Amazon CloudWatch was launched by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2009. It was developed to provide monitoring solutions for AWS resources, enabling users to collect and track metrics, monitor log files, and set alarms. The service aimed to help users optimize resource utilization and respond effectively to performance changes in their cloud environments.
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service designed for AWS cloud resources and applications. It collects and tracks metrics, collects and monitors log files, sets alarms, and automatically reacts to changes in AWS resources. CloudWatch provides data and actionable insights to monitor applications, optimize resource utilization, and respond to system-wide performance changes.

About Amazon CloudWatch
Strengths of Amazon CloudWatch include its seamless integration with AWS services, real-time monitoring, and comprehensive data visualization capabilities. Weaknesses involve potential complexity for new users and costs associated with extensive data ingestion. Competitors include Microsoft Azure Monitor, Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver), and Datadog.
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An Amazon CloudWatch expert must have skills in AWS cloud infrastructure, proficiency in creating and managing CloudWatch alarms and dashboards, experience with log management and analysis, knowledge of metric collection and custom metrics creation, and familiarity with AWS services integration. Understanding of automation through AWS Lambda for event-driven responses is also essential.
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