Advantages of Cloud Computing

Cost efficiency

  1. pay as you go pricing
  2. lower upfront cost.

Operational flexibility

  1. high availability across multiple regions
  2. elastic to scale up or down
  3. global network for data centers

6 pillars of AWS

  1. Security - Protecting data, systems, assets. It ensures confidentiality through strong
    1. identity and access management.
    2. implement controls to detect and mitigate threats.
  2. Cost Optimization -
  3. Performance efficiency - Compute resources are used effectively and continue to perform optimally as demands change.
  4. Sustainability - Minimize environmental impact of cloud workloads.
  5. Operational Excellence -
    1. monitor performance indicators through observability tools - take quick decision and take actions.
    2. align teams with business goals
    3. automate operations with safety measures ensures consistency and reduced errors.
    4. frequent small changes keep systems reliable and flexible, while regularly updating procedures ensures they stay effective as workloads evolve.
    5. anticipate failures by testing scenarios and refining responses.
    6. Learn and continually improve.
    7. Finally, leveraging managed services can ease operational workload.
  6. Reliability - Recover from disruptions.

Priorities

Top Priority

  1. Reliability
  2. Security
  3. Cost Optimization

Secondary Priority

  1. Sustainability
  2. Performance Efficiency
  3. Operational Excellence

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