AWS is a collection of remote computing services that make up a cloud computing platform. They provide a variety of services including computing power, storage options, networks, databases, analytics, application services, deployment, management, mobile, developer tools, and tools for the Internet of Things (IoT).
AWS provides a variety of services to meet the different needs of its customers, including:
Compute services
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides scalable computing capacity in the cloud, while Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and AWS Lambda allow customers to run and manage containerized applications and serverless functions, respectively.
Storage services
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) provides object storage with a simple web service interface, while Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Amazon Glacier provide block storage and archival storage, respectively.
Database services
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) allows customers to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud, while Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon ElastiCache provide NoSQL databases and in-memory caching, respectively.
Networking and content delivery
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) allows customers to create a virtual network in the cloud, while Amazon CloudFront provides a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering web content.
Management and security
AWS provides a variety of tools for managing and securing resources in the cloud, including Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring and logging, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for managing access to resources, and AWS Certificate Manager for managing SSL/TLS certificates.
Artificial Intelligence
AWS provides a set of AI services that allow customers to easily add intelligence capabilities to their applications and services, including Amazon Rekognition for image and video analysis, Amazon Transcribe for speech-to-text, and Amazon Translate for natural language translation.
AWS also allows customers to build and deploy their own applications using a variety of programming languages and frameworks, through AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS CodeStar.
AWS is considered one of the leaders in the cloud computing market, providing a wide range of services, high scalability, security, and ease of use for developers and businesses of all sizes.