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Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own infrastructure (2018)
Dropbox saved almost $75 million over two years by building its own tech infrastructure.
After making the decision to roll its own infrastructure and reduce its dependence on Amazon Web Services, Dropbox reduced its operating costs by $74.6 million over the next two years…
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