Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform
provided by Amazon to build, deploy and manage applications
in a flexible and scalable environment. AWS offers several ondemand operations like database storage, compute power and
content delivery to help corporates scale and grow.
Several multinational corporations use AWS to develop, deploy
and host their applications as Netflix, Adobe, Airbnb, etc., for its
usage in various application including:
1- Storage and Backup
AWS offers plenty of storage options:
❖ Object
Ex: Simple Storage System (S3) that stores and
retrieves any amount of data from anywhere.
❖ File
Ex: Elastic File System (EFS)
EFS is a simple serverless set-and-forget filesystem to
share file data without having to manage storage.
❖ Block
Ex: Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Block storage service that performs transactionintensive workloads with higher performance.
❖ Cache
Ex: Amazon File Cache
High-speed cache for datasets stored anywhere.
2- Website Hosting
Businesses can host their website on AWS cloud.
3- Gaming
Gaming applications need a lot of computing power to run
and there comes AWS to provide that computing power
and offer the best online gaming experience.
Google Cloud
Google Cloud, like AWS is also a cloud computing platform for
applications deployment and management. While they share
the same services the tools, the underlying infrastructure and
tools used to build these services are different and each has its
own focus. For example, AWS provides a service portfolio with a
broad range of options and features to appeal to greater market
while GC focuses more on data analytics and machine learning.
When it comes to global availability regions and data centers
worldwide, AWS exceeded GC since it has been around for
much longer than GC, which can impact latency.
Integration with other services is supported by both platforms.
AWS has a vast ecosystem of services and tools to integrate
with other services making it easier for building complex
architectures. GC also offers integration with plenty Google
services like TensorFlow and BigQuery which can be beneficial
for users already utilizing Google’s ecosystem.
Overall, choosing which cloud service provider to use depends
on specific requirement, preferences, and existing
infrastructure.