AWS (Amazon Web Services) is het toonaangevende cloud computing-platform — dat on-demand computing resources (servers, opslag, databases, netwerken en honderden services) via het internet biedt, betaald naar gebruik. Cloud computing betekent IT-resources huren in plaats van fysieke hardware te bezitten.
Cloud computing: resources op aanvraag huren
TRADITIONAL: buy/maintain your own physical servers (data center, upfront cost,
capacity planning, maintenance, slow to scale)
CLOUD: rent computing resources from a provider ON DEMAND, over the internet:
→ provision servers/storage/databases in MINUTES (no buying hardware)
→ PAY ONLY for what you use (pay-as-you-go)
→ SCALE up/down instantly as needs change
→ the provider handles the physical infrastructure
