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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

At the time we viewed Amazon’s offering, EC2 as too nascent. It’s needed for Fandango, RottenTomatoes, Movies.com, Lunch.com and scores of other companies. During my second startup we never considered using cloud computer processing for our real-time processes but we did run some batch processes there. Healthcare data.

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