Overview of Amazon
Web Services
AWS Whitepaper
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Overview of Amazon Web Services: AWS Whitepaper
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Table of Contents
Overview of Amazon Web Services ....................................................................................................... 1
Abstract .................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1
What Is Cloud Computing? .................................................................................................................. 2
Six Advantages of Cloud Computing ..................................................................................................... 3
Types of Cloud Computing .................................................................................................................. 4
Cloud Computing Models ............................................................................................................ 4
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) .......................................................................................... 4
Platform as a Service (PaaS) ................................................................................................ 4
Software as a Service (SaaS) ................................................................................................ 4
Cloud Computing Deployment Models .......................................................................................... 4
Cloud ................................................................................................................................ 4
Hybrid .............................................................................................................................. 5
On-premises ...................................................................................................................... 5
Global Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................... 6
Security and Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 7
Security .................................................................................................................................... 7
Benefits of AWS Security .................................................................................................... 7
Compliance ............................................................................................................................... 7
Amazon Web Services Cloud Platform .................................................................................................. 9
AWS Management Console .......................................................................................................... 9
AWS Command Line Interface ..................................................................................................... 9
Software Development Kits ....................................................................................................... 10
Analytics ................................................................................................................................. 10
Amazon Athena ............................................................................................................... 10
Amazon EMR ................................................................................................................... 10
Amazon CloudSearch ........................................................................................................ 11
Amazon Elasticsearch Service ............................................................................................. 11
Amazon Kinesis ................................................................................................................ 11
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose ............................................................................................ 11
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics ........................................................................................... 12
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams ............................................................................................ 12
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams ........................................................................................... 12
Amazon Redshift .............................................................................................................. 12
Amazon QuickSight .......................................................................................................... 12
AWS Data Pipeline ............................................................................................................ 12
AWS Glue ........................................................................................................................ 13
AWS Lake Formation ........................................................................................................ 13
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) ............................................... 13
Application Integration ............................................................................................................. 14
AWS Step Functions ......................................................................................................... 14
Amazon MQ .................................................................................................................... 14
Amazon SQS .................................................................................................................... 14
Amazon SNS .................................................................................................................... 15
Amazon SWF ................................................................................................................... 15
AR and VR ............................................................................................................................... 15
Amazon Sumerian ............................................................................................................ 15
AWS Cost Management ............................................................................................................. 15
AWS Cost Explorer ............................................................................................................ 15
AWS Budgets ................................................................................................................... 16
AWS Cost & Usage Report ................................................................................................. 16
Reserved Instance (RI) Reporting ........................................................................................ 16
Blockchain ............................................................................................................................... 16
Amazon Managed Blockchain ............................................................................................. 16
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Business Applications ................................................................................................................ 17
Alexa for Business ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon WorkDocs ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon WorkMail ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon Chime ................................................................................................................. 18
Compute Services ..................................................................................................................... 18
Amazon EC2 .................................................................................................................... 18
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ................................................................................................. 19
Amazon Elastic Container Registry ...................................................................................... 19
Amazon Elastic Container Service ....................................................................................... 19
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service ..................................................................................... 19
Amazon Lightsail .............................................................................................................. 20
AWS Batch ...................................................................................................................... 20
AWS Elastic Beanstalk ....................................................................................................... 20
AWS Fargate .................................................................................................................... 20
AWS Lambda ................................................................................................................... 21
AWS Serverless Application Repository ................................................................................ 21
AWS Outposts .................................................................................................................. 21
VMware Cloud on AWS ..................................................................................................... 21
Customer Engagement .............................................................................................................. 22
Amazon Connect .............................................................................................................. 22
Amazon SES .................................................................................................................... 22
Database ................................................................................................................................. 22
Amazon Aurora ................................................................................................................ 23
Amazon Relational Database Service ................................................................................... 23
Amazon RDS on VMware ................................................................................................... 23
Amazon DynamoDB .......................................................................................................... 23
Amazon ElastiCache .......................................................................................................... 24
Amazon Neptune ............................................................................................................. 24
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) ......................................................................... 24
Amazon Timestream ......................................................................................................... 25
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) ............................................................ 25
Desktop and App Streaming ...................................................................................................... 25
Amazon WorkSpaces ......................................................................................................... 26
Amazon AppStream 2.0 .................................................................................................... 26
Developer Tools ....................................................................................................................... 26
AWS CodeCommit ............................................................................................................ 26
CodeBuild ........................................................................................................................ 27
CodeDeploy ..................................................................................................................... 27
CodePipeline .................................................................................................................... 27
AWS CodeStar .................................................................................................................. 27
Amazon Corretto .............................................................................................................. 27
AWS Cloud9 .................................................................................................................... 27
AWS X-Ray ...................................................................................................................... 28
Game Tech .............................................................................................................................. 28
Amazon GameLift ............................................................................................................. 28
Amazon Lumberyard ......................................................................................................... 28
Internet of Things (IoT) ............................................................................................................. 28
AWS IoT Core .................................................................................................................. 29
FreeRTOS ........................................................................................................................ 29
AWS IoT Greengrass ......................................................................................................... 29
AWS IoT 1-Click ............................................................................................................... 30
AWS IoT Analytics ............................................................................................................ 30
AWS IoT Button ............................................................................................................... 30
AWS IoT Device Defender .................................................................................................. 31
AWS IoT Device Management ............................................................................................ 31
AWS IoT Events ................................................................................................................ 31
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Web Services
AWS Whitepaper
, Overview of Amazon Web Services AWS Whitepaper
Overview of Amazon Web Services: AWS Whitepaper
Copyright © Amazon Web Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Amazon's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not
Amazon's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or
discredits Amazon. All other trademarks not owned by Amazon are the property of their respective owners, who may
or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Amazon.
, Overview of Amazon Web Services AWS Whitepaper
Table of Contents
Overview of Amazon Web Services ....................................................................................................... 1
Abstract .................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1
What Is Cloud Computing? .................................................................................................................. 2
Six Advantages of Cloud Computing ..................................................................................................... 3
Types of Cloud Computing .................................................................................................................. 4
Cloud Computing Models ............................................................................................................ 4
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) .......................................................................................... 4
Platform as a Service (PaaS) ................................................................................................ 4
Software as a Service (SaaS) ................................................................................................ 4
Cloud Computing Deployment Models .......................................................................................... 4
Cloud ................................................................................................................................ 4
Hybrid .............................................................................................................................. 5
On-premises ...................................................................................................................... 5
Global Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................... 6
Security and Compliance ..................................................................................................................... 7
Security .................................................................................................................................... 7
Benefits of AWS Security .................................................................................................... 7
Compliance ............................................................................................................................... 7
Amazon Web Services Cloud Platform .................................................................................................. 9
AWS Management Console .......................................................................................................... 9
AWS Command Line Interface ..................................................................................................... 9
Software Development Kits ....................................................................................................... 10
Analytics ................................................................................................................................. 10
Amazon Athena ............................................................................................................... 10
Amazon EMR ................................................................................................................... 10
Amazon CloudSearch ........................................................................................................ 11
Amazon Elasticsearch Service ............................................................................................. 11
Amazon Kinesis ................................................................................................................ 11
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose ............................................................................................ 11
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics ........................................................................................... 12
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams ............................................................................................ 12
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams ........................................................................................... 12
Amazon Redshift .............................................................................................................. 12
Amazon QuickSight .......................................................................................................... 12
AWS Data Pipeline ............................................................................................................ 12
AWS Glue ........................................................................................................................ 13
AWS Lake Formation ........................................................................................................ 13
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) ............................................... 13
Application Integration ............................................................................................................. 14
AWS Step Functions ......................................................................................................... 14
Amazon MQ .................................................................................................................... 14
Amazon SQS .................................................................................................................... 14
Amazon SNS .................................................................................................................... 15
Amazon SWF ................................................................................................................... 15
AR and VR ............................................................................................................................... 15
Amazon Sumerian ............................................................................................................ 15
AWS Cost Management ............................................................................................................. 15
AWS Cost Explorer ............................................................................................................ 15
AWS Budgets ................................................................................................................... 16
AWS Cost & Usage Report ................................................................................................. 16
Reserved Instance (RI) Reporting ........................................................................................ 16
Blockchain ............................................................................................................................... 16
Amazon Managed Blockchain ............................................................................................. 16
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Business Applications ................................................................................................................ 17
Alexa for Business ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon WorkDocs ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon WorkMail ............................................................................................................ 17
Amazon Chime ................................................................................................................. 18
Compute Services ..................................................................................................................... 18
Amazon EC2 .................................................................................................................... 18
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling ................................................................................................. 19
Amazon Elastic Container Registry ...................................................................................... 19
Amazon Elastic Container Service ....................................................................................... 19
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service ..................................................................................... 19
Amazon Lightsail .............................................................................................................. 20
AWS Batch ...................................................................................................................... 20
AWS Elastic Beanstalk ....................................................................................................... 20
AWS Fargate .................................................................................................................... 20
AWS Lambda ................................................................................................................... 21
AWS Serverless Application Repository ................................................................................ 21
AWS Outposts .................................................................................................................. 21
VMware Cloud on AWS ..................................................................................................... 21
Customer Engagement .............................................................................................................. 22
Amazon Connect .............................................................................................................. 22
Amazon SES .................................................................................................................... 22
Database ................................................................................................................................. 22
Amazon Aurora ................................................................................................................ 23
Amazon Relational Database Service ................................................................................... 23
Amazon RDS on VMware ................................................................................................... 23
Amazon DynamoDB .......................................................................................................... 23
Amazon ElastiCache .......................................................................................................... 24
Amazon Neptune ............................................................................................................. 24
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) ......................................................................... 24
Amazon Timestream ......................................................................................................... 25
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) ............................................................ 25
Desktop and App Streaming ...................................................................................................... 25
Amazon WorkSpaces ......................................................................................................... 26
Amazon AppStream 2.0 .................................................................................................... 26
Developer Tools ....................................................................................................................... 26
AWS CodeCommit ............................................................................................................ 26
CodeBuild ........................................................................................................................ 27
CodeDeploy ..................................................................................................................... 27
CodePipeline .................................................................................................................... 27
AWS CodeStar .................................................................................................................. 27
Amazon Corretto .............................................................................................................. 27
AWS Cloud9 .................................................................................................................... 27
AWS X-Ray ...................................................................................................................... 28
Game Tech .............................................................................................................................. 28
Amazon GameLift ............................................................................................................. 28
Amazon Lumberyard ......................................................................................................... 28
Internet of Things (IoT) ............................................................................................................. 28
AWS IoT Core .................................................................................................................. 29
FreeRTOS ........................................................................................................................ 29
AWS IoT Greengrass ......................................................................................................... 29
AWS IoT 1-Click ............................................................................................................... 30
AWS IoT Analytics ............................................................................................................ 30
AWS IoT Button ............................................................................................................... 30
AWS IoT Device Defender .................................................................................................. 31
AWS IoT Device Management ............................................................................................ 31
AWS IoT Events ................................................................................................................ 31
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