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AWS Console shows scheduled operations
AWS has updated the AWS Console to show scheduled operations that will affect an EC2 instance. Typically these are operations that AWS need to perform on an instances, including: system reboot – typically for
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CloudPassage security for EC2
As a member of the AWS solution providers program, CloudPassage provides security to customers using Amazon EC2. CloudPassage Halo is a server security platform, purpose-built for the cloud, to deliver multiple layers of defense
Read More »Free Amazon EC2 Micro Instances
Amazon is offering new customers a free Amazon EC2 Micro Instance for a year
Read More »Oracle delivers free Amazon Machine Images
Oracle has made available a set of free Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), to facilitate deploying Oracle solutions on Amazon EC2. Oracle customers can licence Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Enterprise Manager
Read More »Micro On-Demand instances for Amazon EC2
Amazon have announced Micro On-Demand instances for Amazon EC2. Pricing starts at $0.02 per hour for Linux and $0.03 per hour for Windows and the instances are available immediately in all regions. Micro On-Demand
Read More »Single sign-on to Amazon EC2-based .Net applications from an on-premises Windows domain guide released
An Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corporation sponsored step by step guide demonstrating identity federation between an on-premise Windows Server Active Directory domain and an ASP.NET web application hosted on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud
Read More »Windows Server Pilot Available in Amazon Cloud
Is the announcement by the Amazon EC2 Cloud Service of the immediate availability of the Microsoft Windows Server® License Mobility Pilot evidence that there is an increasing amount of flexibility in licensing terms in
Read More »Amazon Announce Reserved Instances For Windows
Amazon have announced that like Linux and Unix, Windows will now be available as a reserved instance. Read more on Amazon Web Services Our View: A reserved instance brings more flexibility to the pricing
Read More »Rackspace Cloud Servers versus Amazon EC2: Performance Analysis
A review, conducted by The Bitsource (and commissioned on behalf of Rackspace), compares the two cloud computing platforms, Rackspace Cloud Servers and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Read more at The Bitsource
Read More »Amazon lowers pricing for outbound data transfer
Effective February 1, 2010, Amazon lowers pricing for outbound data transfer by $0.02 across all services, in all usage tiers, and in all regions. The new outbound data transfer pricing: * First 10 TB
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