Theorizing the Modern Information Utility: Analyzing Amazon's Cloud Computing Capabilities through the Lens of the Historical Tendency Towards the Socialization of Collaborative Networks

Diplôme Master Theorizing the Modern Information Utility: Analyzing Amazon's Cloud Computing Capabilities through the Lens of the Historical Tendency Towards the Socialization of Collaborative Networks eng 2024-09-03 author Cole Iii Charles Eugène 975298 director Durand Cédric 0000-0002-1279-4966 916198 Service enseignement, recherche, administratif et technique (SdS) (SCSPS) Cédric Michel Durand This paper appraises the evolution of social computing, using Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a case study to illustrate the shift toward a modern social computing paradigm where the social aspects of technological development are increasingly controlled by a few dominant cloud computing firms through an aggressive expansion of their physical infrastructure. The paper examines how these firms not only provide technological infrastructure but also act as economic planners, shaping the competitive environment for their platform partners, setting industry-wide standards, and extracting knowledge and value from their respective platform ecosystems. Theorizing the Modern Information Utility Amazon Web Services Technological development Few dominant cloud computing firms Aggressive expansion Competitive environment Platform partners Setting industry-wide standards Platform ecosystems Collaborative Networks Dewey 330 Dewey 330.9 Master in Political Economy of Capitalism 123 Département d'histoire, économie et société T5 193 Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch TE false 48b59e61-49a2-4b8c-9ca5-df47e4bf31b0 Master thesis Public Thesis__Final_Draft_Cole.pdf 3281273 application/pdf 26c005168375a9b08cec22b81345bb38a61fe9868e1cea8adbcdcb90887684d3 openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département d'histoire, économie et société Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch

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