Beyond E-Commerce: Amazon Sees Its Future in Cloud, AI

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial) is a giant in the realms of e-commerce, cloud computing and digital entertainment. The company, which was initially established as an online bookstore in 1994, has become one of the most influential companies in the world. With services such as Amazon Prime and the cloud computing service AWS, strong customer orientation alongside technological leading-edge products, it not only changed the retail industry, but created unprecedented new benchmarks. Even amid market fluctuat ...