Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model - turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs and optimise your IT expenditure by only paying for what you use, after you have used it.
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, storage, networking and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.
Whether you are running applications that share millions of photos to mobile users or you're supporting the critical operations of your business, a cloud services platform provides rapid access to flexible, low-cost resources.
With cloud computing you no longer need to make large upfront investments in hardware, spend time and resources on managing that hardware or waste money buying more capacity that you need. Instead, you can provision exactly the right type and size of resources to power your newest bright idea or operate your IT department. You can access as many resources as you need, when you need them, and only pay for what you use.