Samoa Code Hub hosts seminar on AWS Fundamentals

Samoa Code Hub (SCH) formally Samoa Stackoverflow, held its first virtual workshop last night on ☁️AWS Cloud Fundamentals. Ali'imuamua Ron Amosa in his personal capacity shared his experience in AWS Cloud technology. 

The workshop covered the key types of services provided and how to leverage it to deploy applications or run process intensive tasks. 🚰"Think of it as a tap. Turn it on and run your processes. Turn it off once you are done", Ron stated. "You only pay for what you've used", he continued. With cloud tech you have access to super computers and servers all around the globe. The S3 service lets you store up to 5TB of data for a single file 😲.

The workshop concluded with a Q&A session. There was lively discussions on a range of topics such as: 🗺Which locations have the most performant servers? 💵What happens to your data if you dont pay bills? 🔒What happens when there is a court order to retrieve your data?

The workshop was well attended by members of Samoa Code Hub and the Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA). 

Samoa Code Hub is a community group of professionals and enthusiasts who love to code. Join us!

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S/o to Andre Westerlund and Alesana Eteuati Jr for organizing the event with Mr. Ron Amosa and President Sarai Faleupolu Tevita for sharing with SITA.

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