Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis.
Overview
- Company type
- Infrastructure & tools
- Primary markets
- Global
- Business direction
- Workflow automation / Knowledge & data
- Delivery model
- Product / Partner delivery
Business and delivery attributes are research interpretations, not capability ratings.
Business direction · Basis
AWS provides a comprehensive portfolio of over 240 services including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and machine learning, enabling workflow automation and data management.
Delivery model · Basis
AWS delivers cloud services via self-service product platforms and a network of certified AWS Partners.
Industries · Cloud Computing / Information Technology / Financial Services / Healthcare and Life Sciences / Automotive / Manufacturing
Target customers · Amazon.com / Nissan / Bayer / United / TUI / Siemens Mobility
Products & delivery
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Allows users to have at their disposal a virtual cluster of computers with extremely high availability over the Internet.
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
An object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
Amazon Connect
A cloud-based customer service and contact center solution.
AWS Lambda
A serverless function that can perform arbitrary code triggered by hundreds of events.
Cases
Amazon.com Replaces Tape Backup with Amazon S3
As Amazon.com grew larger, maintaining legacy Oracle database backups on tape led to high complexity, high capital expenditures, tedious capacity planning, and long restore times.
- Architecture
- Amazon.com replaced its tape backup infrastructure with Amazon S3 cloud storage, integrating via the Oracle Secure Backup Cloud (SBC) module and Oracle RMAN data compression.
- Delivery responsibility
- Amazon.com DBAs configured the Oracle SBC module and evaluated backup viability.
- Reported outcomes
- Eliminated complex tape capacity planning and capital expenditures, achieved a 12X performance improvement, reduced restore time from around 15 hours to 2.5 hours in select scenarios, and freed up administrative staff for higher value operations.
- Limits
- Dependent on network bandwidth and standard RMAN configuration setup.
Business signals
Amazon Signs Agreement to Acquire DuckLabs
Amazon signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open source analytical database DuckDB.
AWS Launches First Infrastructure Service in Beta
AWS launched its first infrastructure service as a beta: Simple Queue Service (SQS).
Sources
Company claims, documented statements and interpretations are attributed separately. Collection is not independent verification.
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ervices, Inc. Type Subsidiary Industry Web services , cloud computing Founded July 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002-07 ) [ a ] ( Web services ) March 2006 ; 20 years ago ( 2006-03 ) [ b ] ( Cloud computing ) Key people Matt Garman (CEO) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] C. J. Moses ( CISO ) [ 5 ] Revenue US$128.7 billion (2025) [ 6 ] Operating income US$45.6 billion (2025) [ 6 ] Parent Amazon Subsidiaries Annapurna Labs AWS Elemental NICE Software [ 7 ] AWS Wickr DuckLabs [ 8 ] ASN 16509 Website aws .amazon .com Amazon Web Services, Inc. ( AWS ) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. Clients ofte
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Amazon.com Case Study Skip to main content Amazon.com Case Study By using AWS, Amazon.com was able to eliminate backup software and experienced a 12X performance improvement, reducing restore time from around 15 hours to 2.5 hours in select scenarios. Overview Amazon.com is the world’s largest online retailer. In 2011, Amazon.com switched from tape backup to using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for backing up the majority of its Oracle databases. This strategy reduces complexity and capital expenditures, provides faster backup and restore performance, eliminates tape capacity planning for backup and archive, and frees up administrative staff for higher value operations. The compan
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AWS Blogs - Cloud news & innovation | Amazon Web Services (AWS) Skip to main content AWS Blogs Home Blogs Editions AWS Blogs AWS and DuckLabs: Building the future of analytics together On August 26, Amazon signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open source analytical database DuckDB. To learn more, read the blog by Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, VP of Technology at AWS. Read the post New in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Build agents with broader knowledge and continuous learning Amazon S3 annotations: attach rich, queryable context directly to your objects Introducing AWS Continuum: Security at machine speed AWS Transform - continuous modernization New