By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: October 30, 2009Posted in: Amazon, Business Intelligence, Cloud Solutions, Database, MicrosoftTags: 
Bringing a new level of sophistication and scalability to its cloud computing services, Amazon (AMZN) said it will offer a relational database and increased memory options to its popular Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service. The Web retailer also plans to cut prices on the per-hour fees it charges for its cloud services.
Coming a few weeks before Microsoft (MSFT) releases its new Azure cloud computing service, Amazon’s moves put the two tech giants on a collision course in the cloud. They also allow businesses to offload complicated database management tasks in the same way that many are offloading telephony and communications management to cloud providers.
http://www.xchangemag.com/articles/cloud-computing/amazon-beefs-up-its-cloud-offerings.html
The Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) “is a Web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud”
Bringing a new level of sophistication and scalability to its cloud computing services, Amazon (AMZN) said it will offer a relational database and increased memory options to its popular Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service. The Web retailer also plans to cut prices on the per-hour fees it charges for its cloud services.
Coming a few weeks before Microsoft (MSFT) releases its new Azure cloud computing service, Amazon’s moves put the two tech giants on a collision course in the cloud. They also allow businesses to offload complicated database management tasks in the same way that many are offloading telephony and communications management to cloud providers.
http://www.xchangemag.com/articles/cloud-computing/amazon-beefs-up-its-cloud-offerings.html
The Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) “is a Web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud”
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