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The last decade has revolutionized the IT infrastructure industry; cloud computing was introduced and now it is everywhere, from small start-ups to large enterprises. Nowadays, the cloud is the new normal. It all started with Amazon launching a cloud service called Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2006 with a couple of services.
Netflix migrated to AWS in 2008 and became a market disrupter. After that, there was no looking back and there were many industry revolutions led by cloud-born start-ups like Airbnb in hospitality, Robinhood in finance, Lyft in transportation, and many more. The cloud rapidly gained the market share, and now big names like Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Nasdaq, the NFL, and General Electric are all accelerating their digital journey with cloud adoption.
Even though the term cloud is pervasive today, not everyone understands what the cloud is as the cloud can be different things for different people, and it is continuously evolving. In this chapter, you will learn what the cloud is, and then what AWS is more specifically. You will learn about the vast and ever-growing influence and adoption of the cloud in general and of AWS in particular. After that, you will start getting introduced to some elementary cloud and AWS terms to get your feet wet with the lingo while gaining an understanding of why cloud computing is so popular. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- What is cloud computing?
- What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
- The market share, influence, and adoption of AWS
- Basic cloud and AWS terminology
- Why is AWS so popular?
Let's get started, shall we?
