Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Conley Stallard
- Aug 24, 2017
- 3 min read
What is Amazon Web Services?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering database storage, compute power, content delivery and other functionality to help you scale and grow your business. Millions of customers are currently leveraging AWS cloud products and solutions to build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability and reliability.
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Regardless of the type of applications you are running, a cloud services platform provides rapid access to flexible and low cost IT resources 24/7.
When you use a cloud computing service, you save the expense of large upfront investments in hardware and the daily cost of running and maintaining computing centers. This allows you to select the type and size of computing resources you need to operate your business.
Here is the best part of using a cloud service, you can access as many resources as you need and pay only for what you use.
Here is how cloud computing works:
Cloud computing is Internet based and provides a way to access servers, storage, databases and different application services. The Amazon Web Services platform provides and maintains the network-connected hardware required for their application services, while you use only what you need via a web application.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Products and Services
Amazon Web Services offers a broad set of global compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services that help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications.
The AWS platform handles demanding requirements for virtually any application.
AWS Basic Beginners Guide (Kindle Edition)
This book is an exploration of Amazon Web Services (AWS). It begins by guiding you on how to get started with AWS. The various uses of AWS are discussed and the book helps you learn how to create an account with AWS. Plus much more!
Here are just a few of the business solutions AWS can provide:
Web Hosting - Amazon Web Services offers cloud web hosting solutions that provide businesses, non-profits, and governmental organizations with a flexible, scalable and low-cost way to operate their websites and web applications.
Backup and Recovery - Amazon Web Services provide secure and scalable storage with backup and recovery for your business, without you having on-premises backup capabilities.
Data Archive - Amazon Web Services offers cloud storage services for archiving your data. 1. Amazon Glacier for affordable, non-time sensitive cloud storage 2. Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for faster storage, depending on your needs. You can build a comprehensive, storage plan with the Amazon Web Services data archive storage solution.
AWS Free Tier - The AWS Free Tier enables you to gain free, hands-on experience with the AWS platform, products, and services for 12 months. The AWS Marketplace offers free and paid software products that run on the AWS Free Tier. If you qualify for the AWS Free Tier, you can use these products for up to 750 hours per month and pay no additional charges for the Amazon EC2 instance (during the 12 months). Learn More.
Ecommerce Applications - Amazon Web Services offers an ecommerce cloud computing solution to small and large businesses that want a flexible, secured, highly scalable, and low-cost solution for online sales and retailing.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a cloud computing service to save the expense of large upfront investments in hardware and the daily cost of running and maintaining computing centers, you should take a look at the Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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