Book excerpt: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform. It is a collection of remote computing services that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. You can use AWS to develop applications and websites, back up critical business data, store your files in-the-cloud, and provide content delivery to millions of users. Amazon Web Services came into existence in 2006. The idea was to remove the dependency on the local hardware, and build an infrastructure on the Internet. AWS is a significant innovation. It is capable of providing fast access to various data storage and computing services. Even if a company has its own data centers, it can quickly move some of the workload to AWS without making any changes to what customers see from their end. This book is designed to teach you everything you need to know about Amazon Web Services. You will be taken on a journey from basics of AWS to the more advanced topics. Get this book. And learn how to leverage the infrastructure of AWS and bring your business ideas to life.