Why is AWS the leader in Cloud Computing Services?

AWS, is a suite of cloud computing services that are offered globally. In fact it is considered as the world’s most widely adopted cloud platform.

Enterprises and startups are turning to the cloud because of its cost structure, scalability and how it accelerates rapid time-to-market. Among other cloud computing platforms AWS is a frontrunner because :

• It has been here since 2006 and is the first to arrive in the cloud computing market. AWS today has about 175 fully featured services that are offered at 24 different regions in about 245 countries. AWS is also evaluated as the leader in the 2020 Garter Magic Quadrant for Cloud infrastructure and Platform Services.


• AWS's pay-as-you-go approach has attracted companies of all sizes ranging from multi-national organizations to small scale startups giving them the flexibility to experiment more often.


• Their community is so big that they have more than one million active customers around the globe.


• AWS has the right set of skills and motivation to deliver solutions that customers need and are always constantly evolving, giving businesses more options to rapidly grow & innovate based on their demand.


• With shared responsibility model, AWS makes up for a secure cloud platform. Amazon also conducts regular audits and follows compliance standards to ensure top notch security at Infrastructure level. Customers can further secure their workloads to ensure availability and integrity of their data.


• As broad capabilities continue to evolve at a rapid pace, leveraging the right set of features can bring greater reliability. Therefore beyond traditional compute, storage and networking services, customers are opting for additional PaaS capabilities such as managed database, container orchestration, serverless computing services, etc., to reduce operational overhead and focus on product innovation. With integrated processes, enterprises also benefit from higher operational transparency, agility and automation that enables customers to run their workloads with little to no downtime.

Whether you are a startup or an enterprise, AWS has all the infrastructure you need to increase speed and agility while benefitting from massive economies of scale.