Dr. Frank Munz says: "The SQS service with its queues is located off-host. So, similar to the elastic load balancing service, or the relational database service, you can use the service without having to start an EC2 instance."
If you have existing Oracle Database licenses, you will be able to apply them to run Oracle Databases on Amazon RDS with no additional software licensing or support charges. If you don’t, you’ll be able to take advantage of on-demand hourly licensing with no upfront fees or long-term commitments.
You can now run a wide variety of Oracle applications on Amazon EC2 - including several PeopleSoft, E-Business Suite, and JD Edwards Enterprise One ones.
This excellent overview from James Hamilton, VP & Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, explains why cloud computing makes sense economically.
This post from the SOA Suite team explains how to take advantage of the pre-deployed virtual instance on the EC2 cloud. Great for testing and evaluations!
Join us for a new breed of free developer event at OTN's Virtual Developer Day (#OTNVDD). After a live keynote/Q&A from Development SVPs Steve
Harris and Ted Farrell, you'll use self-paced video tutorials and an Amazon Web Services Cloud development environment to get hands-on with Java and Rich Enterprise Applications - all from your own desk!