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- Launched: 2006
- Currently offering unlimited beta for the Amazon SimpleDB serviceMarketWatch: Amazon Web Services Announces... (December 1, 2008)
- Also currently offering a free trial period for SimpleDBMarketWatch: Amazon Web Services Announces... (December 1, 2008)
- Current users will enjoy storage at significantly lower prices, a savings up to 83%MarketWatch: Amazon Web Services Announces... (December 1, 2008)
- Amazon markets their service as being cost-effective, dependable, flexible and comprehensiveAmazon Web Services: What is AWS?
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Amazon Web Services provides businesses a variety of business services on a per-use basis without requiring users to pay up-front expenses or make long-term commitments. Users can choose whichever development platform or programming model that most suits their needs. Amazon Web Services announced in early December 2008 that it would begin offering unlimited public beta of its service Amazon SimpleDB.Amazon Web Services: What is AWS? MarketWatch: Amazon Web Services Announces... (December 1, 2008)
SimpleDB Six Month Trial Features
- Free tier of usage
- 25 machine hours per month
- 1 GB of data transfer in and out
- 1 GB of storageMarketWatch: Amazon Web Services Announces... (December 1, 2008)
Cost-effective
- No contracts or commitments
- Pay as you go
- Transparent pricing
- Better economics
- Better use of your time
- Better environmental impact
Dependable
- Scalable
- Able to handle spikes in usage
- Reliable and redundant
- Experienced
- Secure
Flexible
- Platform agnostic
- Ready on day one
- Application services
Comprehensive Computing Platform
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
- Amazon CloudFront
- Amazon Simple DB
- Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
Other Cloud Computing Services.
Windows Azure Platform
http://www.microsoft.com/azure/Google app Engine
http://code.google.com/intl/en/appengine/Caroline Project
https://www.projectcaroline.netElastra Enterprise Cloud Server
http://www.elastra.com/products/elastra-enterprise-cloud-server-
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Amazon Web Services Questions
When should someone choose to use Amazon Web Services to host website images, as opposed to their regular web host? 1 AnswerThere are several common reasons why companies/individuals may choose to externally host files: 1) Hosting space - saves on disk room when hosting large files, ... read more
Anyone using Amazon's S3 service? 1 AnswerYes. Indirectly. I use SmugMug.com which is one of the many services that use Amazon S3 for storage. I was under the impression that services such as smugmug an... read more
what is Amazon Web Services? 2 AnswersSince early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS you can req... read more
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Wow! monthly calculator is updated! Amazon Web Services Blog: The New AWS Simple Monthly Calculator http://chilp.it/?fd3a4b by @jeffbarr
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We use Amazon's EC2 for hosting our web services. Curious? Find out why: http://tinyurl.com/yl38fln
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Attending a talk on Amazon web services. Got to stand. http://twitpic.com/qq5gc
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Amazon Web Services launch a new monthly calculator w/ lots of new features http://tr.im/awscalc /via @jeffbarr
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Amazon Web Services was a good idea. But it was poorly implemented. Maybe it's better that way. Goodbye AWS.
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