Amazon.com’s Web Services allow customers web technology, infrastructure needed for web-based applications and computing in the cloud. Building on the information technology infrastructure already in place, Amazon.com has positioned itself as a well-known provider of cloud computing space for developers. This includes Amazon.com’s Cloud Front is a self service pay as you go web service for content developers. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services to give developers and businesses an easy way to distribute content to end users. Amazon.com’s Elastic Computing Cloud (Amazon EC2) with runs Microsoft Windows serves and Microsoft SQL servers offers a greater flexibility for deploying software solutions in the Amazon Web Services and cloud programs for companies both here and in Europe. Their ElasticMap enables businesses to process vast amounts of data in a quick period of time, such as financial anaylsis and scientific data simulation. The Amazon SimpleDB, provides core database functions of data indexing and querying. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) stores messages that travel between computers. Amazon SQS makes it easy to build an automated workflow, working in close conjunction with the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and the other AWS infrastructure web services. Another arena Amazon.com has started to enter is mobile computing. Through a partnership with Google, Amazon.com provides the MP3 store for T-Mobile users using the Google G1 cell phones. This is just a start for what could be a large market internationally as more people use their cell phones for more functions and applications. Constraints
Amazon.com’s Web Services allow customers web technology, infrastructure needed for web-based applications and computing in the cloud. Building on the information technology infrastructure already in place, Amazon.com has positioned itself as a well-known provider of cloud computing space for developers. This includes Amazon.com’s Cloud Front is a self service pay as you go web service for content developers. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services to give developers and businesses an easy way to distribute content to end users. Amazon.com’s Elastic Computing Cloud (Amazon EC2) with runs Microsoft Windows serves and Microsoft SQL servers offers a greater flexibility for deploying software solutions in the Amazon Web Services and cloud programs for companies both here and in Europe. Their ElasticMap enables businesses to process vast amounts of data in a quick period of time, such as financial anaylsis and scientific data simulation. The Amazon SimpleDB, provides core database functions of data indexing and querying. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) stores messages that travel between computers. Amazon SQS makes it easy to build an automated workflow, working in close conjunction with the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and the other AWS infrastructure web services. Another arena Amazon.com has started to enter is mobile computing. Through a partnership with Google, Amazon.com provides the MP3 store for T-Mobile users using the Google G1 cell phones. This is just a start for what could be a large market internationally as more people use their cell phones for more functions and applications. Constraints
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