{"id":654510,"date":"2013-04-25T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T21:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=634536"},"modified":"2013-04-25T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T21:06:48","slug":"if-amazon-web-services-is-a-sideline-it-sure-is-a-big-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654510","title":{"rendered":"If Amazon Web Services is a sideline, it sure is a big one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some folks still say that Amazon\u00a0Web Services is a distraction<\/a> for the Amazon retail juggernaut, but it’s hard to argue that it’s small potatoes given the growing size of that cloud infrastructure business.<\/p>\n

For its first fiscal quarter<\/a> ending March 31, Amazon netted a healthy $750 million in the “other” category of North America sales, up 64 percent from $458 million for the year-ago period. Amazon always cautions that this category also includes “marketing and promotional activities and co=branded credit card agreements.” But I would wager the bulk of that $750 million comes from the aforementioned AWS.<\/p>\n

\"awsq1rev\"<\/a>No doubt, $750 million is a big number but it’s down from the $769 million compared to Q4; but then again, the category typically sees a dip between Q4 to Q1.<\/p>\n

Given that Amazon never breaks out AWS any more granularly than this, it’s key to follow this stat quarter to quarter.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how Amazon’s net sales looks from AWS inception in 2006 till now.<\/p>\n

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