The Origin Story of Amazon Web Services

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Amazon.com, like all retail businesses in America, at least is highly seasonal. They have huge spikes of traffic and demand in Q4 for the holiday shopping season. So we identify your referring to one origin story of AWS. We identified not one, not two, not three, but four separate origin stories. And we're going to tell them all here. I think there is something important to learn about what AWS is and about Amazon and about Amazon culture in all of these.

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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