#48 AWS-to-go Vol. 1: What's Amazon Web Services?

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What's Amazon Web Services?

AWS-to-go is a new series from the authors of the successful book Amazon Web Services in Action. Steffen is our special guest and an AWS beginner overwhelmed by all the services and features AWS offers, but Andreas is ready to help, and together they explore AWS from start to finish.

The 1st episode of the AWS-to-go series covers chapter #1 of the book: Andreas introduces cloud computing and AWS.

Get your copy of the book Amazon Web Services in Action and follow along with this and future episodes. https://www.manning.com/books/amazon-web-services-in-action-third-edition

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. What is AWS? (00:02:05)

3. Types of Cloud Computing (00:04:36)

4. AWS Regions explained (00:08:15)

5. Common use cases for AWS (00:14:25)

6. E-Commerce site on AWS (00:14:50)

7. Enterprise application on AWS (00:18:25)

8. Batch processing on AWS (00:20:45)

9. Benefits of using AWS (00:23:04)

10. Global Infrastructure (00:28:40)

11. Costs (00:31:12)

12. Pricing example for a typical web-shop (00:35:35)

13. How to interact with AWS? (00:39:55)

14. Wrap Up (00:44:50)