Benefits
According to its website, AWS claims to offer its customers benefits in the following areas:
Low Cost
AWS offers low, pay-as-you-go pricing with no up-front expenses or long-term commitments. AWS is able to build and manage
a global infrastructure at scale, and pass the cost saving benefits onto customers in the form of lower prices.
Agility and Instant Elasticity
AWS provides a massive global cloud infrastructure that allows its customers to quickly innovate, experiment and
iterate. Instead of waiting weeks or months for hardware, businesses can instantly deploy new applications, scale up as their
workload grows, and scale down based on demand. Whether customers need one virtual server or thousands, or if they need
them for a few hours or 24/7, customers still only pay for what they use.
Open and Flexible
AWS is a language and operating system agnostic platform. Customers are able to choose the development platform or programming model that makes the most sense for their business, whilst choosing which services they use, and how they choose
to use them.
Secure
AWS is a secure, durable technology platform with industry-recognized certifications and audits: PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 27001,
FISMA Moderate, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and SOC 1 (formerly referred to as SAS 70 and/or SSAE 16) and SOC 2 audit reports.
Its services and data centres have multiple layers of operational and physical security to ensure the integrity and safety of its
customers’ data.
Uses
AWS’ cloud computing platform provides a multitude of customer solutions, including:
Application Hosting
AWS uses reliable, on-demand infrastructure to power customer applications, from hosted internal applications to
SaaS offerings.
Websites
Web hosting needs can be satisfied with AWS’s scalable infrastructure platform.
Backup and Storage
The ability to store data and build dependable backup solutions using AWS’ inexpensive data storage services.
Enterprise IT
Hosting of internal or external-facing IT applications in AWS’ secure environment.
Content Delivery
Speedy distribution of content to end-users worldwide, with low costs and high data transfer speeds.
Databases
A variety of scalable database solutions, from hosted enterprise database software to non-relational database solutions.
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