When I start playing Amazon AWS, one of thing struggling me is the service name introduced by Amazon. As the old-school system admin, I think this infographic may help someone like me to understand the aws services better.
COMPUTE
EC2 >>> Similar to Virtual Private Server
EC2 Container Service >>> Similar to Docker Management
Lightsail >>> Similar to Digital Ocean
Elastic Beanstalk >>> Similar to Heroku
Lambda >>> Functions as a service
Batch >>> Run batch job on VPS
STORAGE
S3 >>> Similar to Dropbox
EFS >>> Network Attached Storage
Glacier >>> Long-term backup
Storage Gateway >>> Connecting Cloud Storage
DATABASE
RDS >>> Relational Databases Service
DynamoDB >>> NoSQL Database Service
ElastiCache >>> Memcached & Redis Service
Redshift >>> Data Warehousing
NETWORKING & CONTENT DELIVERY
VPC >>> Virtual Network
Cloudfront >>> Content Delivery Network
Direct Connect >>> Connecting Cloud Network
Route 53 >>> Similar to GoDaddy
MIGRATION
Application Discovery Service >>> Collect Application Info
DMS >>> Cross Database Migration
Server Migration >>> Migrate Server to Cloud
Snowball >>> Petabyte Data Transfer
DEVELOPER TOOLS
CodeCommit >>> Similar to GitHub
CodeBuild >>> Managed Build Service
CodeDeploy >>> Similar to Heroku
CodePipeline >>> Similar to CircleCI
X-Ray >>> Similar to New Relic
MANAGEMENT TOOLS
CloudWatch >>> Similar to Nagios
CloudFormation >>> Infrastructure as Code
CloudTrail >>> Logging AWS user activities
Config >>> Monitor AWS resource config
OpsWorks >>> Configurations as code (similar to Chef)
Service Catalog >>> Preset AWS Service
Trusted Advisor >>> Give advise for your AWS
Managed Services >>> Managed AWS Services
SECURITY, IDENTITY & COMPLIANCE
IAM >>> Users, Keys & Certs
Inspector >>> Security Assessment
Certificate Manager >>> Free certificate
Directory Service >>> Managed Microsoft AD
WAF & Shield >>> Defense web exploits & DDoS
AWS Artifact >>> Compliance Reports
ANALYTICS
Athena >>> Analyze PB of data in S3
EMR >>> Managed Hadoop framework
CloudSearch >>> Similar to ElasticSearch
Elasticsearch Service >>> Managed ElasticSearch
Kinesis >>> Similar to Kafka
Data Pipeline >>> ETL from elsewhere in AWS
QuickSight >>> Business Analytics Service
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Lex >>> Conversational interfaces
Polly >>> Text to speech
Rekognition >>> Image recognition
Machine Learning >>> Predict from existing data
INTERNET OF THINGS
AWS IoT >>> Connect devices to AWS
CONTACT CENTER
Amazon Connect >>> Contact center service
GAME DEVELOPMENT
Amazon GameLift >>> Managed Game Servers
MOBILE SERVICES
Mobile Hub >>> Mobile apps platform
Cognito >>> Similar to Auth0
Device Farm >>> Testing app in real mobiles
Mobile Analytics >>> Similar to Flurry
Pinpoint >>> Targeted push notifications
APPLICATION SERVICES
Step Functions >>> Build app via visual workflow
SWF >> Similar to iron.io
API Gateway >>> Similar to 3Scale
Elastic Transcoder >>> Video transcodeing in AWS
MESSAGING
Simple Queue Service >>> Similar to Sidekiq
Simple Notification Service >>> Push notification service
SES >>> Similar to MailChimp
BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY
WorkDocs >>> Similar to Google Docs
WorkMail >>> Google Apps for Domains
Amazon Chime >>> Similar to Skype
DESKTOP & APP STREAMING
Amazon WorkSpaces >>> Desktop as a Service
AppStream 2.0 >>> Similar to Citrix
