12 steps to building an application in the Amazon cloud, without breaking a sweat or a budget ...

AWS cloud computing ops, data centers, 1.3 million servers creating efficiency flywheel Oppenheimer is betting that Amazon shares can get to $930.

AWS is a division of Amazon that offers a wide range of cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services' pay-as-you-go model makes it a popular choice.

Cloud computing lets businesses scale, innovate, and offer global services. Netflix's adoption of AWS is one impressive example.

Those rumors are getting a bit more concrete because AWS today joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the open-source home of the Kubernetes project, as a top-level Platinum member.