If you dont like the standard AWS Console you can pay extra to use the TurnKey Linux Hub (a custom aws console) that lets you start, reboot and stop and TurnKey Linux VMs and bill the credit card on your AWS account directly. According to the AWS Calculator running 4 large AMI instances for 24hrs/day will cost you ~ $1113/month.
TurnKey Linux claim to have pre-built 45 Ubuntu VMs than can run on Amazon EC2, VMware, VirtualBox, Parallels and Citrix Xen ! The main advantage of a TurnKey Linux VM is that they all include TKLBAM which can backup any VM to Amazon S3 !
Amazon VM Import can now import VMs to EC2 from VMware vSphere, Citrix Xen and M$ Hyper-V.
VM Import is available at no additional charge beyond standard usage charges for Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
vcloud.vmware.com is a new worldwide directory of VMware vCloud Datacenters and vCloud Service Providers including Colt, CSC and Dell !
Learn more at http://www.youtube.com/user/VMworldTV – “9000 VMs in one room” !
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ibm have published a directory of ibm developer downloads and ibm developer clouds
vmware has quite a selection of virtual network adapters you can chose from
see kb.vmware.com/externalId=1001805 for full details
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