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AWS Introduction

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform offered by Amazon, providing over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Launched in 2006, AWS has become the leader in cloud computing, enabling businesses, developers, and organizations to build, deploy, and scale applications with high availability, security, and performance.

Key Features​

  • Scalability: AWS allows you to scale resources up or down based on demand, ensuring cost-efficiency and performance.
  • Security: Robust security measures including encryption, identity management, and compliance certifications.
  • Global Infrastructure: Data centers in multiple regions worldwide for low-latency access and disaster recovery.
  • Services: Wide range of services including compute (EC2), storage (S3), databases (RDS), machine learning (SageMaker), and more.

Getting Started​

To get started with AWS, create an account at aws.amazon.com and explore the AWS Management Console.

For more details, refer to the specific AWS services documentation.