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April 12, 2012

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Zappos Breach -- Is good security impossible?

While we don't yet have all the details of the recently exposed Zappos breach, what are your thoughts on whether or not it is possible to maintain good information security for an ecommerce or otherwise internet connected environment?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57359536-83/zappos-customer-data-accessed-in-security-breach/
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April 11, 2012

Kathy Wojcik answered this question

What is the business focus and model of Amazon?

Adam,
Since I don't know if I hit the sweet spot of your questions, let me also offer the following:
http://www.svproduct.com/business-strategy-vs-product-strategy/
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2010/id20100412_520351.htm
Perhaps these urls will shed some light on this topic. more

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March 28, 2012

Casey Carbonel and 4 other people answered this question

How does the Kindle Fire change things?

You mention the amazon cloud. That's great for people who are already using that particular cloud host. However the most common mistake business owners who are looking for mobility make is that they are jumping into products like this, and they trying to mold their ... more

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Feb. 24, 2012

Kshitiz Verma answered this question

What do you think of Amazon's new Simple Workflow Service?

This sounds to me like Amazon is gearing up to move in PaaS and SaaS as well with an unique approach. Amazon SWF manages task execution dependencies, scheduling, and concurrency based on a developer’s application logic. The service stores tasks, reliably dispatches them to application ... more

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Jan. 25, 2012

Robert Keahey answered this question

Is Joyent in the same league as AWS?

I think you have to separate Joyent into its two main businesses to answer your question. Joyent delivers a cloud OS (software) platform made up of 4 components: SmartDataCenter (Orchestration and Management), SmartMachines (App, Middleware and VM suites), SmartOS (KVM port to host virtualized OpenSolaris ... more

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Jan. 19, 2012

Lauren Buchsbaum asked a question

What are some practical applications for Amazon's new DynamoDB?

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Jan. 18, 2012

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What impact would a cloud search offering from Amazon have for the web?

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Jan. 11, 2012

Jason Cheverton and 1 other person answered this question

Are brick and mortar electronics stores on the way out?

The "Mom and Pop" style shops are undoubtedly on their way out - their inability to compete on price, coupled with the consumer's reluctance to spend the extra dollar to support the "little guy" will inevitably shut down most of these establishments. That being said, ... more

Dec. 31, 2011

greg schulz and 1 other person answered this question

With Amazon's recent price spikes, do you expect the cost of cloud computing to increase?

Prices will go up however the quality of service, service levels and associated capabilities should also go up. I was with a cloud backup service provider and about a year ago switched to a different provider that ended up costing more. I could switch back ... more

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Dec. 29, 2011

Lauren Buchsbaum selected a best answer for

Have you heard of any companies that have "outgrown" AWS?

AWS is clearly an excellent service for SMBs... but what happens as they start to scale? I am curious to hear if cost, security, potential downtime, and the limitations of a standardized system ever force growing companies to shift to a different model. more

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Dec. 29, 2011

Lauren Buchsbaum selected a best answer for

What were some of the biggest site/service outages in 2011?

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