See if some of these features make you think in that direction: :D
1. Virtual Computing Environments
2. Pre Configured Templates for Instances
3. Complete packages needed for server in the form of AMI
4. Secure Login Information for Instances using key pairs
5. Storage volumes for temporary data are deleted when instances are terminated.
6. It provides persistent storage volumes.
7. Firewall enabling you to specify protocol
8. Static IP address for dynamic cloud computing known as elastic IPs