SmugMug.com Use Amazon S3 To Save $500K
October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Yep that’s right!
In 2006 SmugMug.com used Amazon S3 Web Service to save $48,490 / month… ($500K) on their business costs.
…and they expect their savings from Amazon S3 to be well over $1M in 2007, maybe as high as $2M.
So who are SmugMug.com ?
Well, they are a rapidly growing business who provide a “storage service” for customers to store their photos securely, both home users and pro’s.
Here are a couple of great quotes from the CEO’s blog:
“Amazon has been so reliable over the last 7 months (considerably more reliable than our own internal storage, which I consider to be quite reliable), that just last week we made S3 an even more fundamental part of our storage architecture.”
“Perhaps most important, though, is the difficult-to-quantify time, effort, and mental thought we’re saving. We get to spend both that money and all of our extra time and effort on providing a better customer experience and delivering better customer service. Storage was a necessary evil that’s now been nearly removed as a concern.”
BUT can the little guy, the small business owner and Internet Marketer benefit from Amazon S3 Web Services too?
Sure they can… I am already benefiting from the service in my online/offline business.
That’s how Data Bucket Pro came about, out of a personal need for some reliable software I could use to work with the Amazon S3 Web Service!
And now YOU can use the software too.
Visit: http://www.databucketpro.com to find out more.
Kind Regards
Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
Why Use Amazon Web Services?
October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
So Why Use Amazon Web Services?
Over the last 11 years Amazon.com has spent over $2 billion building the infrastructure, technical knowledge, and experience to operate a world class scalable computing platform for the Internet.
Amazon.com calls the services it offers via this platform - Amazon Web Services.
The particular Amazon Web Service that you should be interested in is: Amazon S3
…just think about that for a moment.
As a small business or Internet Marketer (which is actually a small business…) you can have access to one of the worlds largest computer networks for a “pay as you use” model.
The only small problem is that to access Amazon Web Services you need to programmatically access them via their open APIs.
What this means in plain English is that you need to use an application that has been especially written to do this job.
Amazon.com make all the power of their network available to you BUT only a software developer can help your business to leverage their robust infrastructure, easily and inexpensively.
…and that is where my software Data Bucket Pro can help you!
Written by someone who understands your needs as a small business/Internet Marketer I am making available this software that will allow you to access Amazon S3 in a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective manner.
Kind Regards
Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
What Exactly Is Amazon S3 and Why Should I Care?
October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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.
Kind Regards
Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
Download Links That Automatically Expire!
September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
You have seen other online marketers offer special reports etc, that have a deadline for downloading.
Often this has to be done manually…
If you have a member of staff who does this work for you that’s great! BUT many small businesses are run from home and often by one person…
Using Data Bucket Pro YOU can easily upload a file to your Amazon S3 account and then create a special download URL that can expire when you wish!
Just set it and forget it!
Just imagine how you could use this powerful marketing trick in YOUR business…
Leave the file hosted on your Amazon S3 account and then use Data Bucket Pro to re-activate the file as a permanently available download link or time limited link in the future - YOU are in control!
Grab a copy of Data Bucket Pro today and you could be doing this in less than 15 mins.
Visit: http://www.databucketpro.com
Kind Regards
Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
