AWS – Amazon Web Services

Overview

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s leading cloud computing platform. It is made up of a whole host of different products and services that cover all aspects of an organization’s data requirements.

AWS offers a broad range of cloud-based products for their customers, which allows organizations to move at pace, reduce costs and scale up or down in line with their business needs.

AWS product and service types

Compute

Serverless computing that will scale with your needs.

Migration

Coordinate server and app migrations to the AWS Cloud.

Storage

Highly resistant file storage services that work with Linux and Windows.

AI & Machine Learning

Solving cognitive problems commonly associated with human intelligence.

Databases

Relational and Non-Relational databases in the secure AWS Cloud.

Developer Tools

Host code, build, test and deploy your applications quickly and effectively.

Analytics

Purpose-built to help you quickly extract data insights using the best tool for the job.

Visualisation

Use a common set of tools to explore and filter data.

A wealth of AWS offerings

AWS currently delivers more than 100 products and services.

Here are some of the more popular offerings:

AWS Lambda

Serverless, event driven computing service.

AWS Elasticsearch Service

Distributed search and analytics engine.

AWS Redshift

Analyses structured and semi-structured data across data warehouses.

AWS Kinesis

Scalable and durable real-time data streaming service.

AWS DocumentDB

Scalable, highly durable, and fully managed database service.

AWS Glue Managed ETL Sevice

Serverless data integration service.

AWS EMR

Large scale distributed data processing service.

AWS Athena

Interactive query service to analyse data.

AWS Quicksight

BI service delivering easy-to-understand insights.

Four Square has had great success deploying AWS services

Recent examples include:

AWS QuickSight

Which lets you create and publish interactive BI dashboards as well as receive answers in seconds through natural language queries. QuickSight dashboards can be accessed from any device, and seamlessly embedded into your applications, portals, and websites.

AWS Athena

Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyse data using standard SQL. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and users pay only for the queries they run. Athena enables standard SQL queries on any data in Amazon S3 that a schema has been defined for. Most results are delivered within seconds and there is no need for complex ETL jobs to prepare data for analysis. This makes it easy for anyone with SQL skills to quickly analyse large-scale datasets.

How will AWS benefit your business?

Simple

The easy-to-use Management Console enables users to host new applications securely in minutes.

Scalable on demand

Scale your applications up or down as needed or follow a tailored approach matching your spending level.

Reliable

Built on Amazon’s global infrastructure, AWS services are trusted and renowned as being highly available.

Flexible

Migrate your existing OS, Databases, Applications and Platforms, or build new solutions. AWS lets you do both.

Cost Effective

Pay only for the resources that you use when you use them. There are no long-term contracts or upfront costs.

Secure

Built on a highly secure global infrastructure, you retain ownership of your data including the ability move, manage and encrypt as you like.

Why choose us as your AWS Partner?

Four Square is a member of the AWS Partner Network, and our expert team of AWS Certified Consultants have a track record of delivering value for clients on AWS projects across a range of industries.

With a wealth of AWS experience and know-how, we can work with your organisation to help you achieve your project goals and maximise the value you gain from the AWS platform.

If you are looking to move your business onto a cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS or need support on your existing platform, then Four Square can help with the following:

Who is Four Square?

Four Square is one of the leading Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI), Digital Marketing & Strategy, and Analytics Consultancies, with a focus on delivering value for our clients across a range of technologies. We have a diverse team of consultants with the knowledge and experience to support any data project, no matter the size or complexity.

Four Square works with clients across a range of sectors including Banking & Financial Services, Education, Retail, Logistics, Utilities and SMEs. We work closely to become trusted data partners for our clients and provide data solutions that work for their business.