At first blush, 8K Miles appears like any other IT contractor marketplace on the Web (eLance, oDesk, etc.). But, according to executive vice president Prabhu Karunakaran, what sets 8K Miles apart is that customers can find contractors and cloud-based pay-as-you go infrastructure (servers, storage) under on roof. Where did 8K turn to for the cloud infrastructure stuff it’s reselling? Where else? Amazon’s EC2.