Free Cloud Services from Amazon: AWS in Education

Amazon is offering academic community members free cloud services in its AWS in Education program.

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

Amazon.com, Inc. announces AWS in Education, a set of programs that enable the academic community to easily leverage the benefits of Amazon Web Services for teaching and research. With AWS in Education, educators, academic researchers, and students worldwide can obtain free usage credits to tap into the on-demand infrastructure of Amazon Web Services to teach advanced courses, tackle research endeavors and explore new projects. . . AWS in Education also provides self-directed learning resources on cloud computing for students.

Read more about it at "AWS in Education FAQs."