Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing services by Amazon and is the largest, comprehensive and popular cloud service provider (CSP) globally. AWS provides services such as compute power, content delivery network (CDN), database storage and many other cloud service functions. Furthermore, aims to provide cloud computing services and application programming interfaces (APIs) to organizations and individuals. Besides, it is the most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform and provides over 200 features of cloud services from its datacenters located globally. It offers a mix of packaged software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to individuals and organizations alike.
Some components of AWS include the following:
- Amazon cluster (compute services)
- Application services
- Database services
- Networking services
- Mobile services
- Management and security compliance
- Data analytics and visualization
- Storage services
- Automation and orchestration
- Hosting services
- Email services
- Disaster recovery (DR) services