Introduction to Cloud Computing with AWS

Cloud computing has transformed how businesses build and deploy applications. AWS leads the market with its comprehensive suite of services.

## What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing delivers computing services over the internet, including servers, storage, databases, and more.

## AWS Core Services

### Compute
- **EC2** - Virtual servers in the cloud
- **Lambda** - Serverless computing
- **ECS** - Container orchestration

### Storage
- **S3** - Object storage
- **EBS** - Block storage
- **Glacier** - Archive storage

### Database
- **RDS** - Managed relational databases
- **DynamoDB** - NoSQL database
- **ElastiCache** - In-memory caching

## Getting Started

1. Create an AWS account
2. Set up IAM users and roles
3. Start with the free tier
4. Follow AWS Well-Architected Framework