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• Amazon EC2 boosts memory, Windows support

  Amazon Web Services has added a new "high memory extra-large" instance option for its AWS' Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service, which provides scalable computing infrastructure over the Internet.

• Hackers find a home in Amazon's EC2 cloud

  Security researchers have spotted the Zeus botnet running an unauthorized command and control center on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing infrastructure.

• Symantec security, storage offerings now on Amazon’s EC2

  Businesses looking at using Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for pay-as-you-go servers can now add Symantec security, backup and storage protection.

• IBM offers Tivoli Monitoring for Amazon cloud deployments

  Companies running applications on Amazon Web Services can now monitor their environments using IBM’s Tivoli Monitoring software.

• Amazon called out over cloud security, secrecy

  Amazon's cloud computing service should not be used for applications that require advanced security and availability, the Burton Group analyst firm says in a report accusing Amazon of secrecy regarding its cloud data centers.

• Beware cloud lock-in: BMC CTO

  Cloud management tools may be being used by cloud providers to lock organisations in to specific hardware and services, according to the US chief technology officer (CTO) of BMC, Kia Behnia.

• Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud

  Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products may introduce new security problems that have yet to be fully explored, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• VMware partners to offer Amazon-like compute services

  VMware announced a new program on Tuesday through which service providers will offer pay-as-you-go computing services similar to those from Amazon Web Services.

• Amazon beefs up EC2 with new enterprise-appealing tools

  New auto-scaling, monitoring and load-balancing tools for Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud are now in public beta, the company said Monday.

• Amazon.com eyes CIOs with its AWS cloud IT services

  Although skeptics raised eyebrows over Amazon.com's decision to provide hosted IT infrastructure services, the e-commerce giant remains firmly committed to this business, as it increasingly courts CIOs and IT managers.