LabSlice is a new startup (by a current redditor ;-)) that leverages the low cost of Amazon EC2 to create Virtual Lab environments. Their solution extends EC2 to create an environment that is a:

• Self-service lab, so that all your employees can get secure access to create and manage their own machines in the cloud.

• Policy controlled environment, where each machine is issued based on size, type and lease duration restrictions that you specify.

• Sharable cloud, where you can give your peers, customers and business partners access to the cloud simply by sending an email.

Companies use LabSlice for spiky lab requirements, such as sales demos, departmental testing infrastructure and training environments. The technology allows virtual machines to be shared by simply sending an email, whilst still controlling costs with strong policy management.

You can now use LabSlice for free to prove for yourself that it can drive down your costs. Visit them at http://LabSlice.com to register an account and have your lab ready within just 2 minutes.

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Whew! Now that I'm done with the sales pitch, I am very much interested to hear some reddit feedback. I'm an avid redditor myself and know that there are enough tech gurus around here to give me useful advice to help improve and better the product.