Why AWS is the most preferred Cloud Ecosystem?

Punit Sharma
A3logics
Published in
3 min readFeb 7, 2017

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Amazon Web Service Cloud has drastically changed the way many think about Information Technology. It has backed the tech-giants by gaining a bigger share of the cloud business pie and is still ruling as the cloud king. It has emerged as the best infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider and the “n” number of options that it provides to customers help them choose the option that best fits their IT infrastructure requirements. But just because it’s the cloud leader doesn’t mean everyone knows the detailed facts about the AWS cloud.

These few points below can help you understand the best practices of AWS Cloud and why it is the most preferred ecosystem:

Globally accessible networks

AWS is a globally reached platform that facilitates highly available and reliable data. With globally accessible networks, there are around 68 Content Delivery Network Location called as AWS Cloud Front Edge location. It ensures faster and greater experience to the users accessing internet based services irrespective of where the users are located and where the service is being used across the globe!

Continuous Capacity Enhancement

With the expanding business, AWS platform undergoes continuous capacity enhancements to store and manage the voluminous data of the users. It provides real time platform to the businesses to maintain and access the data at any place.

Also Read: Unmatched Benefits of AWS: Why Businesses Must Adopt AWS Cloud!

All-in-One Solution

It’s not just one or two services that AWS deals in. With Re-Invent 2016, AWS now provides over 85 different services that include almost all facets of computing, storage, DevOps, network, analytical, security, Artificial Intelligence and many more.

Technological Innovation

As per the Re-Invent 2016 conference data, AWS has added 24 new services in their offerings. Along with the hardware infrastructure, AWS is also expanding their service areas very rapidly. Over 1000 of new enhancements have been added in their services in the last year, which implies that AWS has added almost 3 new features in their services on a daily basis.

Successful Market Players

Big market players like Adobe System, NASA, BMW, US Federal and many more use AWS platform in their business functioning. Besides these big enterprises, there are several small technology companies like MapBox that evolved on AWS platform and turned into huge successful enterprises. Another success story of AWS is that of Netflix which completely runs on AWS.

Never-failing Security

Talking about security, AWS infrastructure has a huge list of security standard compliance. Proper steps have been taken to maintain security and users’ data is secured with physical, software and hardware security measures.

Economies of Scale:

The one concern that always revolves around every business is controlling costs and adopting cost-effective solutions. Thus, when it comes to investing in cloud computing, you need a solution that allows you to pay as you go. On AWS cloud, you can pay only for how much you consume.

Exceptional availability and reliability

Availability and reliability for a cloud is equally important as the security. And, AWS seems to be fully committed to that. Atleast two data centers are built in all regions called as the Availability Zone (AZ) so that the downtime in one doesn’t affect the other. There is automated monitoring, backup and restore processes for complete AWS ecosystem.

To Conclude

Summarizing all the above facts, AWS can be a boon for any level of business. Security, flexibility, elasticity, are a few of the many benefits provided by the AWS infrastructure. Partnering with an AWS solution provider can help you in smooth access to the cloud. AWS Development and Administration Services at A3logics can help you leverage the maximized benefits of AWS’ cloud services.

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Punit Sharma
A3logics

He has 10+ years of professional experience in HealthCare Domain with expertise in benefit plans, enrollments and industry-specific EDI operations.