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-title: AWS (Amazon Web Services)
-tags: [Cloud, Provider, Public-Cloud]
+title: "Amazon Web Services (AWS)"
+type: entity
+tags:
+  - AWS
+  - Cloud
+  - Hybrid-Cloud
+last_updated: 2026-04-25
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-# AWS (Amazon Web Services)
+## Amazon Web Services (AWS)
 
-**AWS** is Amazon's cloud computing platform, providing a broad set of infrastructure and application services across 200+ fully featured services.
+Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally.
 
-## Overview
+## Aliases
+- AWS
+- Amazon Web Services
 
-AWS is one of the three major public cloud providers (alongside Azure and Google Cloud), offering the most extensive range of services.
+## Key Partnerships
+- **VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS)**: AWS partnered with VMware to run VMware workloads natively on AWS infrastructure. The underlying hardware consists of i3.metal and i3en.metal bare metal servers, organized into clusters within availability zones and regions.
 
-## Key Services Referenced
+## Infrastructure for VMC on AWS
+- **i3.metal**: Bare metal server instance used for VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC deployment
+- **i3en.metal**: Enhanced bare metal instance with larger storage capacity
+- **Clusters**: Organized within availability zones and regions globally
+- **Stretched Clusters**: Available across availability zones for increased resilience
 
-| Category | Services |
-|---------|----------|
-| Compute | EC2, Lambda |
-| Storage | S3, EBS |
-| Database | RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora |
-| AI/ML | SageMaker, Bedrock |
-| Analytics | Redshift, Athena |
-| Networking | VPC, Route 53, CloudFront |
-| IaC & Deployment | CloudFormation, **CloudFormation StackSets** |
-| Observability | **EventBridge**, **CloudWatch Logs**, CloudWatch Logs Insights, CloudWatch Alarms |
-| Security & Identity | **KMS**, IAM, CloudTrail, Security Hub |
-| Organization | **AWS Organizations** |
-
-## Multi-Cloud Context
-
-AWS is commonly used alongside Azure and Google Cloud in multi-cloud strategies:
-- **General infrastructure** — Often primary compute and storage provider
-- **Enterprise integration** — Strong Active Directory and enterprise app ecosystem
-- **Market position** — Largest market share among cloud providers
-
-## Related Concepts
-
-- [[Multi-Cloud-Strategy]] — AWS as one of multiple providers
-- [[Cloud-Native]] — Building on AWS-native services
-- [[FinOps]] — Managing AWS costs
+## Connections
+- [[VMware-Cloud-on-AWS]] ← powered_by ← [[AWS]]
+- [[ctp-topic-43-vmware-cloud-on-aws]] ← source ← [[AWS]]
+- [[VMware]] ← partners ← [[AWS]]
 
 ## Sources
-
-- [[sources/how-can-a-multi-cloud-strategy-transform-your-business-roi.md]]
+- [[ctp-topic-43-vmware-cloud-on-aws]]