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Is Amazon Stuck in a Cloud Price War?

Naomi Gray
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Is Amazon Stuck in a Cloud Price War?

Amazon (AMZN) recently disclosed that it had $12.4 billion in future cloud computing revenue at the end of the first quarter. The massive cloud revenue backlog is due to long contracts spanning several years. Amazon said it expects to recognize the cloud revenue backlog in little more than three years on average. Amazon’s accumulation of more than $12 billion in long-term cloud contracts seems to show a high level of loyalty among Amazon’s cloud customers, despite escalating competition from rivals.

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