on 18th Amazon has launched a beta version of a content delivery network called CloudFront.  Its  a pay-as-you-go service in the same pattern as the other Amazon Web Services are available.  CloudFront gives end users low latency, high data transfer speeds, and no commitments. Amazon’s CloudFront uses Global Network of edge location that is requests are automatically routed to the nearest edge location, so end users get content with best possible performance. CloudFront uses Amazon’s existing cloud infrastructure to deliver HTTP content through a worldwide network of edge locations like US, Europe and Asia. Amazon CloudFront works seamlessly with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

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