http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/webservices.html The latest Web services news, analysis and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-red-hat-launches-storage-appliance-255800.html?source=nww_rss Red Hat has announced the Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which can take advantage of Amazon's cloud while at the same time offering excellent performance, the company said on Tuesday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-07T09:24:50-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-amazon-web-services-lowers-price-255791.html?source=nww_rss Amazon Web Services has cut the cost of storing data using its Simple Storage Service (S3) -- saving users with 50 TB stored on the service around 12 percent on their monthly bill, the company said on Monday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-07T06:19:53-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020612-cloudyn-monitors-and-optimizes-aws-255730.html?source=nww_rss Cloudyn is launching a hosted service on Monday that aims to monitor a company's cloud usage and recommend ways to optimize that usage in order to cut costs. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-06T12:06:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020112-kindle-sales-soar-but-amazon-255558.html?source=nww_rss Amazon said flooding in Thailand and economic problems in Europe weighed on its financial results for the fourth quarter but it also said it was pleased with the results, which disappointed investors. Nancy Gohring 2012-01-31T07:25:37-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/012512-amazon-web-services-moves-backups-255284.html?source=nww_rss Amazon Web Services has launched a public beta test of AWS Storage Gateway, which allows enterprises to back up application data in Amazon's cloud using a software appliance, the company said on Tuesday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-01-25T08:16:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/012312-dont-be-evil-bookmarklet-tweaks-255208.html?source=nww_rss Google's recent move to emphasize results from its own Google+ social networking service is getting some new pushback--in the form of a Don't Be Evil bookmarklet that reorganizes the site's search results to place more emphasis on other social networks. Joel Mathis 2012-01-23T02:08:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/012312-ruby-on-rails-32-aids-255205.html?source=nww_rss Those who maintain Ruby on Rails have released a new version of their popular open-source Web application development framework, one that features a number of improvements to help developers build applications more quickly. Joab Jackson 2012-01-23T01:03:06-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011812-amazon-web-services-launches-managed-255022.html?source=nww_rss Amazon Web Services on Wednesday launched a managed NoSQL database service that lets users easily launch a database and scale it up or down as needed. Nancy Gohring 2012-01-18T12:27:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011612-windows-server-now-runs-for-254941.html?source=nww_rss Enterprises can now run Windows Server in Amazon's cloud for up to 750 hours per month at no charge, using the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Free Usage Tier, the company said on Sunday. Mikael Ricknäs 2012-01-16T09:10:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011312-isc-seeks-wider-input-for-254913.html?source=nww_rss The Internet Systems Consortium is looking for a few more good programmers to bring the next generation of its open source BIND DNS server software to fruition. Joab Jackson 2012-01-13T01:36:47-04:00