Amazon Web Services
What is Amazon Web Services(AWS)?
AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon that includes a mixture of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and packaged-software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. AWS services can offer an organization tools such as compute power, database storage and content delivery services.
Amazon.com Web Services launched its first web services in 2002 from the internal infrastructure that Amazon.com built to handle its online retail operations. In 2006, it began offering its defining IaaS services. AWS was one of the first companies to introduce a pay-as-you-go cloud computing model that scales to provide users with compute, storage or throughput as needed.
Amazon Web Services Key AWS Services and Features:-
- Compute:
- Amazon EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud provides scalable virtual servers for running applications.
- AWS Lambda: A serverless computing service that runs code in response to events without the need to manage servers.
- Storage:
- Amazon S3: Simple Storage Service for scalable object storage.
- Amazon EBS: Elastic Block Store provides persistent block storage for EC2 instances.
- Databases:
- Amazon RDS: Relational Database Service for managed relational databases.
- Amazon DynamoDB: A NoSQL database for scalable, low-latency data access.
- Networking:
- Amazon VPC: Virtual Private Cloud for creating isolated network environments.
- Amazon Route 53: A scalable domain name system (DNS) web service.
- Content Delivery and CDN:
- Amazon CloudFront: A content delivery network service for low-latency, high-speed content delivery.
- Analytics:
- Amazon Redshift: A fully managed data warehouse for data analytics.
- Amazon EMR: Elastic MapReduce for big data processing.
- Machine Learning and AI:
- Amazon SageMaker: A fully managed service for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
- Amazon Rekognition: A deep learning-based image and video analysis service.
- Security and Identity:
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM): A service for managing user access and permissions.
- AWS Key Management Service (KMS): A managed encryption service.
- Developer Tools:
- AWS CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline: Tools for building, deploying, and managing applications.
- AWS CloudFormation: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service for provisioning AWS resources.
- Internet of Things (IoT):
- AWS IoT: A platform for connecting devices to the cloud and developing IoT applications.
- Serverless Computing:
- AWS Step Functions: Coordinate multiple AWS services into serverless workflows.
- AWS App Runner: A service for deploying containerized web applications.
- Management and Monitoring:
- Amazon CloudWatch: Monitor AWS resources and applications.
- AWS CloudTrail: Record AWS API calls for auditing and compliance.
AWS provides services in data centers around the world, allowing users to deploy applications globally for redundancy, low-latency, and high availability. It has become one of the most widely used cloud service providers and is popular among startups, enterprises, and developers due to its scalability, reliability, and extensive feature set.