What is AWS Cloud?
What is AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), launched in 2006, is the worlds most comprehensive cloud platform offering 200+ services across 30+ Regions. AWS powers 33% of the cloud market and serves millions of customers from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
AWS Global Infrastructure
Regions: 30+ (us-east-1, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-1) Availability Zones: 100+ (isolated DC groups per Region) Edge Locations: 400+ (CloudFront CDN caching) Local Zones: Low-latency for specific workloads Wavelength Zones: 5G edge computing
Key Benefits
- Pay-as-you-go: No upfront costs, scale instantly
- 99.999999999% (11 9s) durability
- Shared responsibility security model
- Free Tier: 12 months + always free services
- 90+ security/compliance standards (HIPAA, PCI-DSS)