When you store and deliver data at Shutterstock’s scale, the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud is a huge win, freeing you from the burden of costly, high-maintenance data centers. But for the New York-based provider of stock photography, footage, and music, it’s the innovation edge that makes the cloud picture perfect for its business.
“The speed of innovation is really starting to accelerate,” says Jefferson Frazer, director of edge compute, delivery, and storage at Shutterstock, which is headquartered in the Empire State Building. “If you’re not keeping up, you’re getting left behind.”