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Amazon AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. Launched in 2006, AWS offers a broad set of global cloud-based products including compute power, storage options, networking capabilities, databases, analytics, machine learning, security, mobile development, and tools for the Internet of Things (IoT). AWS’s solutions are designed to help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale applications, providing the flexibility to select the solutions needed today, with the ability to evolve and utilize different services in the future as business needs change.

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