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Discover why we use AWS

To allow large applications with a lot of data and data traffic to work smoothly, it is important that the servers on which these applications run work as optimally as possible and are infinitely scalable so that your application continues to function properly at all times, even if there are suddenly many people at the same time. use your application. To guarantee this, we use the capacity and innovations that AWS (Amazon Web Services) has developed.

Large organizations, from Netflix to Rabobank, rely on Amazon's AWS Cloud Platform. We too often choose their innovations. It's not for nothing that AWS belongs to the 'magic quadrant' of cloud suppliers. On this page we briefly explain what AWS is, why we have chosen it and what benefits it has for your company or organization.

About AWS (Amazon Web Services)

AWS is the largest cloud platform in the world and provides organizations with access to the latest technical innovations. We host some applications at Amazon Web Services, and for good reason. Amazon Web Services, or AWS, offers endless possibilities. But what exactly is AWS? And what benefit does this have for your organization?

What is AWS?

By choosing AWS, we have access to a very fast, flexible IT environment where we can use the latest techniques. Is your organization growing and do you need more computing power and storage? The application we develop for you grows with you. You no longer have to purchase servers and you do not have to pay for unused computing capacity. Sofco wants to continue to innovate (together with you) and with AWS this can be done faster and more efficiently. With the help of AWS we can make use of the latest technological developments. Whether it concerns artificial intelligent (AI) and machine learning or the computing capacity of the Amazon supercomputer.

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Quality and uptime

An important advantage of AWS is the quality and uptime. As a company or organization you naturally want your application and your data to be online and accessible at all times. In order to guarantee a high uptime, risks must be spread. This means that we as an organization should manage at least 2 servers so that we can always guarantee the uptime of one of the two.

This can still be done on a small scale, but it is cumbersome. On a large scale, however, guaranteeing uptime by managing multiple servers is virtually impossible. It is extremely expensive, inefficient, time consuming and we cannot guarantee the security of your data. This is why companies like Netflix host their services on AWS. Organizing hosting yourself on such a scale is simply not profitable. The advantage of AWS is that we spread hosting risks in one fell swoop in a cost-efficient manner. When a server goes offline or has other problems, this is automatically taken care of by another server. As a result, a high uptime can be guaranteed at many times lower costs than if we would arrange this ourselves with our own servers. With AWS we no longer have to spend time on peripheral matters and we can continue to focus on the further development of your application. AWS ensures that the server load is distributed over multiple servers, also known as load balancing. AWS also sends traffic to another server when the original server encounters problems, also known as high availability. This means that your application and your data are always available to you.

Storage and backup

Due to the infinite amount of computing power and storage, AWS is ideally suited for building (large) databases. The storage space grows with the size of your data without downtime and the large computing power means your data can be processed quickly and efficiently.

We provide storage and backup services that protect your data with unparalleled durability and security. Backups are protected with a data durability of 99.999999999%. Copies of all data uploaded are automatically created and stored on at least three physical servers. AWS storage services support industry-leading scalability, availability, durability, and security, so your backups are protected and available when you need them. And all this in a cost-effective and efficient way with pay-as-you-go prices.

Redundancy

Redundancy is crucial for the availability of your application and your data. Redundancy is achieved by duplicating components so that a replica is available when something goes down. If one of the components fails, the activities are seamlessly taken over by another component. Redundancy is basically a copy that runs alongside the original at the same time and is often confused with making a backup. In addition to redundancy, it is of course important that you also have a backup available at all times.

Seamlessly scaling server capacity
Our software can scale seamlessly when needed. This means that when many users use your application at the same time or when your data is viewed by many visitors to your website at the same time, the server capacity is automatically scaled up. Visitors are automatically redirected to another server to guarantee proper functioning. The traffic is distributed over the existing servers by means of a load balancer. This piece can be repeated almost infinitely if necessary. This benefits the health and availability of your application and your data.

Costs for storage and data traffic

A Fair Use Policy applies to our software. This policy means that you may use up to twice the average storage and data traffic capacity of the license you have taken out with us. The advantage of such a construction is that a peak in your data traffic is not charged. We will only contact you if your data traffic is structurally too high.

Lots of storage and data traffic, you pay according to use
Do you expect a lot of data traffic? Or does your data consist of many video files, sound files and/or documents, for example? You only pay for the storage and data traffic that you use, which means that the costs can be kept low. So you no longer have costs for capacity that you have available but that you do not use. In the example on the right you can see how this works in practice compared to the costs for use on a local server.

So you don't have to invest in your own servers, physical security or for system administrators who manage your server. These costs can be quite expensive. Sofco takes all these worries off your hands so that you can continue to focus on other activities within your organization.

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