Over the years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has permanently imprinted its name on the cloud computing world, backing up over 800 government agencies, 10,000 non-profit organizations and 3,000 .edus. Amazon Web Services caters to a spectrum of clients (individuals and organizations) by providing on-demand cloud computing assets and aids with pay-as-you-go method. This means that you can build and manage your websites and apps on AWS.

Multi-Use of AWS

AWS is commonly used:

• For storing public or private data;
• For hosting a static/dynamic website;
• For supporting online student programs;
• For processing scientific and business data; and
• For managing peak loads.

When you use AWS resources instead of setting up your own private infrastructure, it is like buying electricity from a power-house instead of purchasing your own generator. Apart from encountering the same benefits, you also experience extended advantages of having to pay only for the capacities you use and of having an expert vendor (managing vast networks) handle your server. This article will provide a brief overview of their products before discussing the benefits that businesses can experience with AWS.

Products and Services

AWS products and services can be categorized broadly into 7 classes:

(I) Compute and networking services:

The major computing and networking tasks covered by AWS are: supply of virtual servers, establishment of firewalls, allocation and routing of IP addresses, configuration of internet access and scaling of infrastructure to sync with the project’s demands. Their products under this category include: Amazon VPC, Amazon Route 53, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling and Amazon ECS.

(II) Storage and content delivery services:

Depending on the needs of your company, you can make use of AWS’s key services: Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier and CloudFront.

(III) Security and identity services:

The amount and type of data will determine what kind of protection you intend to establish around it. AWS Directory Service and AWS Identity and Access Management are the two primary services offered under this category.

(IV) Database services:

With AWS, you can experience a well-handled relational and NoSQL database service. In-memory caching is also available as a service along with petabyte-scale data warehouse solution.

(V) Analytics services:

With Big Data penetrating almost every field of work, analytics is the need of our hour. With Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) which employs Hadoop, you can organize and process data. Along with EMR, you can also make use of AWS Data Pipeline and Amazon Kinesis for impeccable analysis and insights.

(VI) Application services:

Along with your applications, you can acquire a series of planned services. These include: Amazon CloudSearch, Amazon SNS, Amazon SWF, Amazon AppStream, Amazon SES, Amazon SQS and Amazon Elastic Transcoder.

(VII) Management tools:

You can organize and manage your AWS resource by using AWS OpsWorks, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Config, AWS Service Catalog, AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch.

Benefits of Using AWS

How is AWS better than the other cloud computing platforms? What are the advantages of using it over the others? Here are six reasons to choose AWS for launching your website and app!

1. Intuitive and Easy-to-Use

When AWS was built, the prime motivation was to create a platform where application providers, vendors and ISVs could swiftly and safely host their apps. Today, AWS fulfills this task, for both existent apps and new SaaS-based apps. The AWS Management Console allows you to access the AWS’s app-hosting platform.

2. Friendly to the Pockets

There are no long-drawn contracts or up-front demands when you sign up with AWS. You only have to pay for the resources that you use, which includes the storage, computer power and other tools. The AWS Economics Center provides a detailed view of different pricing options.

3. High Functionality and Scalability

Depending on the demand you receive, you can scale your app using the AWS tools. Since AWS has an outstanding infrastructure, you can make use of the computing and storage resources whenever required.

4. Dynamic and Flexible Operations

With AWS, you can customize your resources for exactly the project you intend to fulfill. You can choose the web application platform, the operating system, the programming language, database and other resources. This will ensure that you can easily migrate the existent apps and also lock these options while building new apps.

5. Trustworthy

Built over decades, AWS comes with impeccable global computing infrastructure. The testimony of its perfection is measurable through the consistent increase in their clientele which passed over $7.3 billion in late 2015.

6. Safety

AWS undertakes operational, software and physical measures to make sure that your web and app are secure. You can restrict access to AWS resources by employing IAS (Identity and Access Management) where different roles can be attributed varying privileges. You can also use VPX where services can be hosted on a private network that cannot be approached through the internet.

Backed by years of development and implementation, AWS stands as an optimal choice for cloud computing. Now, you can even join a free-of-cost, hands-on experience with AWS for 12 months (AWS Free Tier).

Apart from the wide range of products and services it provides, AWS is ideal for business because of the ease of use, flexibility, reliability, security, cost-friendliness and scalability. Leave your comment on this.

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