Summary
In this chapter, we discussed several services from AWS that fall within the analytics category. Businesses today possess a vast array of data and being able to analyze and make sense of that data is extremely important. Information that's obtained from this data can help businesses respond to their customers' needs and demands, address potential issues, and even predict future growth. Ultimately, businesses can gain an advantage over competitors.
In this chapter, you learned about services such as Amazon Kinesis, which allows customers to stream and respond in real time and near real time to data. You also learned about services that can be used to quickly query your data, such as Amazon Athena, as well as services to help you present that data using BI tools. Most of these analytical services are also offered as fully managed services on a pay-as-you-consume pricing model, making them very affordable for almost any business.
In the next chapter, you will...