Key AWS Services (Visual Guide 2026)
An illustrated summary in Spanish of key AWS categories and services, global figures for 2026, the layered security model, infrastructure, and common use cases.
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What is AWS: Amazon’s cloud computing platform for deploying and scaling applications. Why AWS: on-demand scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, global coverage, security and compliance, a broad ecosystem, and continuous innovation. Services by category (examples): - Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS. - Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier. - Databases: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift. - Networking and Delivery: VPC, CloudFront, Route 53, Direct Connect. - Security, Identity, and Compliance: IAM, AWS KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub. - Analytics and Data: Athena, EMR, QuickSight, Kinesis. - AI and Machine Learning: SageMaker, Rekognition, Bedrock, Comprehend. AWS by the Numbers (2026): >240 services; 39 geographic regions; 123 availability zones; +2 regions announced; +7 availability zones announced. Data as of July 2026. Global infrastructure: map showing existing and announced regions; low latency and high availability; distributed architecture; resilience and disaster recovery. Layered security model: 1) Infrastructure; 2) Platform; 3) Applications; 4) Data; 5) Identities and access. Shared responsibility model. Common use cases: web hosting and APIs; data lakes; microservices; backups and archiving; generative AI.
Key takeaways
- AWS brings together services for infrastructure, data, security, networking, analytics, and AI.
- The guide organizes services into seven main categories, with specific examples.
- As of 2026, there are >240 services, 39 regions, and 123 coverage areas, with expansions announced.
- The security model is organized in layers and based on shared responsibility.
- The global infrastructure is designed for low latency, high availability, and resilience.
- Key use cases: hosting, data lakes, microservices, backups and archiving, and generative AI.
