AWS – AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Why AWS?
The major player in cloud computing is AWS (Amazon Web Services) which running cloud-based computing platforms from various services in eCommerce hosting. By this services more companies use the infrastructure to store their information. At first, the amazon started their services cloud service through remote computing in 2006. The most advertised services of amazon are EC2 and s3. The AWS also offers a service on REST and SOAP protocols to access HTTP. Some Key components for Amazon Web Hosting
- Simple Storage Services (S3)
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Relationship Database Services (RDS)
- Elastic Block Store (EBS)
- DNS & registration (Route53)
A recent report suggests that Amazon Web Services has more than 70% infrastructure market in cloud computing. The following companies which are using AWS are follows
- Netflix
- Tumblr
- FourSquare
- Belkin
- SoundCloud
- Vimeo