Amazon EC2 and S3

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It looks like Amazon Web Services may be launching a new workflow manager called SWF . First spotted by TechCrunch reader Michael Hood , SWF is listed as a service under AWS’ Free Usage Tier. Unfortunately, clicking on SWF takes you to a ’404′ page. Upon further digging, it looks like SWF stands for ‘Amazon Simple Workflow Service.’ It basically starts, runs, and retains workflow executions, as well as schedules tasks, adds markers, receives signals, and starts timers for those workflow...Read Full Story

Amazon is cutting S3 storage pricing for standard users, according to a post to the Amazon Web Services website. With the change, effective February 1, 2012 but announced early Tuesday, a customer storing 50 TB of data will see a 12 percent price reduction for storage;  a user with 500 TB of data will get 13.5 percent reduction, said AWS evangelist Jeff Barr on the AWS blog. Prices for standard S3 users are listed in the chart below. S3 prices for other regions is here and AWS GovCloud...Read Full Story

Amazon has announced it has cut the cost of its S3 Cloud storage service for users of its small and medium storage tiers, passing on a minimum 10% saving to new and existing subscribers. Noting the change in an official blog post , Amazon recognises the huge growth its S3 service has seen over the past year, growing from 262 billion objects to 762 billion during that period. It says that as it continues to innovate and drive down Cloud storage costs, it is able to pass along the resultant...Read Full Story

Amazon has announced it has cut the cost of its S3 Cloud storage service for users of its small and medium storage tiers, passing on a minimum 10% saving to new and existing subscribers. Noting the change in an official blog post , Amazon recognises the huge growth its S3 service has seen over the past year, growing from 262 billion objects to 762 billion during that period. It says that as it continues to innovate and drive down Cloud storage costs, it is able to pass along the resultant...Read Full Story