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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive and widely adopted cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. Launched in 2006, AWS offers over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. These services include computing power, storage, and databases, among others, which are available on a pay-as-you-go basis.

History

AWS was officially launched in March 2006 with the introduction of its first service, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), followed by Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in August 2006. The platform was developed to provide scalable and cost-effective cloud infrastructure to businesses and developers.

Services

AWS offers a wide range of services, categorized into several key areas:

Compute

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
• AWS Lambda
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

Storage

• Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• Amazon Glacier
• AWS Storage Gateway

Database

• Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon Aurora

Networking

• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Amazon Route 53
• AWS Direct Connect
• Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Security, Identity, and Compliance

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
• AWS Shield
• AWS WAF

Developer Tools

• AWS CodeCommit
• AWS CodeBuild
• AWS CodeDeploy
• AWS CodePipeline

Management and Governance

• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• AWS Systems Manager

Global Infrastructure

AWS operates in multiple geographic regions worldwide, each consisting of multiple availability zones. This global infrastructure ensures high availability, fault tolerance, and low latency for users.

Use Cases

AWS is used by millions of customers, including startups, large enterprises, and government agencies, for various use cases such as:

• Web hosting
• Big data analytics
• Machine learning
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Mobile services

Competitors

AWS faces competition from other major cloud service providers, including:

• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• IBM Cloud
• Oracle Cloud

See Also

• Cloud computing
• Amazon (company)
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• IBM Cloud
• Oracle Cloud

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