20 Nov 2008

By Nathan Eddy
November 19, 2008

Amazon continues to expand its offerings in the cloud, releasing CloudFront, a hosted service designed to rapidly deliver a wide range of regularly requested online media content.

Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of Amazon CloudFront, a self-service distribution system for content delivery. CloudFront allows SMBs and developers to distribute content through a worldwide network of edge locations at low latency and high data transfer speeds. AWS is positioning the service without requirements for up-front commitments or long-term contracts.

“Our customers asked us for a way to globally distribute their most frequently accessed content with all the benefits that Amazon Web Services provides,” AWS vice president of product management and developer relations Adam Selipsky said in a prepared statement. “Amazon CloudFront provides low latency, inexpensive content delivery without complex sales negotiations or up-front commitments.”
CloudFront will feature pay-as-you-go pricing, a common feature on all AWS’ offerings.

Amazon said CloudFront offers several businesses …

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