FD Insights Issue 12 | Page 32

competing well with some differentiation in their offering and Google have lots of resources to continue their growth in this space, but of these ‘big three’, the combination of market position, an aggressive roadmap and the ability to execute will see AWS remain the de-facto standard for the foreseeable future. What makes Amazon AWS such an exciting brand to work on? AWS is more than a brand, it’s a new paradigm! Let me put it this way - I listen to AWS podcasts every time I travel in my car and spent all the spare time I had over the festive season getting a handle on the portfolio of services on offer. I watch YouTube videos in the evenings (yes, I am a nerd), and I run through the resources on the AWS partner network daily. I’ve tested some of the solutions available myself, browsed the AWS marketplace for what feels like hours on end and fired off so many questions to our presales team that I think I have become ‘that annoying guy’. Despite this, I still cannot fathom the depth of use cases and opportunities for the local channel that AWS enables, and am having a hard time choosing from so many viable solution areas so that we assi