New datacentre hosted in Australia then

Amazon's Web Services cloud computing division is planning to open a new datacentre hosted in Australia then and there year, according to The Australian.

Amazon has speedily become one of the largest players in the burgeoning global cloud computing market since it launched its Web Services division in mid 2006. A wide number of online services are available through the service, including the provision of storage, virtual compute instances and databases.

The news comes as Amazon's chief research officer Werner Vogels will jet in to Australia later this week, in a trip down pursuant to this agreement to spruik the company's cloud computing offerings.

The event marks one of the first occasions over the past years where Amazon executives have spoken openly in Australia with respect to local usage of their growing cloud computing platform.

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