Basic Introduction to Amazon Web Service (AWS)
In the past, if companies wanted a website or an application, companies had to have their own physical server system. Purchasing hardware devices is already expensive, installing and installing them is even more time-consuming. Moreover, the operation and maintenance will require specialized IT staff, difficulties in expanding when the number of users increases, or decreases during off-peak hours – The ability to scale is very low. However, all these difficulties are now solved by Amazon Web Service (AWS).
About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform that provides IT infrastructure services to businesses. Amazon Web Services offers a vast suite of global cloud-based products including computing, storage, databases, analytics, networks, mobility, developer tools, and management tools. , IoT, security, and enterprise applications: on demand, available in seconds. From data warehousing to deployment tools, directories to content delivery, more than 140 AWS services are available. New services can be provided quickly, with no upfront capital cost. This allows businesses, startups, small and medium businesses, and regional customers to access the building blocks they need to respond quickly to changing business requirements. One of the main benefits of cloud computing is the opportunity to replace the upfront infrastructure cost of capital with low variable cost of scale with your business. With the cloud, businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT infrastructure weekly or monthly. Today, AWS provides a low-cost, highly reliable, scalable infrastructure platform in the cloud, powering hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.
Benefits of AWS
- Easy to Use : AWS is designed to allow companies and businesses to quickly and securely store applications. With the documentation system and large community, You can easily use the AWS Management Console or fully documented web service API to access AWS application storage platform.
- Flexibility : AWS lets you choose the operating system, programming language, web application platform, database and other services you need. With AWS, you get a virtual environment that allows you to download software and services that your application requires. This eases the migration process for existing applications while keeping options for building new solutions.
- Cost-Effective : You pay only for the hosting and other resources you use, with no long-term contracts or immediate commitments. For more information on comparing the cost of other storage alternatives with AWS, see AWS Economic Center.
- Reliable : With AWS, you take advantage of the scalable, reliable and secure global computing infrastructure, the virtual backbone of Amazon.com ‘s multi-billion dollar online business. honed for more than a decade.
- High Scalability and Performance : Using AWS, Automatic Replication and Elastic Load Balancing tools, your application can increase or decrease depending on demand. Backed by Amazon’s massive infrastructure, you have access to computing and storing resources when you need them.
- Safety and Security : AWS uses an end-to-end approach to secure and enhance our infrastructure, including physical measures, operations, and software. For more information, see AWS Security Center.
Above are general descriptions and benefits of Amazon Web Service, the following article we will learn more about some of the common technologies of AWS.
The article is translated from sources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/introduction.html https://aws.amazon.com/en/application-hosting/benefits/