Amazon Web Services Articles

Amazon Web Services (abbreviated AWS) is a collection of remote computing services (also called web services) that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these services are Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
Launched in July 2002, Amazon Web Services provide online services for other web sites or client-side applications. Most of these services are not exposed directly to end users, but instead offer functionality ...

Streaming Media West 2012, A Quick Guide and Planner - Help Us Decide What to Report On

I have done it! I have convinced Mark to unchain me from the desk and get me to an upcoming show. The show is, obviously, Streaming Media West 2012 which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in L.A. October 30-31. Oh, Halloween in ...

Sorenson 360 v3: Video Sitemaps, WebM, and Facebook Tools

Sorenson Media today announced a series of robust new features within the Sorenson 360 online video platform "version 3", which they say will provide their customers with increased flexibility and customizability to improve delivery of dynamic video content across the Web, along with integrating new ...

Massive Cloud-based GPU Potential for Online Video Via Amazon Services

I wrote at article this morning at GDN (Amazon Clusters Offer Massive GPU Potential) talking about the potential that the newly announced cloud-based GPU (that's graphics processing unit, just in case) service from Amazon could have for the gaming industry. It took some hours for ...