The benefits of AWS

- [Instructor] Amazon Web Services,…like infrastructure itself,…is a complex offering that has many benefits.…What a business considers a key advantage…will be different depending on the pain point…they are facing.…I will cover some of the general benefits offered…by Amazon Web Services.…Probably the most welcome benefit is the cost…of infrastructure.…Amazon does not require large sums…as an entry point to their infrastructure,…instead, Amazon bases their fees on use.…Unlike the past, this allows businesses…to align cost with value.…

To view the benefits of cost,…Amazon has built a set of cost calculators…they call the Cloud Economic Calculator.…I highly recommend talking advantage of these calculators.…The cost savings of on-prem versus hosted can be dramatic.…Amazon offers savings calculators…based on the use case you may be interested in.…We'll take a look at the Total Cost…of Ownership Calculator later on in this course.…Another benefit is no doubt the flexibility of AWS.…AWS platform allows customers to remain open…