In the last decade of the 20th century, the world started rapidly moving toward computerization. Now that we are nearing the end of the second decade in the 21st century, the word compute has become a necessity in almost every walk of life. Be it mobiles, phablets, tablets, laptops, desktops, high-end servers, cars, GPS systems, toys, digital advertisement boards, point-of-sale terminals, or a number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, they all use compute power. When computing has such a deep impact on our lives, how can any organization stay away from it? For any enterprise, of any scale, computers are one of the most essential IT resources. They provide a mechanism to host and run business applications.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Introducing EC2
- Pricing for EC2
- EC2 instance life cycle
- Amazon Machine...