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Technical overview

AWS is a Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider.  It offers you a platform where you can build and provision IT infrastructure or services in the cloud as you would in an on-premise data center.


It comprises of various services categorized under the following groups:
  • Compute
  • Storage
  • Database
  • Migration
  • Network and Content Delivery
  • Developer Tools
  • Management Tools
  • Media Services
  • Machine Learning
  • Analytics
  • Security, Identity and Compliance
  • Mobile Services
  • AR and VR (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality)
  • Application Integration
  • Customer Engagement
  • Business Productivity
  • Desktop and App Streaming
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Game Development
AWS is ever evolving, with new services being launched each year.  As of this writing, these are the current categories with which those services fall under.  I will try my best to keep this list updated and will also be posting news of recently launched services as they become available.


To browse through the list of services under each category please go through my post history or click the "Tag" navigation button from the home page and select the category you wish to see.

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