Amazon cloud unit kills Snowmobile data transfer truck eight years after driving 18-wheeler onstage

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The webpage devoted to AWS "Snow family" of products now directs users to its other data transport services, including the Snowball Edge, a 50-pound suitcase-sized device that can be equipped with fast solid-state drives, and the smaller Snowcone. "Since we introduced Snowmobile in 2016, weve released many other new services and features which have made migrating data to AWS even faster and easier for our customers," the spokesperson wrote. While its fairly routine for AWS and rivals Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform to get rid of products and services, the elimination of Snowmobile stands out due to the splashy way it was introduced at the companys showcase Reinvent conference in Las Vegas in late 2016. AWS still leads the giant cloud infrastructure market and generated $90.8 billion in revenue last year, accounting for 16% of Amazons total sales. The companys spokesperson said AWS Snowball Edge devices, which clients can return to Amazon by mail after filling them up with data, are smaller than the Snowmobile vehicles, cost less and have a shorter turnaround time.

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