Amazon Web Services is a prominent and well efficient digital platform for cloud computing. As the term suggests, being a cloud computing platform, it makes sure that it is convenient for users to access it from anywhere on-demand. AWS offers numerous services viz. servers, storage, email, remote computing, networking, mobile development and security. These services enabled AWS to achieve a high profit more than twice that of its nearest competitors like Netflix Inc, Instagram and so on.
Why AWS is more Popular?
By this time AWS has become the best cloud provider in an uncompetitive spirit. As per the survey conducted by Amazon, the companies have to spend 70% of their expenditure to manage their resources. But on using AWS they have to use only 30% for the cloud resource management and the rest 70% can be invested in the innovative and productive outcome of the businesses. The major features of AWS say reliability, scalability, user friendliness, best services to customers and so on made it popular at a global level. Addition to this, the easy implementation and stress-free learning of cloud computing enhances this popularity. Along with the robust atmosphere and adaptability, this cost-effective cloud service frequently innovates and generates novel products and services to the customers. This simplifies the existing and upcoming troubles that are there or must face. Around 40% of the entire public cloud services are ruled by AWS, where the giants next to AWS – Google, Microsoft and IBM together constitute about 28-30%. Isn’t it not enough to scale the popularity and acceptance of AWS among businesses?
Job Opportunities for AWS professionals in 2024
It is true that AWS is the best and popular cloud service at a cosmopolitan level. But what is its role in pursuing a career? In this highly competitive world? Each must be seeking one or other type of career progress in learning anything, especially a technology and related knowledge. Likewise, any job-oriented fellow must be seeking the scopes and hopes of AWS in future. As per the statistics released by IDC, half of the expenditure in IT industry was spent on cloud in 2019. By 2024 it is expected to be elevated to 60-70%. Not only will that but, around 50% of the cloud market shares be on AWS. This enhances the job opportunities and scopes in specialisations by 2024. AWS is well prepared for this elevation with much advanced courses and certifications along with variety of job opportunities. AWS provided certification trainings are primarily intended for enabling the trainees or employees to apply and rejuvenate their skills to design and manage software infrastructure using Amazon cloud platform. These are one of the certifications that offer highest pay and are reliable and perfectly designed. The best and most promising jobs that are offered by AWS and its certification trainings, both core and speciality certifications are:
- 1. SysOps administrator
- 2. Cloud sales and purchase manager
- 3. Cloud key account manager
- 4. AWS networking specialist
- 5. AWS big data specialist
- 6. AWS cloud architect
- 7. Cloud developer
- 8. Cloud DevOps engineer
- 9. Cloud software engineer
- 10. AWS system integrator
Projects on Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail is one of the most prominent cloud services offers by Amazon. It provides the users, who are new to AWS platform and the lea experienced ones, much cloud compute power along with memory. AWS agglomerates memory, storage, processing and transfer of data into virtual machines as per the demands of customers. By deducting the compute power from the EC2 instance, Amazon Lightsail helps in repackaging those for the above-mentioned customers – beginners or inexperienced. Here the customer can choose from the provided five plans of lightsail.
- • Application Hosting: It is much easier to host an application using lightsail like LAMP, LEMP, MEAN and Node.js. It also helps in run the software either commercial or open source, both for the individual and commercial use.
- • E-commerce: Magento is a very popular e-commerce podium. It helps its customers to launch own online store quickly and cost effectively. Through the AWS infrastructure lightsail enhances the security in this commercial installation.
- • E-mail Server: Installing a Lightsail using any OS, it serves as a server for incoming mails like POP3/IMAP or for outgoing mails as software which is free and for commercial purpose. Eg: Devcot, Microsoft Exchange, Courier and Zimbra.
- • Test Environments: From testing to staging, the entire development processes will be supported by Lightsail. It helps in launching a new and pre-configured servers in few seconds. Also using Lightsail, the servers that have completed their works can be terminated making it very cost-effective.
- • Windows Server: Lightsail is the best option to launch and run a Widows servers as per the choice.