Amazon Athena enables serverless SQL queries on S3 data

Amazon Athena is a serverless interactive query service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to analyze data stored in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. Because it is serverless, users can run queries without the need to set up or manage underlying infrastructure, clusters, or servers.

The service supports various common data formats, including CSV, JSON, ORC, Avro, and Apache Parquet. It is designed to simplify the process of analyzing large datasets by allowing users to query data directly where it is stored, rather than downloading files for local processing.