- The document provides an overview of Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud computing platform that provides on-demand computing resources and services.
- AWS aims to provide reliable, scalable, and inexpensive services that are easy for developers to use, allowing them to focus on their core businesses rather than managing infrastructure.
- Major AWS services include Amazon EC2 for computing power, S3 for storage, SimpleDB for databases, and CloudFront for content delivery. These services allow businesses to avoid the upfront and ongoing costs of managing their own infrastructure.
10. Heavy Lifting = Price of Admission Server hosting Bandwidth management Contract negotiation Purchase decisions Moving facilities Scaling and managing physical growth Heterogeneous hardware Legacy software Coordinating large teams
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12. The Dirty Little Secret On-Premise Infrastructure Your Business Managing All of the “Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting” 30% 70%
13. AWS Goal: Flip This Equation On-Premise Infrastructure AWS Cloud-Based Infrastructure Your Business More Time to Focus on Your Business Managing All of the “Heavy Lifting” Configuring Your Cloud Assets 30% 70% 30% 70%
14. Advantages of the AWS Cloud Eliminates up-front capital expenditures Significantly reduces ongoing operational expenses Offers a pay-as-you-go utility computing model Lowers Costs Eliminates hassle of configuring data centers Reduces time to pilot and test projects Enables you to focus on adding value to your business Reduces Time to Market Gives you access to massive data centers Maintain the flexibility your business demands Use only the capacity you need, when you need it Offloads Heavy Lifting
15. Immediate Cost Savings “ We’ve saved somewhere in the order of $3-5M that we would have spent by going it alone,” Scott Burkett, Chief Operating Officer.
34. Typical Dilemma: Predicting Infrastructure Needs Compute Power Time Predicted Usage Actual Usage Waste Customer Dissatisfaction
35. Wall Street & Amazon EC2 Number of EC2 Instances 300 CPU’s on weekends Thursday 4/23/2009 Friday 4/24/2009 Sunday 4/26/2009 Monday 4/27/2009 Tuesday 4/28/2009 Saturday 4/25/2009 Wednesday 4/22/2009 3000- - 300 --
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37. Amazon’s Three Businesses Retail Business Tens of millions of active customer accounts Seven countries: US, UK, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, China Seller Business Sell on Amazon websites Use Amazon technology for your own retail website Leverage Amazon’s massive fulfillment center network Developers & IT Professionals On-demand infrastructure for hosting web-scale solutions Hundreds of thousands of registered customers