What is AWS? A Complete Introduction to Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services: The Cloud Giant Explained

AWS launched in 2006 with just three services and has grown to offer 200+ services from data centres in 33 geographic regions worldwide. It holds approximately 31% of the global cloud market.

Core Services You Need to Know

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Virtual servers scalable automatically based on demand.
S3 (Simple Storage Service): Infinitely scalable object storage with 99.999999999% durability.
RDS (Relational Database Service): Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora databases with automated backups.
Lambda: Serverless computing — run code without managing servers.
CloudFront: Global CDN serving content from edge locations closest to each user.

Is AWS Right for Your Business?

For startups and growing businesses, AWS is almost always the right choice. Pay-as-you-go pricing means no upfront infrastructure investment, and the free tier lets you start experimenting at zero cost.