Comparing AWS with Azure
AWS vs. Azure
Cloud computing is at an all-time high now, and many new products and services are shared with businesses around the globe. However, Amazon Web Services and Azure are the top cloud providers in the industry. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an IT infrastructure that offers web services to other corporations. These web services include cloud computing, APIs, storage, etc. AWS provides the lead platform for other businesses to manage the workload with low costs while being scalable, reliable, and flexible. According to Amazon, AWS allows users to use many servers quickly and fast, without planning (Amazon, 1). Thus, making AWS important for other businesses. Moreover, Microsoft Azure is the second leading cloud platform. Azure is a cloud service that has over 200 different products that permit users to manage their applications across several clouds with tools of their choice. Azure is important because it is reliable while allowing you to work on multiple clouds of your choice.
AWS relates to what we have been working on throughout the semester. For example, in addition to our in-class activities of launching instances, creating security groups, VPCs, and load-balancing/auto-scaling configurations, we worked on a project throughout the semester. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission does not have the resources to create a new customer-facing website. Thus, our class project was to create prototypes of systems that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is proposing. Although we learned AWS throughout the semester, we understood that there were other similar services. In class, we learned that Azure is the second leading cloud computing platform. Additionally, we learned that Azure is a virtual network made up of software emulating the hardware.
Both AWS and Azure are similar in some aspects as they provide infrastructure in the public cloud. These platforms have virtual networks that are made up of software emulating hardware. Furthermore, both cloud services have a pay-as-you-go ability. This means that you pay for which service you use and not for the services you do not use. Some of these services include EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, Azure virtual machine, and Container service. Amazon Web Services and Azure also have reliable storage services similar to each other. According to Megaport Blog, to use both services together, you can connect it through VPN tunnels, build private lines, or by setting up private connectivity with a virtual router (Rockwell, 3).
Amazon Web Services can be used for both personal and business use. Some of the most popular solutions that users are working on are application hosting, websites, backup and storage, enterprise IT, content delivery, and databases. For instance, if a customer wants to create a website, they can use AWS to host their site. The site can be a single server such as a WordPress, eCommerce application, LAMP, etc. Thus, helping customers make efficient updates to the site easily. Expedia, Adobe, and Etsy are all examples of businesses using AWS. Furthermore, Azure is commonly used for healthcare, financial services, government, retail, and manufacturing. Customers can easily track patients, clinical analytics, and genomics when using Azure. Adaptive, NHS, CDC, and Humana are all top healthcare companies that rely on Azure for the safety of their patients. AWS and Azure are two of the top cloud providers. They are both similar and different in their own ways. It is difficult to decide which platform to choose from as they offer multiple services. However, it all depends on what services you may need.
Works Cited:
“Azure for Healthcare-Healthcare Solutions: Microsoft Azure.” Azure for Healthcare-Healthcare Solutions | Microsoft Azure, https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/industries/healthcare/#use-cases.
Rockwell, Mike. “3 Ways to Connect Your AWS and Microsoft Azure Environments.” Megaport, 30 Jan. 2021, https://www.megaport.com/blog/3-ways-to-connect-aws-and-azure/.
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