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AWS compared to previous IT solutions

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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. First, a company must build a…

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