Amazon gets help to lure big business to the cloud

SAN FRANCISCO: As Amazon.com Inc seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help.

The online retailer, which since 2006 has moved aggressively into the business of renting remote computing, storage and other IT services, is roping in thousands of consulting and technology partners, from Cap Gemini SA to BMC Software Inc , in a major push to woo big-spending corporate customers to its cloud computing division.