AWS compared to previous IT solutions

- [Narrator] Running a business today … requires engagement with technology. … Businesses of all sizes … need to use websites, email, and applications … to drive sales, operations, and growth. … In the past, each of these technology platforms … were owned and operated by the business or organization. … If the firm had more than two employees, … especially if it was in multiple locations, … it would deploy an impressive stack of technology pieces, … each of them critical to a day's work. … Deploying technology would require the purchase, … maintenance, and operation of servers, networks, … cooling systems, facilities, storage, security, … cabling, and engineering expertise. … Keeping all of these domains running smoothly … requires an immense budget. … In large organizations, each of these domains … requires an independent, intellectual expertise … to manage that piece of the technological puzzle. … To illustrate this point further, … let's take a look at a standard service infrastructure. …