Amazon launches cloud service to help non-coders build apps
Summary
As more services get introduced, AWS aims for customers to spend more money, which is important because the unit accounts for most of Amazons operating income. Bosworth created and led the development of a product that was kept secret for years but was expected to be software that people can use to write applications with little to no coding. Bosworth worked on Honeycode at Amazon, Larry Augustin, a vice president at the company, said on Wednesday. In recent years Amazon has sought to branch out with cloud-based applications for less technical users, such as the Chime video-calling service, but AWS has had less success with those efforts. In 2015 Microsoft introduced the PowerApps software for easily building business applications, and in January Google acquired AppSheet, a start-up with no-code application-development tools.