New service provides seamless cloud backup and disaster recovery for
on-premises data—plus easy access to AWS’s on-demand, cost-effective
Amazon EC2 compute capacity
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2012--
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN),
today announced the AWS Storage Gateway, a service that provides
enterprises with a new option to securely upload data to the AWS cloud
for scalable, reliable, cost-effective storage. The AWS Storage Gateway
connects an on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage for
seamless integration between on-premises IT environments and AWS storage
infrastructure. The service provides low-latency performance by
maintaining data in on-premises storage hardware while asynchronously
uploading data to AWS, where it is encrypted and securely stored in the
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The AWS Storage Gateway
supports industry standard storage protocols, enabling customers to take
advantage of cloud based storage without re-architecting existing
applications. To learn more and get started using the AWS Storage
Gateway, visit: http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway.
“With the AWS Storage Gateway, we’re providing businesses yet another
way to easily take advantage of AWS’s secure, scalable and
cost-effective cloud storage for use with their on-premises
applications,” said Alyssa Henry, General Manager of AWS Storage
Services. “The AWS Storage Gateway works with your existing applications
using a standard iSCSI interface, securely transfers your data to AWS
over SSL, and stores data encrypted at rest in Amazon S3.”
The AWS Storage Gateway also makes it easy to leverage the on-demand
compute capacity of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for
additional capacity during peak periods, for new projects, or as a more
cost-effective way to run normal enterprise workloads. To take advantage
of this compute capacity, enterprises can mirror on-premises data to
Amazon EC2 instances by using the AWS Storage Gateway to upload the data
to Amazon S3 in the form of Amazon EBS snapshots. Amazon EBS volumes can
easily be created from these snapshots (using either the AWS Management
Console or Amazon EC2’s APIs) and attached to Amazon EC2 compute
instances. Once attached, enterprises’ Amazon EC2 instances will have
access to this data to do any processing or computation desired.
IT-Lifeline provides data vaulting and disaster recovery services to
regulated industries such as banking and healthcare organizations. “We
look forward to using the AWS Storage Gateway ourselves, as well as
integrating it into our BLACKCLOUD service for our customers,” said
Matthew Gerber, CEO at IT-Lifeline. “With this capability, our customers
and our company can take advantage of simplified data vaulting and
practically infinite elasticity for disaster recovery needs.”
“Growth in our enterprise applications continues to drive growth in
storage costs. The AWS Storage Gateway will enable Coeur d'Alene Mines
to take advantage of the elasticity of the AWS Cloud, driving down our
costs for data storage and computing infrastructure required for
disaster recovery,” said Donald J. Moss, Vice President of Information
Systems, Coeur d'Alene Mines.
Datapipe offers solutions for managing and securing mission-critical IT
services. "We develop and implement solutions for our clients to
reliably store and backup their critical application data. Many of our
clients store user-generated content locally. Traditional off-site
backup products are often costly to maintain and not geared toward
automation for recovery. A cost-effective and reliable alternative,
AWS's Storage Gateway addresses these issues by plugging seamlessly into
the environments we manage for our customers, providing low-latency data
access, while encrypting and snapshotting data to AWS’s cloud storage
infrastructure," said Ed Laczynski, VP Cloud Strategy at Datapipe.
Pricing for the AWS Storage Gateway is $125/month per installed gateway
and comes with a 60 day free trial. Snapshot storage pricing starts at
only $0.14 per gigabyte per month. For complete details, visit http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway.
About Amazon Web Services
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key
infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now
widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud
computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and
turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no
longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or
months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's
expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business
needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon
Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost
infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands
of enterprise, government and startup customers businesses in 190
countries around the world. AWS offers over 21 different services,
including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple
Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Relational Database Service
(Amazon RDS). AWS services are available to customers from data center
locations in the U.S., Brazil, Europe, Japan and Singapore.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most
compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced
electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright
sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an
easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages,
search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most
advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line
e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch,
with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the
Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and
web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud,
Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated
web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core
processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
and www.amazon.es.
As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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