Infrastructure2026-05-17
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Also known as: AWS / Amazon Web Services / アマゾン ウェブ サービス
Amazon's cloud infrastructure suite of 200+ services including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and SageMaker. The world's leading cloud provider by market share, adopted by organizations of all sizes.
Overview
AWS has the most comprehensive service catalog of any cloud provider. In 2026, it added AI/ML-optimized S3 capabilities such as S3 Files, S3 Vectors, and S3 Tables. LLM services are also available through AWS Bedrock.
Japanese Enterprise Adoption
AWS leads cloud adoption in domestic Japanese migration projects. See cloud migration guide (AWS and Azure) for a comparison with GCP and Azure and practical migration steps.
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