There are a few components that will prime the pumps in the technology/media/lifestyle sectors and allow for enormous corporate growth in the next 18-24 months; and Amazon realizes this. At first-glance it would appear that Amazon just wants to join the media party and continue to offer feature-set parity with iTunes, and maybe that’s all they want to do. But when you begin to look at the broad capability Amazon is developing with their Data-center/SAS offering, their media services whether streaming or for purchase both digital and analog, their Kindle device that actually subsidizes wireless connectivity (offered through Sprint) and is a pioneering model of distributing content you begin to see that the only hole in their strategy is they have no “operating system” to offer that runs on Mobile/Set-Top/Automotive/MID appliances (Google has Android, Apple has OSX, MSFT has Windows Mobile and Linux has LiMo/Access). All of these components and cababilities describe a robust and end-to-end “cloud-computing” experience. One where you maintain statefulness with they media you consume (VOD), the content you produce (emails/blogs/reviews) and games you play all from a wide range of devices centered around you and where you are/what you are doing. From driving your car to working on your laptop to waiting at the airport, the goal is to offer the consumer a unified user experience that offers data/profile/state portability and conformes to YOU – not the other way arond. It’s all moving in that direction, and I’ll have more on this after I give my cloud-computing talk alter this month. But for now – take a closer look at some of the links and articles posted here:
