This document discusses how AWS provides tools for big data and analytics. It notes that AWS offers immediate availability without hardware procurement, secure and compliant services, and broad capabilities to support any big data application. It outlines the modern data architecture as agile and focused on value over work. It provides examples of how AWS services can be used for data acquisition, storage, access, analytics, and more. It also provides an example of how FINRA uses AWS to analyze billions of transactions daily.