The original key promise of the cloud was to make it easier and more cost-effective for organizations of any size to consume technology resources. It’s an approach that started with virtual compute services and has evolved into much more, including enabling organizations to optimize IT procurement as well.
Among the organizations that are using the cloud to improve IT procurement is Cimpress, the parent company of Vistaprint, which is well-known in North America for its on-demand printing services. Cimpress is using AWS Marketplace, which is the Amazon cloud’s marketplace for software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, to improve how the company is able to innovate and buy IT services
