IM418 1ST MID CASE STUDY

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1.Amazon.com tries to fake strategic advantage of its resources. of what physical resources does Amazon.com take advantage?

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The physical resources does amazon.com take advantage is its simplicity of that help the clients to avoid the cost and time in establishing their own storage network,one that is distributed around the globe and on which data elements are replicated, so that if one server is down,another can still provide the data.

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2. Does amazon.com strategically leverage anything else in addition to physical assets?

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Yes,

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3.What are the benefits of S3 for small company?

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The benefits of S3 for small company is that the company had rapid growth but has limited staff and data-center space,can store vast amount of data that must be accessible from any part of the world, and it is reliable,

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4. At the current rates for S3 services,Amazon.com does not make a great profit ( or any at all). Why, then, do you think Amazon.com offers S3?

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Amazon.com offers S3 because provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites.