Xconomy
JANUARY 2, 2018
In March 2006, Amazon launched Simple Storage Service (S3). Although few people paid much attention at the time, the announcement of S3 marked the beginning of a great migration of data from on-premises storage to the cloud. Read more » Reprints | Share:
socalTECH
MAY 8, 2013
Companies like Dropbox, Microsoft, Google, and many others are setting the standard for those cloud services. Number two, is our pricing. We''re not using third party services such as Amazon S3, which just adds to your cost. Our new product competes with Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. What is iDrive?
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 3, 2010
Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. MetaMarkets.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
They started by offering cloud storage (S3) on a super cheap, pay-as-you consume basis. Not Google. They knew the venture math that if only 50 companies / year are sold North of $100 million the entry price for their investments mattered. They came from a different perspective. Amazon changed our industry. This is mind boggling.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 Google turned YouTube into one of the most valuable future Internet properties. The Past (1985-2002).
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