Just wanted to quickly share a great article i’ve just read over at New York Times tech online, about Amazon Web Services and their EC2 cloud service. What struck me as especially worthy of a bit of attention is the fact that the article manages to do something that Amazon themselves have not quite done enough – and that is make the concept of their services highly accessible to a wider audience.
While nobody could dispute the fantastic quality and innovation of Amazon’s services, some have pointed out that their branding and thus selling of them could be (even) better. The various services are mainly intended for use by business clients requiring flexible and reliable computing facilities, but preferring to go…