Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Introduction

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the major cloud carrier, who has taken Cloud Computing by storm. But what is AWS and what its doing in cloud? What is Cloud Computing? How it has transformed computing?

These are some of questions, among many. So lets take a deep dive. 

Traditionally, organisations would need to contact data centres and bind themselves into a contract for the use of computing resources. 

Computing resources, at high level are system resources, physical or virtual component of limited availability within a computer system. These resources are interconnected with high speed bandwidth that provides communication. 

Now with the advent of cloud, one may request the computing resources on-demand. This on-demand allows the organisation or small-business, for the matter of fact, save thousands ($$$) and thus be able to scale their resources, as required. This facet of computing is what is called Cloud Computing.

Though with Cloud Computing, one gets additional benefits like:

+ Scalability: up / down computing resources, as required

+ Business continuity: don't have to close shop, if the demand goes down. Just wait and watch, restructure, add new services, innovate and grow as the demand grows

+ Collaborate efficiency: Collaborate with teams, share with greater audience, utilise different methods of communication, allow people to be connected, innovate, record activity, securely

+ Security: Security is basically two-way sword. The vendor provides the security of the infrastructure but the services that you utilise, one needs to secure them. 

If I compare this to traditional computing, one needs to secure the internal data centre, make sure the electricity is available 24*7, make sure its temperature is maintained, etc. etc. etc....

From all this, the business have to focus on innovation. This has taken industry to next level where small investment, high returns could be achieved. 

So we have talked about cloud computing and how its has transformed the way computing is carried, today. 

So what AWS is doing over here? AWS is the platform which enables cloud computing. This means, AWS is one of the first to adopt the cloud computing and with the advent of various innovative cloud services has helped million of business, across the globe. 

Though AWS isn't alone to maximise the benefits of cloud computing, there are others like Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure (Mircrosoft), etc. 

These organisations have utilise the computing resources to their benefit and open up the services like compute, network, and storage at a high level, so that organisation / small-medium business could utilise and explore the benefits at reduce cost, securely.