Amazon AWS re:Invent 2016 takes over Las Vegas this week, bigger than ever. Expect nearly 100,000 cloud aficionados, vendors, press, and analysts to swam the Venetian, Mirage, and Wynn hotels in what will likely be the largest cloud conference in history.
I, however, will not be in attendance. The simple reason: I wasn’t invited.
Amazon.com routinely invites both reporters and analysts to its uber-shindig, and I’m both. I’ve also covered Amazon before, dinging them for their weak digital strategy in 2014, balanced with kudos for getting their digital act together in 2015.
I have no idea, therefore, why my invite was lost in the mail. Time to squeeze some sour grapes, I suppose – but to be honest, all in good fun. I’m still a huge fan. But my lack of invite gives me an excellent excuse to play the skeptic.
Playing the Amazon Cloud Skeptic
For everybody out there enjoying Vegas while worshiping at the altar of Bezos, here is some food for thought.
Read the entire article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2016/11/27/five-reasons-why-the-amazon-cloud-has-lost-its-silver-lining/.
Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers. Image Credit: Ashley Field.
