Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS)the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloudis guided by customer obsessiona rapid pace of innovationcommitment to operational excellenceand long-term thinking. We democratize technology and make AI and cloud computing accessible to any organization. Millions of customers trust AWS to accelerate innovationtransform their organizationsand shape the future. With the most comprehensive AI capabilities and global infrastructure footprintAWS empowers builders to turn big ideas into reality.

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Origins of AWS
In 2006AWS was launched to rethink IT infrastructure completelyso that anyone—even a kid in a college dorm room—could access the same powerful technology as the world’s largest and most sophisticated companies. Since those early dayswe’ve never stopped inventing on behalf of our customers—from storage to computedatabases to custom silicon and advanced generative AI services.
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Instead of buyingowningand maintaining physical data centers and serversyou can access technology servicessuch as computing powerstorageand databaseson an as-needed basis from a cloud provider like AWS.
Our products
AWS offers an unmatched portfolio of over 240 fully featured servicesfrom advanced generative AI capabilities to foundational compute and custom silicon to storage and database services. This extensive portfolio enables customers to build optimized solutions that balance performance and cost-effectiveness.
Highest standards for privacy and data security
At AWSsecurity is our top priority. AWS is architected to be the most secure global cloud infrastructure on which to buildmigrateand manage applications and workloads. We give customers the flexibility to choose how and where they want to run their workloads to meet customers’ unique sovereignty needs. This is backed by the trust of our millions of customersincluding the most security sensitive organizations like governmenthealthcareand financial services.
Trusted by millions
Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startupslargest enterprisesand leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costsbecome more agileand innovate faster. Read our case studies to explore how customers are using AWS cloud solutions to build applications with increased flexibilityscalabilitysecurityand reliability.
Infrastructure and AI innovations
AWS has the largest community of customers and partners of any cloud providergiving us a unique insight into what organizations needand allowing us to innovate at a scale and reach that sets us apart. We're continually enhancing our infrastructure for increased security and resiliencedelivering industry-first capabilities and breakthrough technologiesand re-imagining data center design to power the most demanding workloads efficiently. That’s why AWS is the best place for any applicationwith the greatest choice of innovative cloud and AI capabilities and expertise.