| AWS Service Category |
Service |
Category |
Commodity (Own Rating) |
LVC (Relevant) |
| Database |
DynamoDB |
Scalable NoSQL Data Store |
No |
|
|
|
Elastic Cache |
In-Memory Cache |
Yes |
|
|
|
RDS |
Relational Database |
Yes |
|
|
|
Red Shift |
Petabyte-Scale Data Warehouse |
Yes |
|
| Storage & CDN |
S3 |
Scalable Storage |
No |
+ |
|
|
EBS |
Network Attached Block Device |
Yes |
|
|
|
Cloud Front |
Content Delivery Network |
No |
|
|
|
Glacier |
Archive Storage |
No |
|
|
|
Storage Gateway |
Integrates On-Premises IT with Cloud Storage |
No |
|
|
|
Import Export |
Ship Large Datasets |
No |
|
| Analytics |
Elastic MapReduce |
Managed Hadoop Framework |
Yes |
|
|
|
Kinesis |
Real-Time Data Stream Processing |
No |
|
|
|
Data Pipeline |
Orchestration for Data-Driven Workflows |
No |
|
| Compute & Networking |
EC2 |
Virtual Servers |
Yes |
+ |
|
|
VPC |
Virtual Private Network |
No |
+ |
|
|
ELB |
Elastic Load Balancing |
No |
+ |
|
|
Work Spaces |
Virtual Desktops |
No |
|
|
|
Auto Scaling |
Automatically Scale Up and Down |
No |
+ |
|
|
Direct Connect |
Dedicated Network Connection to AWS |
No |
|
|
|
Route 53 |
Scalable Domain Name System |
Yes |
|
| Deployment & Management |
Cloud Formation |
Templated AWS Resource Creation |
No |
|
|
|
Cloud Watch |
Resource and Application Monitoring |
No |
|
|
|
Elastic Beanstalk |
AWS Application Container |
No |
|
|
|
IAM |
Identity and Access Management (Secure Access Control) |
No |
|
|
|
Cloud Trail |
User Activity Logging |
No |
|
|
|
Ops Works |
DevOps Application Management Service |
Yes |
|
|
|
Cloud HSM |
Hardware-Based Key Storage for Compliance |
No |
|
| App Service |
Cloud Search |
Managed Search Service |
Yes |
|
|
|
Elastic Transcoder |
Scalable Media Transcoding |
No |
|
|
|
SES |
Email Sending Service |
No |
|
|
|
SNS |
Push Notification Service |
No |
|
|
|
SQS |
Message Queue Service |
No |
|
|
|
SWF |
Workflow Service for Coordinating App Components |
No |
|
|
|
App Stream |
Low-Latency Application Streaming |
No |
|