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JAN 15

Small Firms Tap Amazon's Juice†

Web-Services Unit Gains Popularity Renting Storage, Server Capacity

Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008 — When Internet start-up Renkoo Inc. created a program called Booze Mail in June, its chief technology officer, Joyce Park, didn't want to set the program up on the company's main computer infrastructure. Instead, she signed up for Amazon.com Inc. By doing so, Ms. Park joined a growing group of start-ups and entrepreneurs now turning to an unusual ally: Amazon.

Category: New Media Marketing
Tag: Amazon

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