TechCrunch has the scoop on Amazon's extension to its S3 storage-in-the-cloud service. According to Nik Cubrilovic's post, the new service--called EC2--will let users access compute capacity by ...

Amazon’s Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2 has changed quite a bit in the last five years, so whether you are new to EC2 or an old hand, it’s worth a look at how to launch your own EC2 instances today.

Are you curious as to what the AWS EC2 server is all about and what it can do for you? Let’s say that your current computer setup is subpar or perhaps you need a second unit for remote production ...

Hot on the heels of the VMware deal, Amazon launched Server Migration Service (SMS), a tool that migrates virtual machines running in VMware environment to the cloud. This new service enables ...

Customers of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud can now reserve server capacities in advance. The required computing power can be planned up to 120 days before the deployment date.

Amazon said on Wednesday that it plans to offer its cloud computing customers the option of running Microsoft's Windows Server operating system as well as its SQL Server database. Starting ...

“ePlus is proud to receive the AWS Service Delivery designation for Amazon EC2 on Windows Server,” said Justin Mescher, vice president of cloud and data center solutions at ePlus.

Amazon’s documentation states that you can commission “hundreds, or even thousands” of virtual machines simultaneously. [How does EC2 stack up against its rivals?