Platforms commonly originate as solutions to internal company needs

Evidence

In the process of building a massive logistical network, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was developed as an internal platform, to handle the increasingly complex logistics of the company. Indeed, a common theme in the genesis of platforms is that they often emerge out of internal company needs. — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 59

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cloud platforms consolidated the platform into a powerful business model — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 58; Platform custodianship was not evident to companies at their start — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 626

Related

• Cloud platforms consolidated the platform into a powerful business model (similarity 0.86)
• Platform custodianship was not evident to companies at their start (similarity 0.80)
• Cloud platforms operate like utilities centralizing essential infrastructure (similarity 0.80)
• Building proprietary hardware and analytics drives platform centralisation (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Cloud platforms consolidated the platform into a powerful business model #expands (0.75) — Nick Srnicek, Platform Capitalism, 58