Introduction
Amazon is considered to be one of the largest company pertaining to revenue in the world. Amazon also helps in providing online web services to the customers and produces various types of electronics which includes Kindle e-readers, fire tablets, fire tv as well as echo devices that has helped in increasing the customer base of the organization. Amazon is an online service organization that is involved in the merchandising of its digital as well as physical goods, manages supply chain as well as logistics and has also been successful in building strong partnership with its suppliers as well as sellers. It should also be noted that Amazon has effectively and efficiently made use of SaaS cloud computing service within its organization that has helped in making its activities more productive and positive. Amazon organization belongs to both digital as well as entertainment sector.
Some of the information technology that is required by Amazon web services comprises of web services, group ware, middleware as well as networking. It is through these information technologies that acts as a pillar of the organization.
Research methodology
The research methodology that will be used is secondary data collection method. The secondary data will be collected from newspaper articles, company profile of Amazon and credible as well as authentic articles. Secondary data helps in collecting wide range of data through different sources and at the same time also helps in providing wide range of ideas as well as opinions of from different perspectives.
Current Status of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is effectively being used by various digital services as it has helped in enhancing the chances of capitalization, reduces cost of the services, acts as a replacement for aging back office applications. Since, digital services has a huge customer base therefore, cloud computing has made it quite easier for web services to gather and collect data in a secured manner. Thus, Amazon too has a huge customer base and successfully operates globally and the incorporation of cloud computing had helped in adding to its success. At the same time cloud computing within Amazon company has also helped in supporting the use of artificial intelligence and has also assisted Amazon in understanding various business opportunities, resolved many operational issues and has led to exclusive and effective customer experiences.
Amazon has effectively made use of SaaS (software as a service) type of cloud computing within their business operations. This type of cloud computing is a way of delivering applications over the internet as a service. Instead of installing as well as maintaining the software they easily access it via the internet which has helped Amazon to free themselves from various complex software as well as hardware management. Saas cloud computing services has been efficiently used within Amazon Web Services that has helped the organization to evaluate the potential financial impact on the company.
There are several legal, ethical and other impact of using Saas within the Amazon company that will be discussed in this section.
