Everyone Can Now Move Data In And Out Of Amazon S3 Faster And Easier

Amazon Web Services this morning announced the general availability of AWS Import/Export for Amazon Simple Storage Service (aka S3 ), with a new web service interface that enables easy management of data transfers and migrations. According to the press release , the new feature accelerates moving large amounts of data in and out using portable storage devices for transport. For large data sets, AWS Import/Export is said to be 'significantly faster' than transfers over the Internet.