Amazon Cloud Facing Data Tsunami, Competitive Challenges as IoT Looms
January 25, 2015
Grazed from TechTimes. Author: Christian de Looper
Amazon Web Services, the e-tailer’s cloud business, has been holding tight to a leadership position but all that could change as the Internet of Things, with all its data, arrives like a gale force into the consumer and enterprise environments.
One industry watcher is questioning whether Amazon will survive as a cloud services provider given the e-tailer has a short window to re-strategize its cloud business model due to the Internet of Things (IoT), which is the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices collecting data from every point possible…
According to a recent study from the Internet of Things Consortium (IoTC), almost 65 percent of U.S. consumers are moderately or extremely open to the idea of adopting smart home technology, which is a big focus of current IoT innovation…
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