diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
index a96ed0b66c..25025050e0 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -250,4 +250,9 @@ public class AtmosAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return async.deletePath(container + "/" + key);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
index 9ffd845297..35a8197e8e 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/atmos/src/main/java/org/jclouds/atmos/blobstore/AtmosBlobStore.java
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ public class AtmosBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
       return AtmosUtils.putBlob(sync, crypto, blob2Object, container, blob);
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This implementation invokes {@link AtmosClient#createFile}
+    * <p/>
+    * Since there is no etag support in atmos, we just return the path.
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
    /**
     * This implementation invokes {@link AtmosClient#deletePath}
     */
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index 694e884d65..631f68723f 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -660,4 +660,10 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       String eTag = CryptoStreams.hex(object.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentMD5());
       return eTag;
    }
+   
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
index b647b38d84..95e757ef9e 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    private final Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider;
 
    @Inject
-   S3AsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
-            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
-            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, S3AsyncClient async, S3Client sync,
-            BucketToResourceMetadata bucket2ResourceMd, ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions,
-            BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob,
-            BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object, ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd,
-            Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider) {
+   protected S3AsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
+         @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+         @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, S3AsyncClient async, S3Client sync,
+         BucketToResourceMetadata bucket2ResourceMd, ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions,
+         BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob,
+         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object, ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd,
+         Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider) {
       super(context, blobUtils, service, defaultLocation, locations);
       this.blob2ObjectGetOptions = checkNotNull(blob2ObjectGetOptions, "blob2ObjectGetOptions");
       this.async = checkNotNull(async, "async");
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list() {
       return Futures.compose(async.listOwnedBuckets(),
-               new Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
-                  public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(Set<BucketMetadata> from) {
-                     return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, bucket2ResourceMd), null);
-                  }
-               }, service);
+            new Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+               public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(Set<BucketMetadata> from) {
+                  return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, bucket2ResourceMd), null);
+               }
+            }, service);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       ListBucketOptions httpOptions = container2BucketListOptions.apply(options);
       ListenableFuture<ListBucketResponse> returnVal = async.listBucket(container, httpOptions);
       ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list = Futures.compose(returnVal, bucket2ResourceList,
-               service);
+            service);
       return (options.isDetailed()) ? Futures.compose(list,
-               fetchBlobMetadataProvider.get().setContainerName(container), service) : list;
+            fetchBlobMetadataProvider.get().setContainerName(container), service) : list;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -238,4 +238,9 @@ public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return async.deleteObject(container, key);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
index a861dd9494..ed2cc10fa8 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStore.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class S3BlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
    private final Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider;
 
    @Inject
-   S3BlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+   protected S3BlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
             @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, S3Client sync,
             BucketToResourceMetadata bucket2ResourceMd, ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions,
             BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob,
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ public class S3BlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
       return sync.putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob));
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This implementation invokes {@link S3Client#putObject}
+    * 
+    * @param container
+    *           bucket name
+    * @param blob
+    *           object
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return sync.putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob));
+   }
+
    /**
     * This implementation invokes {@link S3Client#deleteObject}
     * 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
index 815d2e5ff6..3a65f9fd0c 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -55,12 +55,16 @@ public class S3BlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
       bind(ConsistencyModel.class).toInstance(ConsistencyModel.EVENTUAL);
       bind(AsyncBlobStore.class).to(S3AsyncBlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
       bind(BlobStore.class).to(S3BlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
-      bind(BlobStoreContext.class).to(new TypeLiteral<BlobStoreContextImpl<S3Client, S3AsyncClient>>() {
-      }).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+      bindContext();
       bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(S3BlobRequestSigner.class);
       bindBucketLocationStrategy();
    }
 
+   protected void bindContext() {
+      bind(BlobStoreContext.class).to(new TypeLiteral<BlobStoreContextImpl<S3Client, S3AsyncClient>>() {
+      }).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+   }
+
    protected void bindBucketLocationStrategy() {
       bind(new TypeLiteral<Function<BucketMetadata, Location>>() {
       }).to(LocationFromBucketLocation.class);
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
index 84eeed2afe..7e59547c8e 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
 
    @Inject
    SwiftAsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
-            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
-            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, CommonSwiftClient sync, CommonSwiftAsyncClient async,
-            ContainerToResourceMetadata container2ResourceMd,
-            BlobStoreListContainerOptionsToListContainerOptions container2ContainerListOptions,
-            ContainerToResourceList container2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob, BlobToObject blob2Object,
-            ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions,
-            Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider) {
+         @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+         @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, CommonSwiftClient sync, CommonSwiftAsyncClient async,
+         ContainerToResourceMetadata container2ResourceMd,
+         BlobStoreListContainerOptionsToListContainerOptions container2ContainerListOptions,
+         ContainerToResourceList container2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob, BlobToObject blob2Object,
+         ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions,
+         Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider) {
       super(context, blobUtils, service, defaultLocation, locations);
       this.sync = sync;
       this.async = async;
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list() {
       return Futures.compose(async.listContainers(),
-               new Function<Set<ContainerMetadata>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
-                  public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(
-                           Set<ContainerMetadata> from) {
-                     return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, container2ResourceMd), null);
-                  }
-               }, service);
+            new Function<Set<ContainerMetadata>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+               public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(Set<ContainerMetadata> from) {
+                  return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, container2ResourceMd), null);
+               }
+            }, service);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -145,12 +144,12 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list(String container, ListContainerOptions options) {
       org.jclouds.openstack.swift.options.ListContainerOptions httpOptions = container2ContainerListOptions
-               .apply(options);
+            .apply(options);
       ListenableFuture<PageSet<ObjectInfo>> returnVal = async.listObjects(container, httpOptions);
       ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list = Futures.compose(returnVal, container2ResourceList,
-               service);
+            service);
       return options.isDetailed() ? Futures.compose(list, fetchBlobMetadataProvider.get().setContainerName(container),
-               service) : list;
+            service) : list;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -177,14 +176,14 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<BlobMetadata> blobMetadata(String container, String key) {
       return Futures.compose(async.getObjectInfo(container, key),
-               new Function<MutableObjectInfoWithMetadata, BlobMetadata>() {
+            new Function<MutableObjectInfoWithMetadata, BlobMetadata>() {
 
-                  @Override
-                  public BlobMetadata apply(MutableObjectInfoWithMetadata from) {
-                     return object2BlobMd.apply(from);
-                  }
+               @Override
+               public BlobMetadata apply(MutableObjectInfoWithMetadata from) {
+                  return object2BlobMd.apply(from);
+               }
 
-               }, service);
+            }, service);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -235,4 +234,9 @@ public class SwiftAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return !sync.containerExists(container);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
index 2f26cf5f6a..009b94a6c5 100644
--- a/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/swift/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/swift/blobstore/SwiftBlobStore.java
@@ -195,6 +195,19 @@ public class SwiftBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
       return sync.putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob));
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This implementation invokes {@link CommonSwiftClient#putObject}
+    * 
+    * @param container
+    *           container name
+    * @param blob
+    *           object
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
    /**
     * This implementation invokes {@link CommonSwiftClient#removeObject}
     * 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
index c71c81ab72..7cb6990e89 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 /**
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@ public interface AsyncBlobStore {
     */
    ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob);
 
+   /**
+    * @see BlobStore#putBlobMultipart
+    */
+   @Beta
+   ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob);
+
    /**
     * @see BlobStore#blobMetadata
     */
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
index 82bd9961e1..a347567ee2 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
 /**
  * Synchronous access to a BlobStore such as Amazon S3
  * 
@@ -48,17 +50,18 @@ public interface BlobStore {
 
    /**
     * creates a new blob with the specified name.
+    * 
     * @see #blobBuilder
     */
    @Deprecated
    Blob newBlob(String name);
-   
+
    /**
     * 
     * @return builder for creating new {@link Blob}s
     */
    BlobBuilder blobBuilder(String name);
-   
+
    /**
     * The get locations command returns all the valid locations for containers. A location has a
     * scope, which is typically region or zone. A region is a general area, like eu-west, where a
@@ -200,6 +203,23 @@ public interface BlobStore {
     */
    String putBlob(String container, Blob blob);
 
+   /**
+    * Adds a {@code Blob} representing the data at location {@code container/blob.metadata.name}
+    * using multipart strategies.
+    * 
+    * @param container
+    *           container to place the blob.
+    * @param blob
+    *           fully qualified name relative to the container.
+    * @param options
+    *           byte range or condition options
+    * @return etag of the blob you uploaded, possibly null where etags are unsupported
+    * @throws ContainerNotFoundException
+    *            if the container doesn't exist
+    */
+   @Beta
+   String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob);
+
    /**
     * Retrieves the metadata of a {@code Blob} at location {@code container/name}
     * 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index 706339ff1f..7afac3bbae 100755
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -675,4 +675,10 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return containerToLocation;
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      // TODO implement
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/PayloadSlicer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/PayloadSlicer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc0092af76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/PayloadSlicer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.io;
+
+import org.jclouds.io.internal.BasePayloadSlicer;
+
+import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
+
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@ImplementedBy(BasePayloadSlicer.class)
+public interface PayloadSlicer {
+   /**
+    * Returns a {@link Payload} that returns input streams from the an underlying payload, where
+    * each stream starts at the given offset and is limited to the specified number of bytes.
+    * 
+    * @param input
+    *           the payload from which to get the raw streams
+    * @param offset
+    *           the offset in bytes into the underlying stream where the returned streams will start
+    * @param length
+    *           the maximum length of the returned streams
+    * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+    *            if offset or length are negative
+    */
+   Payload slice(Payload input, long offset, long length);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..545b1e3f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.io.internal;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.io.InputSuppliers;
+import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
+import org.jclouds.io.PayloadSlicer;
+import org.jclouds.io.payloads.BaseMutableContentMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.io.payloads.InputStreamSupplierPayload;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class BasePayloadSlicer implements PayloadSlicer {
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public Payload slice(Payload input, long offset, long length) {
+      checkNotNull(input);
+      checkArgument(offset >= 0, "offset is negative");
+      checkArgument(length >= 0, "length is negative");
+      Payload returnVal;
+      if (input.getRawContent() instanceof File) {
+         returnVal = doSlice((File) input.getRawContent(), offset, length);
+      } else if (input.getRawContent() instanceof String) {
+         returnVal = doSlice((byte[]) input.getRawContent(), offset, length);
+      } else if (input.getRawContent() instanceof byte[]) {
+         returnVal = doSlice((byte[]) input.getRawContent(), offset, length);
+      } else {
+         returnVal = doSlice(input.getInput(), offset, length);
+      }
+      return copyMetadataAndSetLength(input, returnVal, length);
+   }
+
+   protected Payload doSlice(Payload content, long offset, long length) {
+      return new InputStreamSupplierPayload(ByteStreams.slice(content, offset, length));
+   }
+
+   protected Payload doSlice(String content, long offset, long length) {
+      return doSlice(content.getBytes(), offset, length);
+   }
+
+   protected Payload doSlice(File content, long offset, long length) {
+      try {
+         return doSlice(new FileInputStream(content), offset, length);
+      } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+         Throwables.propagate(e);
+         return null;
+      }
+   }
+
+   protected Payload doSlice(InputStream content, long offset, long length) {
+      return new InputStreamSupplierPayload(ByteStreams.slice(InputSuppliers.of(content), offset, length));
+   }
+
+   protected Payload doSlice(byte[] content, long offset, long length) {
+      Payload returnVal;
+      checkArgument(offset <= Integer.MAX_VALUE, "offset is too big for an array");
+      checkArgument(length <= Integer.MAX_VALUE, "length is too big for an array");
+      returnVal = new InputStreamSupplierPayload(
+            ByteStreams.newInputStreamSupplier(content, (int) offset, (int) length));
+      return returnVal;
+   }
+
+   protected Payload copyMetadataAndSetLength(Payload input, Payload returnVal, long length) {
+      returnVal.setContentMetadata(BaseMutableContentMetadata.fromContentMetadata(input.getContentMetadata()
+            .toBuilder().contentLength(length).contentMD5(null).build()));
+      return returnVal;
+   }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/InputStreamSupplierPayload.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/InputStreamSupplierPayload.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dd1043a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/payloads/InputStreamSupplierPayload.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.io.payloads;
+
+import static com.google.common.io.Closeables.closeQuietly;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.io.InputSupplier;
+
+/**
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class InputStreamSupplierPayload extends BasePayload<InputSupplier<? extends InputStream>> {
+   private List<InputStream> toClose = Lists.newArrayList();
+
+   public InputStreamSupplierPayload(InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> content) {
+      super(content);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public InputStream getInput() {
+      try {
+         InputStream returnVal = content.getInput();
+         toClose.add(returnVal);
+         return returnVal;
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+         Throwables.propagate(e);
+         return null;
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public boolean isRepeatable() {
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * if we created the stream, then it is already consumed on close.
+    */
+   @Override
+   public void release() {
+      if (toClose.size() > 0)
+         for (InputStream content = toClose.remove(0); toClose.size() > 0; content = toClose.remove(0))
+            closeQuietly(content);
+   }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/drivers/netty/.pom.xml.swp b/drivers/netty/.pom.xml.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d57d9b18a0
Binary files /dev/null and b/drivers/netty/.pom.xml.swp differ
diff --git a/drivers/netty/pom.xml b/drivers/netty/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fd2805a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/netty/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+
+    Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
+    <artifactId>jclouds-netty</artifactId>
+    <name>jclouds netty payload module</name>
+    <description>jclouds netty payload module</description>
+
+    <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jboss-public-releases</id>
+            <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.4.Final</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/config/NettyPayloadModule.java b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/config/NettyPayloadModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0aedb5563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/config/NettyPayloadModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.jclouds.netty.config;
+
+import org.jclouds.io.PayloadSlicer;
+import org.jclouds.netty.io.NettyPayloadSlicer;
+
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ * 
+ */
+public class NettyPayloadModule extends AbstractModule {
+
+   @Override
+   protected void configure() {
+      bind(PayloadSlicer.class).to(NettyPayloadSlicer.class);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/ChunkedFileInputStream.java b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/ChunkedFileInputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73436f1195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/ChunkedFileInputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.netty.io;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.stream.ChunkedFile;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * 
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+public class ChunkedFileInputStream extends InputStream {
+
+   private static final int CHUNK_SIZE = 8192;
+
+   private ChunkedFile chunks;
+   private ChannelBuffer chunk;
+
+   private IOException ex;
+
+   public ChunkedFileInputStream(String filename, long offset, long length) {
+      this(new File(filename), offset, length);
+   }
+
+   public ChunkedFileInputStream(File file, long offset, long length) {
+      try {
+         this.chunks = new ChunkedFile(new RandomAccessFile(file, "r"), offset, length, CHUNK_SIZE);
+      } catch (IOException ex) {
+         this.ex = ex;
+      }
+   }
+
+   private ChannelBuffer getChunk() throws Exception {
+      if (ex != null) {
+         throw ex;
+      }
+      if (chunk == null) {
+         chunk = ChannelBuffer.class.cast(chunks.nextChunk());
+      }
+      if (chunk != null) {
+         if (chunk.readableBytes() < 1 && chunks.hasNextChunk()) {
+            chunk = ChannelBuffer.class.cast(chunks.nextChunk());
+            if (chunk.readableBytes() < 1) {
+               return null;
+            }
+         }
+      } else {
+         return null;
+      }
+      return chunk;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int read() throws IOException {
+      try {
+         ChannelBuffer chunk = getChunk();
+         if (chunk == null)
+            return -1;
+         if (chunk.readableBytes() < 1)
+            return -1;
+         int readIndex = chunk.readerIndex();
+         byte abyte = chunk.getByte(readIndex);
+         chunk.readerIndex(readIndex + 1);
+         return (int) abyte;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+         throw new IOException(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+      try {
+         ChannelBuffer chunk = getChunk();
+         if (chunk == null)
+            return -1;
+         int readable = chunk.readableBytes();
+         if (readable < 1)
+            return -1;
+         if (readable > len) {
+            readable = len;
+         }
+         int readIndex = chunk.readerIndex();
+         chunk.getBytes(readIndex, b, off, readable);
+         chunk.readerIndex(readIndex + readable);
+         return readable;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+         throw new IOException(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void close() throws IOException {
+      try {
+         chunks.close();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+         throw new IOException(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/NettyPayloadSlicer.java b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/NettyPayloadSlicer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b130936d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/netty/src/main/java/org/jclouds/netty/io/NettyPayloadSlicer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.netty.io;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
+import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
+import org.jclouds.io.internal.BasePayloadSlicer;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Singleton
+public class NettyPayloadSlicer extends BasePayloadSlicer {
+
+   @Override
+   protected Payload doSlice(File content, long offset, long length) {
+      return Payloads.newInputStreamPayload(new ChunkedFileInputStream(content, offset, length));
+   }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/drivers/pom.xml b/drivers/pom.xml
index e151791a72..a5d240a0da 100644
--- a/drivers/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <module>bouncycastle</module>
         <module>log4j</module>
         <module>jsch</module>
+        <module>netty</module>
         <module>enterprise</module>
     </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
index 9fea31babb..48048825a6 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
         <test.aws-s3.credential>${test.aws.credential}</test.aws-s3.credential>
     </properties>
 
+    <!-- temporary -->
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jboss-public-releases</id>
+            <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
@@ -94,6 +109,18 @@
             <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-netty</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.4.Final</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ContextBuilder.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ContextBuilder.java
index 2a717f8eaf..bdb5d8a8bb 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ContextBuilder.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ContextBuilder.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.jclouds.aws.s3;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.config.AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3RestClientModule;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ContextBuilder;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ public class AWSS3ContextBuilder extends S3ContextBuilder {
       super(props);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   protected void addContextModule(List<Module> modules) {
+      modules.add(new AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule());
+   }
+
    @Override
    protected void addClientModule(List<Module> modules) {
       modules.add(new AWSS3RestClientModule());
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c83451d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+
+import org.jclouds.Constants;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
+import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceList;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ContainerToBucketListOptions;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlob;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlobMetadata;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+public class AWSS3AsyncBlobStore extends S3AsyncBlobStore {
+
+   private final Provider<MultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy;
+
+   @Inject
+   public AWSS3AsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
+         @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+         @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, AWSS3AsyncClient async, AWSS3Client sync,
+         BucketToResourceMetadata bucket2ResourceMd, ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions,
+         BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob,
+         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object, ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd,
+         Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider,
+         Provider<MultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy) {
+      super(context, blobUtils, service, defaultLocation, locations, async, sync, bucket2ResourceMd,
+            container2BucketListOptions, bucket2ResourceList, object2Blob, blob2ObjectGetOptions, blob2Object,
+            object2BlobMd, fetchBlobMetadataProvider);
+      this.multipartUploadStrategy = multipartUploadStrategy;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      // TODO: make this better
+      // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
+      return Futures.immediateFuture(multipartUploadStrategy.get().execute(container, blob));
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3983b4a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Provider;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
+import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceList;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ContainerToBucketListOptions;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlob;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlobMetadata;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * Proived AWS S3 specific extensions.
+ * 
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+public class AWSS3BlobStore extends S3BlobStore {
+
+   private final Provider<MultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy;
+
+   @Inject
+   AWSS3BlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+         @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, AWSS3Client sync,
+         BucketToResourceMetadata bucket2ResourceMd, ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions,
+         BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList, ObjectToBlob object2Blob,
+         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object, ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd,
+         Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider, Provider<MultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy) {
+      super(context, blobUtils, defaultLocation, locations, sync, bucket2ResourceMd, container2BucketListOptions,
+            bucket2ResourceList, object2Blob, blob2ObjectGetOptions, blob2Object, object2BlobMd,
+            fetchBlobMetadataProvider);
+      this.multipartUploadStrategy = multipartUploadStrategy;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
+      return multipartUploadStrategy.get().execute(container, blob);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75cea06094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.config;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.internal.SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BlobStoreContextImpl;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.config.S3BlobStoreContextModule;
+
+import com.google.inject.Scopes;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+public class AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule extends S3BlobStoreContextModule {
+
+   @Override
+   protected void configure() {
+      super.configure();
+      bind(S3AsyncBlobStore.class).to(AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+      bind(S3BlobStore.class).to(AWSS3BlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+      bind(MultipartUploadStrategy.class).to(SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.class);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected void bindContext() {
+      bind(BlobStoreContext.class).to(new TypeLiteral<BlobStoreContextImpl<AWSS3Client, AWSS3AsyncClient>>() {
+      }).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe4a91bfa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.internal.SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+
+import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
+
+/**
+ * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?qfacts.html"
+ *
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+@ImplementedBy(SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.class)
+public interface MultipartUploadStrategy {
+   
+   /* Maximum number of parts per upload */
+   public static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_PARTS = 10000;
+   /* Maximum number of parts returned for a list parts request */
+   public static final int MAX_LIST_PARTS_RETURNED = 1000;
+   /* Maximum number of multipart uploads returned in a list multipart uploads request */
+   public static final int MAX_LIST_MPU_RETURNED = 1000;
+   
+   /*
+    * part size 5 MB to 5 GB, last part can be < 5 MB
+    */
+   public static final long MIN_PART_SIZE = 5242880L;
+   public static final long MAX_PART_SIZE = 5368709120L;
+      
+   String execute(String container, Blob blob);
+   
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25d338ebe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.internal;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.KeyNotFoundException;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.reference.BlobStoreConstants;
+import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
+import org.jclouds.io.PayloadSlicer;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadataBuilder;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a sequential multipart upload strategy.
+ * 
+ * The file partitioning algorithm:
+ * 
+ * The default partition size we choose is 32mb. A multiple of this default partition size is used.
+ * The number of parts first grows to a chosen magnitude (for example 100 parts), then it grows the
+ * partition size instead of number of partitions. When we reached the maximum part size, then again
+ * it starts to grow the number of partitions.
+ * 
+ * @author Tibor Kiss
+ */
+public class SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy implements MultipartUploadStrategy {
+   @Resource
+   @Named(BlobStoreConstants.BLOBSTORE_LOGGER)
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+   private final long DEFAULT_PART_SIZE = 33554432; // 32mb
+   private final int MAGNITUDE_BASE = 100;
+
+   private final AWSS3BlobStore ablobstore;
+   private final PayloadSlicer slicer;
+
+   // calculated only once, but not from the constructor
+   private volatile long parts; // required number of parts with chunkSize
+   private volatile long chunkSize;
+   private volatile long remaining; // number of bytes remained for the last part
+
+   // sequentially updated values
+   private volatile int part;
+   private volatile long chunkOffset;
+   private volatile long copied;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy(AWSS3BlobStore ablobstore, PayloadSlicer slicer) {
+      this.ablobstore = checkNotNull(ablobstore, "ablobstore");
+      this.slicer = checkNotNull(slicer, "slicer");
+   }
+
+   protected long calculateChunkSize(long length) {
+      long unitPartSize = DEFAULT_PART_SIZE; // first try with default part size
+      long parts = length / unitPartSize;
+      long partSize = unitPartSize;
+      int magnitude = (int) (parts / MAGNITUDE_BASE);
+      if (magnitude > 0) {
+         partSize = magnitude * unitPartSize;
+         if (partSize > MAX_PART_SIZE) {
+            partSize = MAX_PART_SIZE;
+            unitPartSize = MAX_PART_SIZE;
+         }
+         parts = length / partSize;
+      }
+      if (parts > MAX_NUMBER_OF_PARTS) { // if splits in too many parts or
+                                         // cannot be split
+         unitPartSize = MIN_PART_SIZE; // take the minimum part size
+         parts = length / unitPartSize;
+      }
+      if (parts > MAX_NUMBER_OF_PARTS) { // if still splits in too many parts
+         parts = MAX_NUMBER_OF_PARTS - 1; // limit them. do not care about not
+                                          // covering
+      }
+      long remainder = length % unitPartSize;
+      if (remainder == 0 && parts > 0) {
+         parts -= 1;
+      }
+      this.chunkSize = partSize;
+      this.parts = parts;
+      this.remaining = length - partSize * parts;
+      logger.debug(" %d bytes partitioned in %d parts of part size: %d, remaining: %d%s", length, parts, chunkSize,
+            remaining, (remaining > MAX_PART_SIZE ? " overflow!" : ""));
+      return this.chunkSize;
+   }
+
+   protected long getParts() {
+      return parts;
+   }
+
+   protected int getNextPart() {
+      return ++part;
+   }
+
+   protected void addCopied(long copied) {
+      this.copied += copied;
+   }
+
+   protected long getNextChunkOffset() {
+      long next = chunkOffset;
+      chunkOffset += getChunkSize();
+      return next;
+   }
+
+   protected long getChunkSize() {
+      return chunkSize;
+   }
+
+   protected long getRemaining() {
+      return remaining;
+   }
+
+   private String prepareUploadPart(AWSS3Client client, String container, String key, String uploadId, int part,
+         Payload chunkedPart) {
+      String eTag = null;
+      try {
+         eTag = client.uploadPart(container, key, part, uploadId, chunkedPart);
+      } catch (KeyNotFoundException e) {
+         // note that because of eventual consistency, the upload id may not be present yet
+         // we may wish to add this condition to the retry handler
+
+         // we may also choose to implement ListParts and wait for the uploadId to become
+         // available there.
+         eTag = client.uploadPart(container, key, part, uploadId, chunkedPart);
+      }
+      return eTag;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String execute(String container, Blob blob) {
+      String key = blob.getMetadata().getName();
+      calculateChunkSize(blob.getPayload().getContentMetadata().getContentLength());
+      long parts = getParts();
+      if (parts > 0) {
+         AWSS3Client client = (AWSS3Client) ablobstore.getContext().getProviderSpecificContext().getApi();
+         String uploadId = client.initiateMultipartUpload(container, ObjectMetadataBuilder.create().key(key).build()); // TODO
+                                                                                                                       // md5
+         Map<Integer, String> etags = Maps.newHashMap();
+         int part;
+         while ((part = getNextPart()) <= getParts()) {
+            String eTag = prepareUploadPart(client, container, key, uploadId, part,
+                  slicer.slice(blob.getPayload(), getNextChunkOffset(), chunkSize));
+            etags.put(new Integer(part), eTag);
+         }
+         long remaining = getRemaining();
+         if (remaining > 0) {
+            String eTag = prepareUploadPart(client, container, key, uploadId, part,
+                  slicer.slice(blob.getPayload(), getNextChunkOffset(), remaining));
+            etags.put(new Integer(part), eTag);
+         }
+         return client.completeMultipartUpload(container, key, uploadId, etags);
+      } else {
+         return ablobstore.putBlob(container, blob);
+      }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
index 5e54c2f966..6833bda5b1 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ import static org.jclouds.io.Payloads.newByteArrayPayload;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.KeyNotFoundException;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.http.BaseJettyTest;
 import org.jclouds.http.apachehc.config.ApacheHCHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.InputSupplier;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
@@ -134,4 +139,23 @@ public class AWSS3ClientLiveTest extends S3ClientLiveTest {
          returnContainer(containerName);
       }
    }
+   
+   public void testMultipartChunkedFileStream() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+      
+      FileOutputStream fous = new FileOutputStream(new File("target/const.txt"));
+      ByteStreams.copy(oneHundredOneConstitutions.getInput(), fous);
+      fous.flush();
+      fous.close();
+      String containerName = getContainerName();
+      
+      try {
+         BlobStore blobStore = context.getBlobStore();
+         blobStore.createContainerInLocation(null, containerName);
+         Blob blob = blobStore.blobBuilder("const.txt")
+            .payload(new File("target/const.txt")).build();
+         blobStore.putBlobMultipart(containerName, blob);
+      } finally {
+         returnContainer(containerName);
+      }
+   }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3TestInitializer.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3TestInitializer.java
index 8478b31ba3..9f37f754c3 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3TestInitializer.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3TestInitializer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContextFactory;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.TransientBlobStoreTestInitializer;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
+import org.jclouds.netty.config.NettyPayloadModule;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class AWSS3TestInitializer extends TransientBlobStoreTestInitializer {
    protected BlobStoreContext createLiveContext(Module configurationModule, String endpoint, String apiversion,
             String app, String identity, String credential) throws IOException {
       return new BlobStoreContextFactory().createContext(provider, ImmutableSet.of(configurationModule,
-               new Log4JLoggingModule()), setupProperties(endpoint, apiversion, identity, credential));
+               new Log4JLoggingModule(), new NettyPayloadModule()), setupProperties(endpoint, apiversion, identity, credential));
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
index 13f17e9368..780aa9274f 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
+import org.jclouds.azure.storage.domain.BoundedSet;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.AzureBlobAsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.blobstore.functions.AzureBlobToBlob;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.blobstore.functions.BlobPropertiesToBlobMetadata;
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ import org.jclouds.azureblob.domain.BlobProperties;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.domain.ContainerProperties;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.domain.ListBlobsResponse;
 import org.jclouds.azureblob.options.ListBlobsOptions;
-import org.jclouds.azure.storage.domain.BoundedSet;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
@@ -79,18 +79,18 @@ public class AzureAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
 
    @Inject
    AzureAsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
-            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
-            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, AzureBlobAsyncClient async,
-            ContainerToResourceMetadata container2ResourceMd,
-            ListOptionsToListBlobsOptions blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions,
-            ListBlobsResponseToResourceList azure2BlobStoreResourceList, AzureBlobToBlob azureBlob2Blob,
-            BlobToAzureBlob blob2AzureBlob, BlobPropertiesToBlobMetadata blob2BlobMd,
-            BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions) {
+         @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService service, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
+         @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, AzureBlobAsyncClient async,
+         ContainerToResourceMetadata container2ResourceMd,
+         ListOptionsToListBlobsOptions blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions,
+         ListBlobsResponseToResourceList azure2BlobStoreResourceList, AzureBlobToBlob azureBlob2Blob,
+         BlobToAzureBlob blob2AzureBlob, BlobPropertiesToBlobMetadata blob2BlobMd,
+         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions) {
       super(context, blobUtils, service, defaultLocation, locations);
       this.async = checkNotNull(async, "async");
       this.container2ResourceMd = checkNotNull(container2ResourceMd, "container2ResourceMd");
       this.blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions = checkNotNull(blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions,
-               "blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions");
+            "blobStore2AzureContainerListOptions");
       this.azure2BlobStoreResourceList = checkNotNull(azure2BlobStoreResourceList, "azure2BlobStoreResourceList");
       this.azureBlob2Blob = checkNotNull(azureBlob2Blob, "azureBlob2Blob");
       this.blob2AzureBlob = checkNotNull(blob2AzureBlob, "blob2AzureBlob");
@@ -105,15 +105,15 @@ public class AzureAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list() {
       return Futures
-               .compose(
-                        async.listContainers(includeMetadata()),
-                        new Function<BoundedSet<ContainerProperties>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
-                           public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(
-                                    BoundedSet<ContainerProperties> from) {
-                              return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, container2ResourceMd),
-                                       from.getNextMarker());
-                           }
-                        }, service);
+            .compose(
+                  async.listContainers(includeMetadata()),
+                  new Function<BoundedSet<ContainerProperties>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+                     public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(
+                           BoundedSet<ContainerProperties> from) {
+                        return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(Iterables.transform(from, container2ResourceMd), from
+                              .getNextMarker());
+                     }
+                  }, service);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -243,4 +243,9 @@ public class AzureAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("please use deleteContainer");
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
index 3764648c31..88b0a11f19 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/main/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/AzureBlobStore.java
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ public class AzureBlobStore extends BaseBlobStore {
       return sync.putBlob(container, blob2AzureBlob.apply(blob));
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This implementation invokes {@link AzureBlobClient#putObject}
+    * 
+    * @param container
+    *           container name
+    * @param blob
+    *           object
+    */
+   @Override
+   public String putBlobMultipart(String container, Blob blob) {
+      return putBlob(container, blob);
+   }
+
    /**
     * This implementation invokes {@link AzureBlobClient#deleteObject}
     *