Amazon has spent over a decade and $2 billion building the infrastructure, technical knowledge, and operational excellence to operate a world class web-scale computing platform. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has now released a variety of web services (programmatic access to its open APIs) that provide access to Amazon’s robust infrastructure, easily and inexpensively. These fundamental services allow developers and their companies to build web applications in a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective manner.  Amazon Web Services @ Amazon.com