Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive and evolving cloud computing platform over the internet provided by Amazon. AWS is a cloud computing platform originally launched internally in 2002 in Amazon. As Amazon Infrastructure was its core strength, in 2003 Amazon decided to launched this idea to market. In 2004, AWS launched publicly with SQS. Again in 2006, AWS re-launched publicly with SQS, S3 & EC2. And from there on AWS become world famous for Cloud Computing platform. The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.7% in 2022, to total $120.3 billion, up from $92.8 billion in 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. Amazon retained the No. 1 position in the IaaS market in 2022, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei.
It offers a wide range of cloud services:
- Computing Power
- Storage Solutions
- Networking
- Databases
- Analytics
- Developer Tools
- Security
- Internet of Things (IoT) services
- Block Chain
- Video Production
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Robot Development
- Orbital Satellites
AWS has "Pay As you Go" model. It means that businesses has to pay only for the resources they use. AWS allows businesses to access computing resources on-demand, enabling them to scale their infrastructure quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively without the need for large upfront investments in hardware or infrastructure. This "Pay As You Go" model makes it super affordable for businesses of all sizes to use AWS.
Over the years, AWS has become a leading cloud services provider, serving millions of businesses worldwide, from tiny startups to giant corporations, across all sorts of industries.
To understand AWS , we first need to understand - what is cloud computing?. Let's learn in next post of this blog.