“The actors used EC2 [Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud] just like they would use any server they could buy or use anywhere (on-premises or in the cloud),” an AWS spokesperson told CRN Thursday.

Amazon Web Services usually stays schtum about the exact disposition of the servers it rents in its Elastic Compute Cloud, but made an exception on Tuesday with the announcement it is offering ...

Customers are taking advantage of enhanced AWS price performance capabilities in AWS, he said, including using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances that are based on Amazon’s Graviton chip.

The forthcoming Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS ... whereas a hybrid cloud sees users rent compute resources that could be running multiple workloads for different cloud clients.