The Benefits of AWS Cloud
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What is Amazon GuardDuty?
A threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious or unauthorized behavior to protect AWS accounts and workloads
What are Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?
Services that provide highly available and durable storage
What is Amazon Route 53?
A highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) service
What does elasticity refer to in the context of AWS?
The ability to scale applications up or down to meet changing demand
What is the pay-as-you-go pricing model offered by AWS?
You only pay for what you use, so you can start small and scale as you grow without making a large upfront investment
What are security groups in AWS?
A feature that helps protect data and applications by controlling inbound and outbound traffic
What are IAM roles used for in AWS?
They allow you to grant permissions to AWS resources
How does AWS allow users to focus on their core business?
Allows them to shift technical resources to revenue-generating activities instead of managing infrastructure
What is Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
A service that allows users to launch virtual servers in the cloud, eliminating the need for physical server management
What are some examples of AWS's database services?
Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB
What do AWS's database services allow users to do?
Easily set up and manage a fully-managed database, eliminating the need for database administration, backup and recovery, and software patching
What is AWS Auto Scaling?
A service that automatically increases or decreases the number of resources based on predefined policies, eliminating the need for manual scaling
What is the benefit of offloading infrastructure management to AWS?
Allows companies to focus on their core competencies and revenue-generating activities
What is the benefit of using a fully-managed database?
Allows users to focus on developing new features and functionality for their applications, rather than spending time on database management