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Amazon CTO on the benefits of the cloud
At the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels broadly outlines the benefits of a cloud-based infrastructure
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At the Supernova Conference in San Francisco, Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels broadly outlines the benefits of a cloud-based infrastructure. He says web services offer businesses the ability to lower costs, increase agility, and run a more secure platform within their organisations.