Amazon WorkSpaces is now available.
Here we talk about the desktop computing service in the cloud. This means, Amazon
WorkSpaces is introduced with the goal to allow customers to easily provision
cloud-based desktops that allow end-users to access the documents, applications
and resources they need with the device of their choice.
According to Amazon Web Service, by migrating enterprise desktops to the
cloud, Amazon WorkSpaces eliminates both the up-front investment and the
ongoing management of infrastructure while still offering all the security and
efficiency of a
centralized model.
Connectikpeople has also observed that, for a low monthly fee, Amazon
WorkSpaces can provide a complete cloud-based desktop computing service
including compute, persistent storage, and software applications.
The following major benefits have been captured by Connectikpeople:
- Amazon WorkSpaces can integrate with a company’s existing Active Directory to allow end-users to use their existing enterprise credentials to access their Amazon WorkSpace.
- Potentials customers can choose to install their own applications or use applications available through Amazon WorkSpaces, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader and Firefox.
- Users can access Amazon WorkSpaces from PC and Mac desktops and laptops, including laptops, iPad, Kindle Fire, and Android tablets.
- The Amazon WorkSpace client will be available for download from the Amazon WorkSpaces desktop client download page, the Amazon Appstore for Android, Google Play and the iTunes App Store.
- Amazon WorkSpaces includes technology components licensed from Teradici, and leverages the PCoIP (PC-over-IP) protocol to compress, encrypt and encode the users’ desktop computing experience and transmit ‘pixels only’ across any standard IP network to users’ devices.
“Our enterprise customers have been asking for us to deliver a virtual desktop
solution that is simple to manage, scales up and down as needed and doesn’t
require large capital investment or heavy operational support. Until now that
solution has not existed,” said Robert Groat, Chief Technology Officer,
Smartronix. “We're very excited to see a solution for virtual desktops done the
‘Amazon Web Services way.’ Beyond the productivity benefits, we believe
enterprises will save over 40 percent of the life cycle cost for desktop
services while also gaining additional benefits such as built-in security,
telecommuting flexibility, high availability and simplified operations
management.”
You can learn more about Amazon WorkSpaces, by visiting: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/limited-preview/.
About Amazon Web Services
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services, Inc. began exposing key
infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services, now widely
known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is
the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure
expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure
servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses
can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access
resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a
lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable,
low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands
of enterprise, government and startup customers businesses in 190 countries
around the world. Amazon Web Services offers over 30 different services,
including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage
Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). AWS
services are available to customers from data center locations in the U.S.,
Brazil, Europe, Japan, Singapore and Australia.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest
Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company,
where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online,
and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and
other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in
categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics
& Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel,
Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools,
Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer
customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s
own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually
any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the world’s best-selling and most
advanced e-reader. It features new display technology with higher contrast, the
next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch
technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers.
Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, features improved fonts and faster
page turns. The new Kindle Fire HDX features a stunning exclusive 7” or 8.9”
HDX display, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 2x more memory, and 11 hours of
battery life, as well as exclusive new features of Fire OS 3.0 including X-Ray
for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary
new Mayday button. The all-new Kindle Fire HD includes an HD display,
high-performance processor and dual speakers at a breakthrough price.
