What Utilities Does Amazon Web Services Offer to Businesses?

Today’s businesses have access to greater capabilities than ever before, largely thanks to the development of scalable and budgetable cloud computing. One of the most well-known cloud providers is Amazon, via Amazon Web Services, as it offers various options for businesses, covering multiple needs that businesses commonly have.

Let’s talk about some of the needs that AWS can help you fulfill.

What are the Product Categories of Amazon Web Services?

As of this writing, there are 324 different services available. That’s too many for us to cover in any detail. Instead, we’ll cover the general categories into which these services are divided, focusing on the ones Amazon highlights on the AWS product page.

The Complete List of Amazon Web Services Categories:

• Analytics
• Application integration
• Blockchain
• Business applications
• Cloud Financial Management
• Compute services
• Customer enablement
• Containers
• Databases
• Developer tools
• End user computing
• Front-end web and mobile services
• Game tech
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Management and governance
• Media
• Migration and transfer
• Networking and content delivery
• Quantum technologies
• Robotics
• Satellite
• Security, identity, and compliance
• Storage

Each of these categories has numerous services under its umbrella, reaching the aforementioned total of 324 different options for businesses to take advantage of.

What Kinds of Utilities Does AWS Offer?

Amazon identifies its top product categories as the following: Analytics, Compute, Database, Machine Learning, Networking & Content Delivery, plus Security, Identity, & Compliance and Storage.

Analytics

These services give you a resource to store and (crucially) extrapolate information from your data, helping you create better insights and outcomes.

Compute

These services give you access to virtual server instances that provide considerable processing power— much more than you could host locally.

Database

These services give you highly secure databases to store data in, complete with backups, that you don’t need to manage.

Machine Learning

These services allow you to automate processes, saving time and money and enabling you to accomplish other things in the same timeframe.

Networking & Content Delivery

These services provide the applications, data, and other resources your business relies on quickly and securely. 

Security, Identity & Compliance

These services allow you to secure your cloud-based resources via access control and policies.

Storage

These services give you additional secure space to store your business’ data someplace your team can easily access it.

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