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Amazon's consumer business just shut down its last Oracle database, and says that it reduced its costs by 60% doing it

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Amazon's consumer business, which includes Amazon Prime, Kindle, and Alexa, has moved off Oracle databases to Amazon Web Services' own.

On Tuesday, Amazon announced that it shut down its last Oracle database for its consumer business, which includes Amazon Prime, Alexa, and Kindle. Amazon is now using Amazon Web Services databases to power those businesses, and says it has reduced costs by 60% and latency by 40%. Previously, CNBC reported that Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle's databases by early 2020. Read more on the Business Insider homepage.

On Tuesday, Amazon announced that it shut down its last Oracle database for its consumer business, which includes Amazon Prime, Alexa, and Kindle. Amazon is now using Amazon Web Services databases to power those businesses, and says it has reduced costs by 60% and latency by 40%. Previously, CNBC reported that Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle's databases by early 2020. Read more on the Business Insider homepage.

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