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Amazon Web Services is making it possible to access data stored in its S3 cloud storage service as a traditional file system, bridging a divide between two types of storage that has frustrated ...

Object storage has quietly become the default backend for half the data infrastructure being built today, and almost nobody ...

As part of Amazon's AWS service they provide online storage at very low rates via the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). S3 combined with the S3 Amazon Firefox Add-on provide an extremely easy to use ...

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Existing solutions such as FTP clients that feature S3 support and Jungle Disk allow you to transfer files to and from the Amazon S3 service. But what if you desire more functionality? This is where ...

Amazon S3 is a low-cost cloud-based object storage service. This comprehensive guide about Amazon S3 covers pricing details, competitors, and why companies such as Netflix and Tumblr use it. With the ...

More companies than ever are using multiple cloud providers. In this special report, ZDNet provides best practices for managing multiple clouds, and practical advice for picking the right vendors and ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that Amazon S3 customers are getting a new feature that improves visibility into object storage, delivering insights that can help them to discover anomalies, ...