Amazon released the beta version of the online database product as part of its Amazon Web Services. SimpleDB offers businesses using cloud-based applications a place to store simple data. While not useful for all Web-based data storage, SimpleDB can work well in environments where users need to quickly look up data.
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eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Amazon SimpleDB
eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Amazon SimpleDBBy Jeff Cogswell
Jeff Cogswell is the author of Designing Highly Useable Software (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0782143016) among other books and is the owner/operator of CogsMedia Training and Consulting.Currently Jeff is a senior editor with Ziff Davis Enterprise. Prior to joining Ziff, he spent about 15 years as a software engineer, working on Windows and Unix systems, mastering C++, PHP, and ASP.NET development. He has written over a dozen books.