What is Amazon Web Services?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering computing power, database storage, content delivery, and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow. The benefits include stronger security than on-premises. Broad security certification and accreditation, data encryption at rest and in-transit, hardware security modules and strong physical security all contribute to a more secure way to manage your business IT infrastructure. It also provides deep visibility into compliance and governance by controlling, auditing & managing identity, configuration and usage is a crucial part of today’s IT infrastructure landscape. With the AWS Cloud, these capabilities come built into the platform helping you meet your compliance, governance and regulatory requirements.

From data warehousing to deployment tools, directories to content delivery, over 50 services are available in just a few mice clicks with AWS. New services are quick to provision, without upfront capital expense, allowing enterprises, start-ups, SMB’s, and customers in the public sector to access the building blocks they need to respond quickly to changing business requirements.