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AWS Is Pioneering a New Type of Cloud Entity

Cloud applications AWS Is Pioneering a New Type of Cloud Entity AWS is moving beyond IaaS to turn the cloud into a programmable entity that goes beyond PaaS as we know it today. Size and Scope of AWS There are now 11 AWS regions around the world serving millions of businesses. AWS added 516 new […]

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Michael Vizard

Jul 15, 2015

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AWS Is Pioneering a New Type of Cloud Entity

AWS is moving beyond IaaS to turn the cloud into a programmable entity that goes beyond PaaS as we know it today.

Size and Scope of AWS

There are now 11 AWS regions around the world serving millions of businesses. AWS added 516 new features in 2014.

Managing AWS

There are seven compute types and five database classes of service. The database services are managed via a DynamoDB control plane that enables IT organizations to define database parameters, versus manually configuring them.

AWS Embraces APIs

A new AWS API Gateway provides a mechanism to programmatically invoke both infrastructure and backend applications using REST APIs. Gateway is linked to AWS Cognito identity services.

AWS Pushes Into Microservices Using Docker Containers

Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Container Service provides a scheduler for managing long-running Docker applications.

The Rise of Event-Driven Architecture in the Cloud

AWS is championing a shift to event-driven architecture using metadata managed via DynamoDB to invoke a “serverless” backend platform, known as AWS Lambda. In turn, AWS Lambda feeds into the AWS Kinesis real-time data processing engine.

AWS Leads DevOps Charge

AWS announced the general availability of AWS CodeComm, a revision-control service, and AWS Pipeline, a service for managing code development and deployment.

Amazon Elastic File System Creates a Common Data Source

Shared file systems based on a Network File System (NFS) allow multiple instances of EC2 to access the same distributed data sources.

AWS Moves Beyond Shadow IT

An AWS Service Catalog provides a mechanism to provision access to AWS services in a way that provides an audit trail to meet compliance requirements. It also provides budget and forecasting tools.

Next Up for AWS

AWS is making investments in machine learning to create predictive models to automate every aspect of IT.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

AWS Is Pioneering a New Type of Cloud Entity

Michael Vizard

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