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Programming Amazon Web Services: S3, EC2, SQS, FPS, and SimpleDB
Building on the success of its storefront and fulfillment
services, Amazon now allows businesses to "rent" computing
power, data storage and bandwidth on its vast network
platform. This book demonstrates how developers working with
small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon
Web Services (AWS) such
as the Simple Storage Service (S3),
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Queue Service (SQS),
Flexible Payments Service (FPS), and SimpleDB to build
web-scale business applications.
With AWS, Amazon offers a new paradigm for IT
infrastructure: use what you need, as you need it, and pay
as you go. Programming Web Services explains how you can
access Amazon's open APIs to store and run applications,
rather than spend precious time and resources building your
own. With this book, you'll learn all the technical details
you need to:
Store and retrieve any amount of data using application
servers, unlimited data storage, and bandwidth with the
Amazon S3 service
Buy computing time using Amazon EC2's interface to
requisition machines, load them with an application
environment, manage access permissions, and run your image
using as many or few systems as needed
Use Amazon's web-scale messaging infrastructure to store
messages as they travel between computers with Amazon SQS
Leverage the Amazon FPS service to structure payment
instructions and allow the movement of money between any two
entities, humans or computers
Create and store multiple data sets, query your data easily,
and return the results using Amazon SimpleDB.
Scale up or down at a moment's notice, using these services
to employ as much time and space as you need
Whether you're starting a new online business, need to ramp
up existing services, or require an offsite backup for your
home, Programming Web Services gives you the background and
the practical knowledge you need to start using AWS. Other
books explain how to build web services. This book teaches
businesses how to take make use of existing services from an
established technology leader.
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