Amazon just reported making $1 billion in ad revenue alone for 2011 and this of course is just one small part of the multi-billion dollar empire that Amazon is amassing as the years go by. But have you ever wondered what the engine for this empire looks like? Specifically, we are talking here about servers and a new report is shedding light on just how much server and computing power is used to run such a gigantic money-making architecture

There was a time when a trip to a UK shopping centre to pick up a CD or DVD led you right through the doors of HMV, or even one of Branson’s Virgin Stores.

Most of the talk right now may be about Dropbox and perhaps the iCloud, but before these players came on the scene, Amazon pioneered Cloud storage.

Amazon is already heavily represented in Asia with distribution centers in various parts of India. But Amazon’s aspirations evidently stretch beyond India’s borders.

Well it is that time of year again; the Holidays! Many times Thanksgiving is completely overlooked due to stores skipping the holiday itself and decorating for Christmas early and starting to play Christmas music

The 2011 Christmas holiday season looks set to shatter records despite the looming poor economy and general unrest in parts of the US. According to ComScore, the first 20 days of November produced excellent results for online retailers

Amazon may be struggling to keep its favorable tax provisions alive in the US, but over in India things are a lot smoother. The retail giant already has a 200,000 square feet complex in Andhra Pradesh

It has long been established that the internet with its ubiquity of information, extensive choice pools and rapid speed has made the average web user very impatient.