This week in cloud: Amazon upsets Apple; NTT backs Cloud Foundry; cloud taxes in dispute
February 17, 2013
Amazon is numero uno in consumer appeal, beating out even Apple and Google, according to Harris Interactive. Also, Cloud Foundry gets big backer in NTT and states reconsider sales taxes on cloud services.
Amazon bests Apple in consumer appeal
Amazon is the most widely admired U.S. company, edging out last year’s favorite, Apple, according to the new Harris Interactive Poll on most reputable companies. The online book seller and cloud services provider ranked in the top five in five of six criteria and its combined reputation quotient or “RQ” score was 82.62. Harris takes various factors including quality of products and services; workplace environment; social responsibility; financial performance; and emotional appeal to calculate the RQ, querying some 14,000 respondents…
Anything over 80 is viewed as excellent. Amazon got nearly 100 percent positive rankings on “all measures related to trust and tremendous support and “word of mouth,” according to Harris’ summary. Those words must come as music to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ears. He continuously champions Amazon’s customer service and low pricing as key to its success — although some bearish Wall Streeters might differ with him on that…
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