Amaya Toman Kolunye uchungechunge lwethu lomlando, sizogxila ekudalweni kwezinkampani ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni - engxenyeni yokuqala, sizogxila ku-Amazon. Namuhla, i-Amazon ingenye yezinkampani ezinkulu ze-inthanethi emhlabeni. Kodwa ukuqala kwayo kubuyela ku-1994. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, sizokhumbula kafushane futhi ngokucacile ukuqala nomlando we-Amazon.
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Iziqalo
I-Amazon - noma i-Amazon.com - yaba inkampani yomphakathi kuphela ngoJulayi 2005 (kodwa, isizinda se-Amazon.com sase sibhalisiwe ngoNovemba 1994). UJeff Bezos waqala usomabhizinisi ngo-1994, lapho eshiya umsebenzi wakhe eWall Street wathuthela eSeattle, lapho aqala khona ukusebenza ngohlelo lwakhe lwebhizinisi. Yayihlanganisa inkampani ebizwa ngeCadabra, kodwa enaleli gama - okusolwa ukuthi kungenxa yefomu lomsindo negama isidumbu (isidumbu) - ayizange ihlale, futhi uBezos waqamba kabusha inkampani i-Amazon ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa. Indawo yokuqala yase-Amazon kwakuyigaraji endlini lapho kwakuhlala khona uBezos. U-Bezos kanye nomkakhe wangaleso sikhathi u-MacKenzie Tuttle babhalise inombolo yamagama esizinda, njenge-awake.com, browse.com noma i-bookmall.com. Phakathi kwezizinda ezibhalisiwe kwakukhona i-relentless.com. U-Bezos wayefuna ukuqamba isitolo sakhe se-inthanethi sesikhathi esizayo ngale ndlela, kodwa abangani bamxoshe. Kodwa i-Bezos isengumnikazi wesizinda namuhla, futhi uma ufaka igama kubha yekheli relentless.com, uzoqondiswa kabusha ngokuzenzakalela kuwebhusayithi ye-Amazon.
Igalari yezithombe
Kungani i-Amazon?
UJeff Bezos wanquma igama elithi Amazon ngemuva kokuphenya isichazamazwi. Umfula waseNingizimu Melika kuye wawubonakala "ungavamile futhi uhlukile" njengombono wakhe webhizinisi le-inthanethi ngaleso sikhathi. Uhlamvu lokuqala "A" luphinde lwadlala indima yalo ekukhethweni kwegama, okwaqinisekisa u-Bezos isikhundla esihamba phambili ezinhlwini ezihlukahlukene zama-alfabhethi. "Igama lomkhiqizo libaluleke kakhulu ku-inthanethi kunasemhlabeni wenyama," Kusho uBezos engxoxweni kumagazini we-Inc.
Okokuqala izincwadi…
Nakuba i-Amazon kwakungeyona yodwa isitolo sezincwadi esiku-inthanethi ngesikhathi sayo, uma kuqhathaniswa nokuncintisana kwayo ngaleso sikhathi ngendlela ye-Computer Literacy, yanikeza ibhonasi eyodwa engenakuphikwa - lula. Amakhasimende ase-Amazon alethelwe ngokoqobo izincwadi zawo ezi-odwe emnyango wawo. Ibanga le-Amazon libanzi kakhulu kulezi zinsuku futhi alikhawulelwe ezincwadini - kodwa lokho bekuyingxenye yohlelo lukaBezos kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngo-1998, uJeff Bezos wandisa uhla lomkhiqizo we-Amazon ukuze afake imidlalo yamakhompiyutha nabathwali bomculo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo waqala ukusabalalisa izimpahla emhlabeni jikelele ngenxa yokuthengwa kwezitolo zezincwadi ze-intanethi e-Great Britain naseJalimane.
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...bese konke ngokuphelele
Ngokufika kwenkulungwane entsha, ama-electronics abathengi, imidlalo yevidiyo, isofthiwe, izinto zokuthuthukisa ikhaya, ngisho namathoyizi aqala ukuthengiswa e-Amazon. Ukusondela kancane embonweni wakhe we-Amazon njengenkampani yezobuchwepheshe, uJeff Bezos uphinde wethula i-Amazon Web Services (AWS) kamuva nje. Iphothifoliyo yezinsizakalo zewebhu ye-Amazon yakhula kancane kancane futhi inkampani yaqhubeka nokukhula. Kodwa u-Bezos akazange akhohlwe "imvelaphi yencwadi" yenkampani yakhe. Ngo-2007, i-Amazon yethula umfundi wayo wokuqala we-elekthronikhi, i-Kindle, futhi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, isevisi ye-Amazon Publishing yethulwa. Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside, futhi i-Amazon yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwezincwadi zakudala kudlulwe ukuthengiswa kwe-e-books. Izikhulumi ezihlakaniphile nazo ziphumile endaweni yokusebenzela yase-Amazon, futhi inkampani ihlola ukusatshalaliswa kwezimpahla zayo ngama-drones. Njengazo zonke izinkampani ezinkulu, i-Amazon ayikubalekelanga ukugxekwa, okukhathazayo, ngokwesibonelo, izimo zokusebenza ezingagculisi ezinqolobaneni noma ukucatshangelwa kwezinsolo zokuqoshwa kwezingcingo zabasebenzisi nomsizi obonakalayo we-Alexa ngabasebenzi base-Amazon.
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