The Origin of Cloud Computing and IT Infrastructure

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The Apple spin out that invented the iPhone 20 years before the iPhone also wanted to have the internet sort of barely existed. So I don't think they thought of it as the internet, but a distributed, always accessible back end IT infrastructure for all the services that were going to be on the mobile device. Do you know the origin of the term cloud as applied to IT infrastructure? Oh, I do not.

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per latest market share data.) While many myths, legends, and some downright falsehoods exist, the real answer to that question deserves a full Acquired episode of its very own. So here it is: the story of Amazon Web Services. Who’s got the truth? Tune in and find out. :)

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