect/predict in another two years they will launch a music streaming site a la Google Music/Spotify.

Regarding your prediction of a music streaming service, Prime Music and Music Unlimited already exist!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/promotions/PrimeMusic https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/promotions/AmazonMusicUnlim...

Yup, Amazon kinda sucks at marketing so many services, but who does better ?

Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Post by peteretep »

pen2l wrote: post #4

> Amazon's rise as the dominant player in renting on-demand, web-based computing power and storage has put some competitors, such as Netflix Inc., in the unlikely position of relying on a corporate rival as they move to the cloud. Oh yeah, Netflix is on AWS. Amazon is doing pretty much everything, I expect/predict in another two years they will launch a music streaming site a la Google Music/Spotify.

I expect/predict in a couple of years that Netflix will be able to run just fine on Azure.

Re: Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS

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Post by edraferi »

pen2l wrote: post #4

> Amazon's rise as the dominant player in renting on-demand, web-based computing power and storage has put some competitors, such as Netflix Inc., in the unlikely position of relying on a corporate rival as they move to the cloud. Oh yeah, Netflix is on AWS. Amazon is doing pretty much everything, I expect/predict in another two years they will launch a music streaming site a la Google Music/Spotify.

>Amazon is doing pretty much everything, I expect/predict this in another two years they will launch a music streaming site a la Google Music/Spotify.

They've been selling music for almost a decade! They started selling DRM Free Mp3s in 2007 [1]. Now you get limited streaming music with your Prime membership and access to a full streaming library for about $10/mo.

[1] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Music

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