In March 2006 Amazon launched its Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service - that’s where the 3 comes from) online storage web service, offered by its Amazon Web Services section.

Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage through a simple web services interface. Data can be easily stored and retrieved at any time, from anywhere on the web.

Amazon charges in proportion to the amount of data stored and applies charges for sending and receiving data. So this can, in many cases, be a much better investment that traditional web hosting.

Amazon S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that Amazon.com uses to run its own global e-commerce network.

So even a small business can have the same file hosting and backup service as the major players!

Amazon S3 is currently being used by small start-ups and enterprise clients as a web hosting service, image hosting service, back-up system, and more.

Amazon S3 clients even include Microsoft!

…and soon YOU CAN TOO using Data Bucket PRO - a simple way to use Amazon S3 for the non technical user.

The main attractiveness of Amazon S3 is its design which provides scalability, high availability, and a low latency at very low costs.

Regards

Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
http://www.databucketpro.com

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