Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the ...

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Tue, 10/27/2009 - 2:00am

Amazon on Tuesday launched a public beta of a service dubbed the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). The main appeal: Allow customers to operate and scale database clusters while leaving pesky tasks like patching and administration to Amazon Web Services.

Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web Services, said the goal was to make it easy [...]


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