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Once again, Netflix steps into the fray, open sourcing code it’s used on its own Amazon Web Services implementations so others can avail themselves of it. Read more »
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Amazon is an electronic commerce company. It is the largest Internet based company in the United States. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs, VHSs, CDs, video and MP3 downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics — notably, Amazon Kindle e-book readers, Kindle Fire tablets, Fire TV and Fire Phone — and is a major provider of cloud computing services. Amazon has separate retail websites for United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India and Mexico.
MoreOnce again, Netflix steps into the fray, open sourcing code it’s used on its own Amazon Web Services implementations so others can avail themselves of it. Read more »
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