Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Information Builders

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Based on 1616 reviews.
Information Builders
Based on 21 reviews.
Overview
Amazon Web Services, a collection of remote computing services, also called web services, make up a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon.com. These services operate from 11 geographical regions across the world. The most central and well-known of these services arguably include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon S3. Amazon markets these products as a service to provide large computing-capacity more quickly and more cheaply than a client company building an actual physical server farm.
Information Builders is a privately held software company, with its headquarters in New York City. Information Builders is known for its business intelligence tools FOCUS and WebFOCUS. Information Builders was founded in 1975 by Gerald D. Cohen, Peter Mittelman, and Martin B. Slagowitz. Their founding product was the database system called FOCUS. Information Builders is one of the world's largest privately held software firms.
Sample Customers
Amazon Forecast
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Information Builders WebFOCUS
Ace Hardware, AutoZone, Fred Hutch, MasterCard, OFS Brands, PostFinance, Real D, Yellow Pages, ABC Financial, AcuSport, BBVA, Babcock
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
7%
Quotes From Member Reviews
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