Target CIO talks cloud strategy
April 7, 2021
Target made the decision to stop using Amazon Web Services after Amazon acquired Whole Foods. The retailer, under the leadership of CIO Mike McNamara, chose a multi-pronged approach to the cloud that included using Google Cloud as its primary source, supported by Microsoft Azure, and Target’s own data centers for particular uses. Target employed open-source programming throughout so that it could run its e-com and store ops on different platforms as needed.
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