Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What is it?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud platform provided by Amazon that delivers on-demand computing resources, storage, networking, databases, and advanced services such as AI, analytics, and IoT.

What does it do?

AWS allows teams to provision infrastructure, deploy applications, manage data, and scale systems globally. It supports virtual servers, containers, serverless computing, databases, security, monitoring, and automation.

Where is it used?

AWS is widely used in startups, SaaS platforms, enterprise systems, e-commerce, fintech, gaming backends, IoT platforms, data analytics, and mission-critical cloud-native applications.

When & why it emerged

AWS was launched in 2006 to expose Amazon’s internal infrastructure as cloud services. It emerged to reduce infrastructure costs, improve scalability, and enable rapid innovation through on-demand computing.

Why we use it at Internative

We use AWS to build scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures. Its broad service ecosystem allows us to design flexible solutions tailored to different workloads and business requirements.