Cloud computing conception

Depending upon who you talk to cloud computing is a new or old computing paradigm. Here is an article discussing cloud computing being pioneered in the 1960s:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dell/2011/12/20/the-history-and-future-of-cloud-computing/

Gettings started with Oracle DB on AWS

Here are some links to get you started with Oracle database on AWS (EC2 and RDS):

• Oracle on AWS FAQ - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/cloud/faq-098970.html
• Landing page on AWS - http://aws.amazon.com/oracle/
• Oracle Amazon Machine Imagines - https://aws.amazon.com/amis?ami_provider_id=4&selection=ami_provider_id.  You can find the latest OEL AMIs, for OEL 5.9 and 6.4, at the bottom of this web page: http://aws.amazon.com/oracle/        
• Marketplace AMIs - Can be found here:  https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results/ref=srh_navgno_search_box?page=1&searchTerms=oracle+database+12c
• AWS EC2 Instances (you manage the database) - http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
• AWS EC2 Pricing - http://aws.amazon.com/pricing/ec2/
• AWS Pricing calculator - http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html
• AWS RDS (managed database) - http://aws.amazon.com/rds/oracle/
• 10g Database - This can only be run on EC2 as RDS does not support 10g.
• Licensing - http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/cloud-licensing-070579.pdf
• AWS RDS limitations - http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.DBEngine.Oracle.html
• Download and use the Oracle Database on AWS reference implementation - Oracle Database 11g on Amazon EC2 Implementation Guide
• Review the presentations here - http://www.slideshare.net/tomlaszewski