Amazon is by far the biggest online retailer with an almost worldwide presence. Everyone has heard about Amazon and the possibilities that this type of store present to the busy society of the 21st century: they offer home delivery of pretty much anything that can be bought in a conventional store.
Amazon was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, and since then, it has grown consistently every year, offering more and more products and services, but at some point, they got into the cloud computing business. It makes sense that a big company such as Amazon needs a lot of processing power, is reliable, and is able to adapt to the necessities of the business quickly.
Initially, the cloud services were an internal solution to satisfy the high availability needs of the business as well as have the capacity to grow in a uniform way. This created a lot of expertise within...