Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is an Amazon subsidiary that provides cloud computing platforms and APIs to consumers, businesses, and governments on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. This is frequently used in conjunction with autoscaling by clients (a process that allows a client to use more computing in times of high application usage and then scale down to reduce costs when there is less traffic).
These cloud computing web services offer a wide range of networking, computation, storage, middleware, IOT, and other processing capabilities, as well as software tools, via AWS server farms.
Customers can access AWS services via a worldwide network of Amazon server farms. Fees are calculated based on consumption (a "pay-as-you-go" model), hardware, operating system, software, or networking characteristics chosen by the subscriber, as well as availability, redundancy, security, and service options.
Subscribers can buy a single virtual AWS machine, a dedicated physical computer, or a combination of the two. Certain aspects of security are provided by Amazon to customers (for example, physical security of data centers), while other aspects of security are the responsibility of the subscriber (e.g., account management, vulnerability scanning, patching). AWS operates from multiple locations around the world, including seven in North America.
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Official website: https://aws.amazon.com/
