AWS

While many analysts and experts are predicting Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will boast a $1 trillion valuation, analysts at Raymond James are taking a step back. Raymond James' Aaron Kessler downgraded shares of Amazon from Outperform to Market Perform while removing a $925 price target under...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has become a name to reckon with in the online retail marketplace. The core business has given it so much clout and prowess that it has helped it to diversify into cloud computing business. Amazon, being what it is, has found tremendous success in the business...

Ross Sandler of Barclays initiated coverage of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) in late March and suggested the stock will be worth $1 trillion one day. Despite the lofty long-term valuation, the analyst believes investors should be "treading cautiously" heading into the company's first-quarter...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) “is on the winning side of the biggest TAMs & lowest penetration shifts in consumer internet & enterprise, and has more runway than just about any other company, in our view.” Barclays’ Ross Sandler initiated coverage of the company with an...

Brent Bracelin of Pacific Crest reaffirmed his Overweight rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as he believes Microsoft’s Azure is gaining ground as a cloud alternative to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s AWS. “Favorable feedback from cloud partners, who historically...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced promotional credits for Alexa developers to build and host most Alexa skills using Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credits for Alexa developers to build and host most Alexa skills using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Alexa, the voice service that powers...

Brent Bracelin of Pacific Crest says Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) AWS growth could moderate this year and next as heavy investments from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google Cloud could increase the viability of these alternatives. Viable...

Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research commented earlier this week that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s AWS outage will have a 2-percent impact on the segment's first-quarter revenue. Chowdhry followed up in a new report on Friday and explained the math behind his claim since it does seem like...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) faced a setback Tuesday due to an outage at its cloud computing platform — Amazon Web Services, or AWS. Does this development open a window for competing platforms to pick up market share? Outage Brings Down Internet Services Amazon said its cloud service...

Amazon Web Services, run by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) experienced one of the longest outages in recent memory Tuesday. By 4 p.m. ET, the system issues had persisted for at least several hours.  Big and small businesses, individual users and developers alike were updated via Amazon's...

With Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) scheduled to report its Q4 results on February 2, Wedbush’s Michael Pachter expects the company to continue to deliver significant earnings growth. Margin Expansion “Even after modest Q3 earnings results, Amazon’s outsized beats in 1H:16...

Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) is one of Oppenheimer’s top picks for 2017, as the brokerage believes the potential collaboration with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Amazon Web Services could offer a meaningful revenue opportunity and moderate concerns about competition from AWS. Justification For...

Shares of Gigamon Inc (NYSE: GIMO) have declined by over 11 percent since October. Investors may have responded to management commentary on the partnership with AWS not generating revenue Gigamon until at least 2018, D.A. Davidson’s Mark Kelleher said in a report. Analyst Kelleher upgraded...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) seems to be hitting the purple patch, as its Amazon Web Services, or AWS, announced two contract wins in as many days. 2 Deals, 2 Days Amazon announced on Tuesday that Capital One has selected AWS as its predominant cloud infrastructure provider. Close on heels of...

Over 24,000 people are expected to attend Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services 2016 event, re:Invent, in Las Vegas this week. Amazon has grown into a viable cloud competitor; AWS is projected to bring in more than $10 billion in revenue this year. Starting in 2012, the company’s...