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Amazon EC2
Way to obtain virtual servers ("Instance") in the cloud (quickly and inexpensively)
designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers and system admins
How it works
choose template (windows/linux) and quantity
Up within minutes
Once you are done using them you stop paying for them
"Instances" range in size (small to cluster compute for high performance)
Choose based on CPU, Memory, Storage customized to your needs
Security features
located in a virtual private cloud (VPC) which you control
connect securely to your on-prem hardware via VPN
Comes with temporary storage
Pricing
OnDemand
pay as you go (only for what you use)
Reserved instance
discount compared to ondemand for a 1 time payment
spot instance
you name what you want to pay
Amazon EC2 Container Service
highly scalable container management service to run apps on a managed cluster of EC2 instances
Basically simplifies cluster management
Amazon Lambda
Runs your code in response of an event (ie an image upload or website-click)
Scales automatically
Auto Scaling
scale up/down on conditions you define
best for apps that experience hourly, daily, or weekly variations in use
Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
you provision a private, isolated section of the Amazon Cloud
you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define
meant so you can reflect a network in your own datacenter
Easily customizable
make a public facing subnet, for example
Elastic Load Balancing
automatically distributes incoming app traffic across multiple instances
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
fully redundant storage (any size)
create a bucket in minutes
Amazon Glacier
low cost secure storage for data archiving and backup
can be used for offsite enterprise information archiving, media assets or scientific data
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Storage)
provides block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances
Off-instance storage that persists independently from the life of an instance
consistent and low-latency performance
Scale usage up/down in minutes
AWS Import/Export
accelerates moving large amounts of data in/out of AWS using portable storage devices for transport
AWS Storage Getaway
service to connect on-premise IT environment to AWS seamlessly
3 configs supported
Gateway-Cached Volumes
Gateway-Stored Volumes
Gateway-Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
Amazon CloudFront
content delivery service
gives developers and businesses an easy way to distribute content to end users
low-latency, high data transfer speeds
Have locations around the world
chooses close proximity to end use for faster rates
Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service)
easy set up, operate, and scale MySQL, Oracle, SQL, or PostreSQL database in the cloud
provides resizable capacity
manages database admin tasks
offloads software installation, patching, and backups
Amazon DynamoDB
fast, flexible NoSQL database service
Basically lets your app/company grow as it needs to. Automatically determines the amount of data coming in/out and delivers it at a high speed
Uses SSDs.
Amazon Redshift
datawarehouse service
intergrates with popular "bi" tools
100GB ---> petabyte
automatically redistributes data for fastest speeds
automatically encrypted
Amazon ElastiCache
service to deploy, operate and scale cache in the cloud
Amazon VPC
provision a private, isolated section of AWS
AWS Direct Connect
establish private connectivity between AWS and your datacenter, office, or co-lo
reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, provide more consistent network experience than internet-based connections
(alternative to using internet for AWS)
Amazon Route 53
highly available and scalable DNS (Domain Name System) web service
Queries for your domain are automatically routed to closest DNS server (around world)
Elastic Load Balancing
automatically distributes incoming app traffic across EC2 instances
AWS Directory Service
connect to AWS resources from on-prem MS Active directory
or set up a new, stand-alone directory in AWS cloud
Users can connect with existing corporate credentials
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
manage and control users' access to AWS resources
AWS Cloud Trail
web service that records AWS API calls for your account and delivers log files to you
AWS Config
provides you a detailed inventory of your AWS resources and their current config
continuously records configuration changes
AWS CloudHSM
helps meet corporate compliance requirements by using HSM (Hardware Security Module) appliances within the AWS cloud
securely generate, store and manage crypto keys for data encryption yourself (only you have access)
AWS Key Management Service
makes it easy for you to create and control encryption keys used to encrypt your data
integrates with other AWS services
Amazon CloudWatch
provides monitoring for cloud services like EC2
graphs, set alarms, troubleshoot, spot trends
AWS Trusted Advisor
acts as your cloud expert and helps you provision your resources by best practices
Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce)
Enables businesses, researches, data analysts, and developers to cost-effectively process vast amounts of data
Uses Hadoop (an open source framework) to distribute data across a resizable cluster of EC2 instances
Use for variety of apps including clickstream analysis, log processing, web indexing and financial analysis, et al.
Automatically configures security groups for the cluster
provides tutorials to help get you up and running
Amazon Kinesis
Fully managed system for real time streaming data ingestion and processing
You create a stream and the service handles the rest
Build real-time dashboards, capture exceptions, generate alerts, drive recommendations, and other real time business or operational decisions.
Easy to set up extremely high capacity data pipes
AWS Data Pipeline
Service to process and move data between difference AWS compute and storage services as well as on-prem sources
Create complex data processing workloads
Fault tolerant, repeatable, highly available
Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service)
Provides hosted level queue for storing messages as they travel between computers
Makes it easy to build automated workflow between web services
Transmit any volume of data, at any throughput level without losing messages or requiring other services to be always available
Amazon SWF (Simple Workflow Service)
Task coordination and state management service for cloud applications
Helps you develop apps with processing steps resilient to failure
Amazon AppStream
Flexible, low-latency service that lets you stream resource intensive apps and games from the cloud
Customers can use immediately
graphically intensive apps streamed easily
Amazon Elastic Transcoder
Media transcoding in the cloud
Fully managed service that makes it easy to convert media files in the cloud with scalability
Convert or "transcode" media files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs
basically convert media files into different types
Amazon SES (Simple Email Service)
Highly scalable bulk transactional email-sending service for the cloud
High deliverability, real time access to sending statistics and built-in notifications for bounces and complaints
Helps you refine your email-sending strategy
basically email service without labor intensive aspects
Amazon CloudSearch
Fully managed search service in the cloud that allows customers to integrate fast and highly scalable search functionality into their apps
Easily change your search parameters, fine-tune search relevance and apply new settings without having to re-upload your data
high performance search service that automatically scales
Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service)
Fast, flexible, fully managed push messaging service
Allows push messages to mobile or distributed services via API or management console
Seamlessly scale from a few messages/day to millions or higher/day
Amazon FPS (Flexible Payment Service)
Facilitates digital transfer of $ between any two entities, humans or computers
Accept login and Pay with Amazon on your site
Allows millions of Amazon customers to create a profile and buy on your site
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Service for deploying and scaling web apps and services with popular program languages
Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python and Ruby
Retain full control over the AWS resources powering your app
Browse log files, monitor app health, adjust auto-scaling rules, setup email notifications
AWS OpsWorks
App management service for DevOps users to model and manage the entire app from load balancers to databases
Can scale your app using auto load-based or time-based scaling
Maintain health of your app by detecting failed instances and replacing them
AWS CloudFormation
Service that gives developers and businesses an easy way to create a collection of related AWS resources and provision them in an orderly and predictable fashion
Templates can be used verbatim or you can create your own
AWS CodeDeploy
Service to automate code deployments to EC2 instances
Allows you to deploy reliably and rapidly
Release new features rapidly and avoid downtime during deployment
Amazon Cognito
Single user identity and data synchronization service
Helps manage and synch app data for users across their mobile devices
Create unique identities for users through public login providers (Facebook, google, amazon) and support unathenticated guests
Save any kind of data in the AWS cloud without writing any backend code or managing infrastructure.
Amazon Mobile Analytics
service that lets you collect, visualize, and understand app usage data at scale
within 60 minutes of receiving data
built to scale with your app
collect billions of events per day from millions of users
Amazon Workspaces
fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud
allows end users to access documents, apps and resources they need with the device of their choice
includes ipad, kindle fire, or android tablets
basically virtual desktop
Amazon WorkDocs
fully managed, secure enterprise storage and sharing service with admin controls and feedback capabilities that improve user productivity
users can comment on files, send them to others, and upload new versions w/out resorting to emailing multiple versions of their files as attachments
anywhere, any device
box or google drive essentially
AWS Marketplace
online store to find and purchase software and services
1500 software products in 25 categories
amazon workmail
announced 1/28 managed secure business and email service in the cloud
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