Cloud computing in the form we understand today started more than 10 years ago, with the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS). This was the first commercially viable option for businesses to store data in the cloud rather than on-premise, and acted as a shared service for anyone connecting to the platform.
Early stage cloud computing was certainly more technical than it is now; however, no more than managing a data centre – something that IT departments at the time were well used to. Anyone who was able to successfully start up virtual engines was able to set up a cloud environment.
