Oracle helps Amazon save money on database backups

Very good article on moving from tape storage to AWS S3 for Oracle Database backups and archiving:

http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-oracle-yes-oracle-helped-amazon-suck-the-cost-out-of-database-backup/

White paper can be found here:

http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Amazon_Oracle_Backups.pdf

There are some very good ideas on how to secure you backup data both in transit and at rest.

You can find the Oracle Secure Back solution for AWS here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/secure-backup/secure-backup-s3-484709.html