Amazon EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud and makes web scale computing easier for customers.  It offers a wide variety of compute instances is well suited to every imaginable use case, from static websites to high performance supercomputing on-demand, all available via highly flexible pricing options. This session covers the latest EC2 features and capabilities, including new instance families available in Amazon EC2, the differences among their hardware types and capabilities, and their optimal use cases.  We also will cover some best practices on how you can optimize your spend on EC2 to make the most of your EC2 instances, saving time and money.