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Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Pricing

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a cloud computing service that allows users to rent computing resources based on their needs. The pricing structure of Amazon EC2 is flexible and adapts to…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances

Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances are a pricing model that allows users to reserve cloud computing capacity for a period of one or three years. This approach provides significant savings compared to…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Resource Tags

Amazon EC2 resource tags are a fundamental tool that allows users to efficiently organize and manage their instances and other cloud resources. These tags are key-value pairs that can be assigned to…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Security Groups

Amazon EC2 security groups are virtual firewalls that control inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances. These groups allow users to define specific rules that determine what traffic is allowed…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

Amazon EC2 Spot Instances are a type of cloud computing service that allows users to take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) unused processing capacity at significantly reduced rates. These…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EC2 Systems Manager

The Amazon EC2 Systems Manager is a service that allows users to automatically apply operating system patches and efficiently manage configurations on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances…

Networking and telecommunications

Amazon EC2 VPN

An Amazon EC2 VPN (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud) is a virtual private network that securely connects your local network to your Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud). This connection is established…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon ECR

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully managed Docker container registry that simplifies the storage, management, and deployment of container images. ECR seamlessly integrates with other…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon ECS

Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) is a fully managed container orchestration service that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Amazon Web…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EFS

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides elastic, fully managed, and scalable file storage for use with AWS Cloud services. This file system allows applications to access data simultaneously from…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes on the Amazon Web…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache is a web service that adds caching capabilities to in-memory databases to enhance performance. This service allows developers to easily implement and scale caching solutions in the…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk is an easy-to-use service for deploying and scaling web applications and services. This service allows developers to focus on writing code, as it takes care of the underlying…

Networking and telecommunications

Amazon Elastic IP

Amazon Elastic IP is a static IP address designed for dynamic cloud computing. Unlike traditional IP addresses that may change when an Amazon EC2 instance is stopped or restarted, an Elastic IP…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is a service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon ElasticSearch Service

Amazon ElasticSearch Service is a fully managed service that simplifies the deployment, operation, and scaling of Elasticsearch, a powerful search and data analysis tool. This service allows users to…

Data and analytics

Amazon EMR

Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce) is a cloud-based big data platform that allows users to process large volumes of data quickly and cost-effectively. Using open-source tools like Apache Hadoop, Apache…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon EventBridge

Amazon EventBridge is a serverless event bus service that allows developers to connect applications using events efficiently and at scale. This service facilitates the creation of event-driven…

Hardware, electronics and robotics

Amazon FreeRTOS

Amazon FreeRTOS is an open-source real-time operating system for microcontrollers, designed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Its main goal is to facilitate the development of…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon GuardDuty

Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior to protect your cloud accounts and workloads. This service uses machine…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on cloud environments. This service allows developers and system…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Kinesis

Amazon Kinesis is a data streaming platform on AWS that allows developers to collect, process, and analyze data in real-time. This tool is essential for applications that require continuous data…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Lambda

Amazon Lambda is a serverless computing service that allows developers to run their code in response to events without the need to provision or manage servers. This approach removes the burden of…

Cloud and infrastructure

Amazon Lex

Amazon Lex is an artificial intelligence service that allows developers to build conversational interfaces in applications using voice and text. This service, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS)…