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Amazon has the world's three largest Linux
databases, with a total capacity of 7.8 terabytes
(TB), 18.5 TB and 24.7 TB respectively [ref].The
central Amazon data warehouse is made up of 28
Hewlett Packard servers, with four CPUs per
node, running Oracle 9i database software.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/swsectiona-120119202557-phpapp02/85/Sw-section-a-3-320.jpg)
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- 1. History of Amazon In 1995, Amazon.com sold its first book, which shipped from Jeff Bezos' garage in Seattle. In 2006, Amazon.com sells a lot more than books and has sites serving seven countries, with 21 fulfillment centers around the globe totaling more than 9 million square feet of warehouse space.
- 2. Amazon Basic Amazon.com sells lots and lots of stuff. The direct Amazon-to-buyer sales approach is really no different from what happens at most other large, online retailers except for its range of products.
- 3. Amazon Technology Amazon has the world's three largest Linux databases, with a total capacity of 7.8 terabytes (TB), 18.5 TB and 24.7 TB respectively [ref].The central Amazon data warehouse is made up of 28 Hewlett Packard servers, with four CPUs per node, running Oracle 9i database software.
- 4. Amazon E-commerce Amazon.com has always sold goods out of its own warehouses. It started as a bookseller, pure and simple, and over the last decade has branched out into additional product areas and the third-party sales that now represent a good chunk of its revenue(some estimates put it at 25 percent).
- 5. The goal of Amazon The goal is pretty straightforward: "To be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online."
- 6. Amazon's marketing structure Amazon's marketing structure is a lesson in cost- efficiency and brilliant self-promotion. Amazon's associates link to Amazon products in order to add value to their own Web sites, sending people to Amazon to make their purchases.