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Dear AWS Developers,

This is a short note to let a subset of our most active developers know about an
upcoming limited beta of our newest web service: Amazon SimpleDB, which is a web
service for running queries on structured data in real time. This service works in
close conjunction with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), collectively providing the ability to store, process and
query data sets in the cloud.

Traditionally, this type of functionality has been accomplished with a clustered
relational database that requires a sizable upfront investment, brings more
complexity than is typically needed, and often requires a DBA to maintain and
administer. In contrast, Amazon SimpleDB is easy to use and provides the core
functionality of a database - real-time lookup and simple querying of structured
data - without the operational complexity. 

Were excited about this upcoming service and wanted to let you know about it as soon
as possible. We anticipate beginning the limited beta in the next few weeks. In the
meantime, you can read more about the service, and sign up to be notified when the
limited beta program opens and a spot becomes available for you.  To do so, simply
click the "Sign Up For This Web Service" button on the web site below and we will
record your contact information. 

Learn more:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html/ref=aws_smpldb_txtDp?location=http%3A//aws.amazon.com/simpledb&token=884CBD83286A3F3592BD77F9E0AD29091A93E245

Sincerely,
The Amazon Web Services Team

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