Thomas Anglero writes:
Vodafone (or any Telco/service provider) could migrate their entire global user database, to Amazon S3 and eliminate the costs associated with storing all this critical information locally. Its cheaper, faster, (and possibly more reliable) and now that this data is within a web service environment, it has the ability to be accessed via new web services so that Vodafone (or any Telco/service provider) can offer new services that they could not have offered before because of the limitations of their own antiquated infrastructure.
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This means storing 1 terabyte of customer data cost only $150/month. Savings: no hardware cost, no SW licensing, no maintenance, no dedicated personnel monitoring the HW/SW, no electrical charges, no air conditioning failure issues, etc (if you operated a NOC then I’m sure your list is longer then my entire blog). The biggest savings to operations is the reductions of uncontrollable HEADACHE issues that are a necessary/vital to your business.
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Small VoIP companies to large Telcos should be migrating their data infrastructure to Amazon right now! The cost savings associated with this move is guaranteed to reward the individual who presents this to management, with a nice Christmas bonus (appealing to the vanity of the IT community). This is only the tip of the iceberg. If your a small company desperate for attention, issuing a press release announcing your migration and cost savings seems to Amazon S3, seems to be a guaranteed way of getting your company recognized (at least this week).
Techliner 