AWS Specialized Services
AWS Tutorial: AWS Specialized Services
Welcome to the Specialized Services lesson. Beyond compute and databases, AWS provides fully managed services for niche, futuristic technologies.
Why Learn Specialized Services?
If your company wants to build a fleet of smart refrigerators (IoT) or track financial transactions with immutable cryptographic proof (Blockchain), building the backend from scratch is a nightmare. AWS provides these complex frameworks out-of-the-box.
Tutorial Overview
In this tutorial, you will learn about:
- AWS IoT Core
- Amazon Managed Blockchain
Internet of Things (IoT)
AWS IoT Core lets you connect billions of physical devices (like smart home appliances, factory sensors, or self-driving cars) to the cloud. It securely handles the massive stream of data coming from these devices and allows your AWS applications to send instructions back to the devices, even if they temporarily lose internet connection.
Blockchain and Ledgers
Amazon Managed Blockchain makes it easy to join public networks (like Ethereum) or create and manage scalable private blockchain networks. It manages the complex peer-to-peer network infrastructure for you.
*(Note: If you just need a cryptographically verifiable, immutable database for your own company to track financial records, but don't need a decentralized peer-to-peer network, you would use Amazon QLDB (Quantum Ledger Database)).*
Exercise
?Which service enables billions of physical devices, such as factory sensors and smart appliances, to securely connect to the AWS cloud?