In the AWS Cloud environment, the company is responsible for the costs associated with the application software licenses they use. This is in line with the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, where AWS manages the infrastructure and the customer is responsible for the security and management of the data, guest operating system, and application layer. The correct answer is A, as the company must acquire and manage the necessary licenses for the specific applications it uses on AWS. Options B, C, and D are not the company's direct responsibility as AWS provides the infrastructure and associated services, including hardware, power, and physical security for the data centers.