Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources such as compute, databases, and storage via the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centers and servers, you can access a wide range of technology services on an as-needed basis from a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services. Organizations of every type, size, and industry are using the cloud for a wide variety of use cases, such as data backup, disaster recovery, email, virtual desktops, software development and testing, big data analytics, and customer-facing web applications. Explore how your business can use cloud computing to become more agile, reduce costs, instantly scale, and deploy globally in minutes.