Nandini Swami 19BSP1650
What is AWS ?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud platform offered by Amazon.com Inc
(AMZN), has become a giant component of the e-commerce giant's business
portfolio. Having grown steadily in the 30-percent range the past few quarters, AWS
is a frontrunner to other cloud computing platforms such as competitor Microsoft
Azure.
AWS is made up of so many different cloud computing products and services. The
highly profitable Amazon division provides servers, storage, networking, remote
computing, email, mobile development, and security. AWS can be broken into three
main products: EC2, Amazon’s virtual machine service, Glacier, a low-cost cloud
storage service, and S3, Amazon’s storage system. AWS is so large and present in the
computing world that it's far outpaced its competitors. As of February 2020, one
independent analyst reports AWS has over a third of the market at 32.4%, with Azure
following behind at half that amount 17.6%, and Google Cloud at 6%.
AWS has 76 availability zones in which its servers are located. These serviced regions
are divided in order to allow users to set geographical limits on their services (if they
so choose), but also to provide security by diversifying the physical locations in which
data is held. Overall, AWS spans 245 countries and territories.
Conclusion :
Amazon Web Services is a cash cow for Amazon. The services are shaking up the
computing world in the same way that Amazon is changing America’s retail space.
By pricing its cloud products extremely cheaply, Amazon can provide affordable and
scalable services to everyone from the newest start-up to a Fortune 500 company.
Three services which AWS sales are :
The most popular include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple
Storage Service (Amazon S3), and AWS Lambda (a serverless function enabling
serverless ETL e.g. between instances of EC2 & S3).
What is SAAS ?
SaaS (Software as a Service) : SaaS platforms make software available to users over the
internet, usually for a monthly subscription fee.
SaaS Delivery : Over the internet.
SaaS Advantages : With SaaS, there is no need to install and run software applications on
your computer (or any computer). Everything is available over the internet when you log in to
your account online. One can usually access the software from any device, anytime (as long
as there is an internet connection).
The same goes for anyone else using the software. All the staff will have personalized logins,
suitable to their access level.
What is PAAS ?
PaaS (Platform as a Service) : A PaaS vendor provides hardware and software tools over
the internet, and people use these tools to develop applications. PaaS users tend to be
developers.
PaaS Delivery : Over the internet.
PaaS Advantages : PaaS is primarily used by developers who are building software or
applications.
PaaS is a popular choice for businesses who want to create unique applications without
spending a fortune or taking on all the responsibility. It’s kind of like the difference between
hiring a venue to put on a show vs. building a venue to put on a show. The venue stays the
same, but what you create in that space is unique.
What is IAAS ?
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) : IaaS businesses offer services such as pay-as-you-go
storage, networking, and virtualization. IaaS gives users cloud-based alternatives to on-
premise infrastructure, so businesses can avoid investing in expensive on-site resources.
IaaS Delivery : Over the internet.
IaaS Advantages : Maintaining on-premise IT infrastructure is costly and labor-intensive. It
often requires a significant initial investment in physical hardware, and then you will
probably need to engage external IT contractors to maintain the hardware and keep
everything working and up-to-date.
