Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services, Inc. began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services – now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. AWS have developed an extensive portfolio of cloud services and is the Global market leader in Public cloud infrastructure.