# AWS 15th anniversary

![Firing up cloud machines like ‘elves on roller skates’ ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/0568223/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1125+0+0/resize/1320x743!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F73%2F92%2Fad8f098f48c3833b12220fbc85c2%2Faws-south-africa.jpg)
- [Firing up cloud machines like ‘elves on roller skates’ ](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/firing-up-cloud-machines-like-elves-on-roller-skates)
![Startups whose success nearly ruined them—but didn’t ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/381793f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x1125+0+0/resize/991x743!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F27%2F3f%2Fa192640746da8c3d79cf7bae2fff%2Fbradjefferson-animoto-2.jpg)
- [Startups whose success nearly ruined them—but didn’t ](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/startups-whose-success-nearly-ruined-them-but-didnt)
![Tough customers: When startups and Amazon Web Services met](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b9356b6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1440x720+0+0/resize/1320x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F1b%2F96%2F630bd9eb4cce9147a8a964310862%2Faws-pr001-15year.png)
- [Tough customers: When startups and Amazon Web Services met](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/tough-customers-when-startups-and-amazon-web-services-met)
![The deceptively simple origins of AWS](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/4c0e56a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x360+0+0/resize/480x360!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fv7y7aaEZqM8%2Fhqdefault.jpg)
- [The deceptively simple origins of AWS](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/the-deceptively-simple-origins-of-aws)