"Amazon Web Services, also known as AWS, are similar to our in-house information technology organization in that it involves hardware, software, and network infrastructure. The difference is Amazon buys the infrastructure, applications, and communications as a service rather than providing it ourselves with In-house Resources. AWS is responsible for maintaining the hardware, licensing the software, and ensuring that the network is up and running at all times. This not only reduces our IT costs, but it also allows us to increase or decrease our IT resources based on changing demands and requirements."
