About 10 years ago I met the head of IT for B&H cameras in NYC. Among many things, he was in charge of the hosting for their online store. After he complained about dealing with physical servers, I asked him if he had ever considered using AWS ec2 for the website, and he replied that his boss refused because he believed that Amazon would pull data on B&H products and use it to compete more effectively.
I'm not sure that Amazon would be able to pierce the veil of the hypervisor like that, but his instincts were in the correct direction.
I'm not sure that Amazon would be able to pierce the veil of the hypervisor like that, but his instincts were in the correct direction.