AWS Origin Story - The Dissenting Narrative

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In 2003, a network engineer at Amazon named Benjamin Black is working on the IT architecture transition that we talked about. He's working with Chris Pinkham, who in fact oversees all of network engineering within IT at Amazon. The two of them write a six pager about how they actually are going to restructure the network engineering part of the IT architecture. They then showed this to Jeff Bezos, the proposal made its way to Jeff Bezos and he greenlit their project.

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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