Enterprise Cloud Computing
Amazon To Expand into Asia
Businesses will be able deploy EC2 compute and S3 storage resources closer to their end users
Nov. 12, 2009 08:02 AM
Amazon Web Services LLC, the company’s cloud arm, figures to push into Asia-Pacific in the first half of next year, so businesses can deploy its EC2 compute and S3 storage resources closer to their end users there to minimize latency and increase performance.
It said software developers and businesses will be able to access its infrastructure services from multiple Availability Zones in Singapore in the first half, then in other Availability Zones in undisclosed locations in Asia in the second half.
The services will include Amazon’s SimpleDB, its new Relational Database Service (RDS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Elastic MapReduce and CloudFront.
Pricing will be announced when the services launch.
About Maureen O'GaraMaureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara