Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels hails ‘egalitarian’ impact of cloud on enterprise IT
Summary
Cloud has done its bit to level the technological playing field for SMEs and enterprises, but it is how companies use their data that determines how successful they will be, says Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels .“Every company, large or small, has access to the same servers, databases, storage, mobile services and analytics tools,” he said.Data is now emerging as the point of competitive difference for companies, with investments in machine learning tools and technologies now considered business-critical, he added.To this end, the days when AWS could be simply categorised as an infrastructure-as-a-service ( IaaS ) provider are long gone, given that its product portfolio has now expanded to include database, machine learning and analytics tools, which are all geared towards helping customers do more with their data, said Vogels.When buying services through the marketplace, it is not uncommon for enterprises to encounter delays as contract negotiations are undertaken and resolved, said Gavin Jackson, managing director at AWS for the UK and Ireland, which can put the brakes on some IT projects.