AWS is definitely the future of modern day computing which includes cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine learning, Big Data, Game development etc. Cloud computing is the most celebrated and convenient way to store and access each and every data in the world. Using cloud based services; users can open n number of applications in different regions across the world within few clicks. When we talk about cloud computing, Amazon Web Services tops the list and is considered as the most popular cloud services platform. Amazon Web Services delivers high security, extensible and cost effective infrastructure platform in the cloud.

 

There are three top leaders in cloud computing namely;

  1. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  2. Microsoft – Azure
  3. Google Cloud Engine

Among the three, AWS successfully dominates the world with its hundreds of latest services available within budget for all types of businesses.

Amazon Web Services - An Overview

Amazon Web Services has got the potential of being the age defining cloud service provider. Currently it is one of the most prominent cloud service providers in India. All type of businesses such as small medium or large scaled trust and rely upon Amazon Web Services for their modern computing requirements.

The key benefits of using Amazon Web Services for cloud particularly include –

Highly Secured Data

Cost Effective

Easy and Fast Deployment

Reliable Platform

Complete flexibility

Increased Scalability

Amazon Web Services assists a user or an organization to build an advanced application, compute power and deliver content, store database or many other functional. Additionally, Amazon Web Services was the first cloud service provider to initiate pay as you go cloud computing model that scales to provide users with computing, storage or throughput as and when required.

Services Offered By Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is leading in the current market. Some of the key services offered by Amazon Web Services include –

Storage

Database

Migration

Management Tools

Machine Learning

Security

Business Productivity

Internet of Things (IoT)

Developer Tools

Application Integration

Networking & Content

Delivery

Identity & Compliance

Game Development

Desktop & App Streaming

Customer Engagement

AR & VR

Analytics

Customer Engagement

Amazon Web Services provides budget friendly services and manages global infrastructure with high performance and utmost security.

Amazon Web Services – Features

Lead Management:

With regular follow ups and steady efforts, one can easily identify a lead and turn it into potential prospects. Lead generation is considered as the first step towards sales process in VTiger CRM. The software supports importing leads from external sources like .csv and.vcf files, Web downloads, Seminars Trade shows etc. The CRM makes it easier to spot the customers that are lucrative in nature and will help in increasing sales, by predicting the requirements of the prospective customers beforehand.

Mobile friendly access

Mobile access includes two ways namely – AWS Mobile Hub and AWS Mobile SDK. Using AWS Mobile SDK, you can directly access to Amazon Web Services like Lambda and S3. It supports iOS, Android, Web React Native etc. It also includes lucid ways to choose and configure mobile app features like content delivery and push notifications.

Serverless cloud functions

This particular function of Amazon Web Services helps the users to focus solely on developing the application. Server management is completely done by Amazon Web Services. Also, it executes scaling, patching and administration of the infrastructure.

Storage

The storage provided by the Amazon Web Services can be used independently as well as in combination to meet the needs of the clients. The different types of storage provided by Amazon Web Services are Amazon Glacier, Amazon Simple Storage Services and The Amazon EBS.

Security & Compliance

Security is the most emphasized feature of Amazon Web Services. The security rules filter traffic coming in and out of an EC2 instance. Rules are incorporated with four different fields namely, Type, Protocol, Port Range and Source.

Amazon Web Services – Advantages

Being the most famous cloud service provider, let’s discuss some of the unmatched benefits that Amazon Web Services offers –

Easy to Use

Amazon services and technologies are both widely used and popular. Amazon Web Services are designed in such a way that allow application providers to quickly and securely host the application. Also, new users will not face any difficulties in understanding and operating it. The usage of Amazon Web Services is not differentiated based on technical and non-technical users..

No Capacity Limits

Amazon Web Services provides the required capacity to the companies at minimum cost. Because of this the companies can focus and invest their time and effort in other important areas. Users can increase their capacity freely without worrying about paying higher costs and budget. Also, if the user feels there is wastage of capacity and he doesn’t require that much of storage then he will get charged only for the amount of storage he has used and require in future.

Speed and Agility

Amazon Web Services enables you deploy the service quickly in fewer clicks unlike the old times where it used to take a minimum of one week. This fast deployment enables you get the resources required for your system within minimum time limit. All you have to do is to pick the right package as per you requirements and proceed further without any discrepancies. Amazon Web Services comes with multiple tools which aid the user to reduce the time spent on a particular task. Everything is accessible any time anywhere based on your requirements.

Back Up & Restore Data

Once the data is stores in cloud, it is simpler to get the backup and recovery of the entire data. The process of data backup is not a time consuming process when done through Amazon Web Services.

Full Manageability

Cloud computing abolishes the need for IT infrastructure updates and maintenance because Amazon Web Services ensures timely, guaranteed and seamless delivery of the required services. It also takes care of all the maintenance and management of the IT services according to the SLA.

Amazon Web Services – Disadvantages

As we know, every good thing has got some or the other drawbacks attached to it. The major drawbacks of Amazon Web Services include –

Downtime

Downtime is one of the major drawbacks pertaining to potential cloud services. The cloud providers may sometimes experience technical outages which can take place due to various different reasons such as loss of power, low internet connectivity, repair and maintenance work etc. All this can show temporary downtime in your cloud service.

Vendor lock in

When the company need to migrate from one cloud platform to another cloud platform, the company might experience some serious issues due to change and difference between the two contrast vendor platforms. Hosting and running the applications of the immediate cloud platform on some different cloud platform may lead to support issues, configuration complications and additional expenditure

Limited client control

Organizations may experience limited control over their deployments. The cloud services run on remote servers which are completely possessed and managed by the Amazon Web Services, this makes it difficult for the organizations to have the level of control that they would need over their back-end infrastructure.