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3scale
3scale provides Software-as- a-Service (SaaS) management infrastructure for customers' APIs, enabling them to open, control, manage, and monetize the distribution and usage of data, content, or services to multiple devices or mobile/Web applications. 3scale has used Amazon Web Services to grow its infrastructure since it was founded, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).
3scale provides Software-as- a-Service (SaaS) management infrastructure for customers' APIs, enabling them to open, control, manage, and monetize the distribution and usage of data, content, or services to multiple devices or mobile/Web applications. 3scale has used Amazon Web Services to grow its infrastructure since it was founded, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).
6 Waves Limited
6 Waves Limited, a leading international publisher and developer of gaming applications on the Facebook platform, uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to host its social games with an audience of more than 50 million players per month.
6 Waves Limited, a leading international publisher and developer of gaming applications on the Facebook platform, uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to host its social games with an audience of more than 50 million players per month.
8KMiles
8KMiles.com is a distributed development platform that blends a global talent marketplace with collaboration tools and cloud infrastructure. 8KMiles.com runs on AWS services including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), and Amazon CloudWatch.
8KMiles.com is a distributed development platform that blends a global talent marketplace with collaboration tools and cloud infrastructure. 8KMiles.com runs on AWS services including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), and Amazon CloudWatch.
99designs
99designs’ massive design marketplace has received over 3.1 Million unique design submissions from over 53,000 designers around the world and runs entirely on AWS.
99designs’ massive design marketplace has received over 3.1 Million unique design submissions from over 53,000 designers around the world and runs entirely on AWS.
Abaca
Abaca, a spam blocking application, chooses Amazon EC2 as a low-cost computing alternative after they surpass their estimated growth rate.
Abaca, a spam blocking application, chooses Amazon EC2 as a low-cost computing alternative after they surpass their estimated growth rate.
Active.com NEW!
This case study describes the adoption of Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) and other AWS services by Active.com—the leading online sports community for enthusiasts and competitors to discover, learn about, register for and ultimately participate in a wide range of sporting events and recreational activities.
This case study describes the adoption of Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) and other AWS services by Active.com—the leading online sports community for enthusiasts and competitors to discover, learn about, register for and ultimately participate in a wide range of sporting events and recreational activities.
Active Interview
Active Interview is a video-enabled candidate screening Web application conducting virtual interviews in more than 50 countries. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, Active Interview’s application is fully deployed through Amazon Web Services (AWS) with web servers running on Amazon EC2 instances and video content served from Amazon S3.
Active Interview is a video-enabled candidate screening Web application conducting virtual interviews in more than 50 countries. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, Active Interview’s application is fully deployed through Amazon Web Services (AWS) with web servers running on Amazon EC2 instances and video content served from Amazon S3.
Actual Analytics
Actual Analytics develops solutions for automated, assisted video content analysis, enabling indexing and searching of video content based on what is happening in the video. The company uses Amazon Web Services to affordably power all of the scalability, storage, and processing behind their SaaS offering.
Actual Analytics develops solutions for automated, assisted video content analysis, enabling indexing and searching of video content based on what is happening in the video. The company uses Amazon Web Services to affordably power all of the scalability, storage, and processing behind their SaaS offering.
AdaptiveBlue
Glue uses Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon S3 and EC2 to power their browser add-on which lets users share feedback with their friends on things found on Amazon.com, MTV, Wikipedia, and other websites.
Glue uses Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon S3 and EC2 to power their browser add-on which lets users share feedback with their friends on things found on Amazon.com, MTV, Wikipedia, and other websites.
ADTsys NEW!
ADTsys offers web infrastructure services, including migration help for companies transitioning to Amazon Web Services (AWS) from physical hardware. Currently ADTsys is utilizing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to develop customized solutions for its customers, such as the television station TV Século 21 and the digital ad agency AgênciaClick. However, the company may expand its current services even further by integrating Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) and Amazon Route 53 into its existing AWS feature stack.
ADTsys offers web infrastructure services, including migration help for companies transitioning to Amazon Web Services (AWS) from physical hardware. Currently ADTsys is utilizing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to develop customized solutions for its customers, such as the television station TV Século 21 and the digital ad agency AgênciaClick. However, the company may expand its current services even further by integrating Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) and Amazon Route 53 into its existing AWS feature stack.
Advanced Innovations
Advanced Innovations uses an Oracle technology stack running on AWS to host their global design, manufacturing and supply-chain solutions.
Advanced Innovations uses an Oracle technology stack running on AWS to host their global design, manufacturing and supply-chain solutions.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a community marketplace for unique vacation spaces around the world. Airbnb benefits from the ease-of-use and flexibility provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
Airbnb is a community marketplace for unique vacation spaces around the world. Airbnb benefits from the ease-of-use and flexibility provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
Appirio
Appirio worked closely with The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to migrate their infrastructure to AWS.
Appirio worked closely with The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to migrate their infrastructure to AWS.
Arcus Global
Arcus Global has built solutions for UK government bodies on AWS, following stringent security guidelines that the UK requires. Arcus Global also runs all of its internal services on Amazon EC2, using Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS for storage, and benefits from Amazon Web Services' ability to host data and applications in Europe.
Arcus Global has built solutions for UK government bodies on AWS, following stringent security guidelines that the UK requires. Arcus Global also runs all of its internal services on Amazon EC2, using Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS for storage, and benefits from Amazon Web Services' ability to host data and applications in Europe.
Assay Depot
Assay Depot uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to provide customized software for the pharmaceutical industry and to manage a marketplace for drug discovery research.
Assay Depot uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to provide customized software for the pharmaceutical industry and to manage a marketplace for drug discovery research.
Autodesk Seek
Autodesk, Inc. selects Amazon Web Services as the infrastructure upon which to build its new software-as-a-service solution, Autodesk Seek.
Autodesk, Inc. selects Amazon Web Services as the infrastructure upon which to build its new software-as-a-service solution, Autodesk Seek.
BackType NEW!
BackType develops products and services that help companies understand their social impact by measuring online conversations. To manage a complex system that processes data in both batch and real-time, the company uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for storage and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances for servers.
BackType develops products and services that help companies understand their social impact by measuring online conversations. To manage a complex system that processes data in both batch and real-time, the company uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for storage and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances for servers.
BigDoor Media
AWS "saved the day" for BigDoor Media when the company needed to scale from a handful of static servers to more than 50 servers to get a new product to market. BigDoor Media develops game mechanics for Websites and mobile applications, running entirely on AWS. Services used include Elastic Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling groups, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
AWS "saved the day" for BigDoor Media when the company needed to scale from a handful of static servers to more than 50 servers to get a new product to market. BigDoor Media develops game mechanics for Websites and mobile applications, running entirely on AWS. Services used include Elastic Load Balancing, Auto-Scaling groups, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
Blue Star Infotech Ltd. NEW!
Blue Star Infotech Ltd. (BSIL) enables global enterprises to derive measurable business outcomes through the efficient use of information technology. Through use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances with Auto Scaling, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), BSIL successfully incorporated AWS as part of its internal architecture for a proof of concept project for one of its clients.
Blue Star Infotech Ltd. (BSIL) enables global enterprises to derive measurable business outcomes through the efficient use of information technology. Through use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances with Auto Scaling, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), BSIL successfully incorporated AWS as part of its internal architecture for a proof of concept project for one of its clients.
BrowserMob NEW!
BrowserMob is a Neustar service that provides Website load testing and monitoring for companies that need to ensure online performance. The service combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances to perform its load testing. BrowserMob uses Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) while operating its monitoring services and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for data backup while using Spot Instances.
BrowserMob is a Neustar service that provides Website load testing and monitoring for companies that need to ensure online performance. The service combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances to perform its load testing. BrowserMob uses Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) while operating its monitoring services and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for data backup while using Spot Instances.
BuildFax NEW!
BuildFax uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver building and permit information to housing professionals across the country. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB) deliver content to the company's customers while Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) stores massive amounts of required data, which is processed using Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
BuildFax uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver building and permit information to housing professionals across the country. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB) deliver content to the company's customers while Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) stores massive amounts of required data, which is processed using Amazon Elastic MapReduce.
Cantina Consulting
Cantina is a technology consulting firm specializing in Integrated Video Management, Mobile, Social Media, and Emerging Technologies. Cantina leverages Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, along with major Internet technology stacks including Ruby on Rails, Groovy on Grails, Java/EE, .NET, and PHP, for its client solutions.
Cantina is a technology consulting firm specializing in Integrated Video Management, Mobile, Social Media, and Emerging Technologies. Cantina leverages Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, along with major Internet technology stacks including Ruby on Rails, Groovy on Grails, Java/EE, .NET, and PHP, for its client solutions.
Channel Dynamix NEW!
Channel Dynamix uses Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2 API, AMI and Amazon SDKs for its Managed Private Cloud and Above the OS offerings.
Channel Dynamix uses Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2 API, AMI and Amazon SDKs for its Managed Private Cloud and Above the OS offerings.
Ci&T
Ci&T offers consulting and technology outsourcing services, including customized applications, SAP, business intelligence, business process management (BPM), IT governance, mobile computing, and product engineering. To build a robust social network for a client, Ci&T made use of several offerings from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon Auto Scaling.
Ci&T offers consulting and technology outsourcing services, including customized applications, SAP, business intelligence, business process management (BPM), IT governance, mobile computing, and product engineering. To build a robust social network for a client, Ci&T made use of several offerings from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon Auto Scaling.
Cirrhus9
Ekabhi Enterprises recently came to Cirrhus9 to help them successfully implement a virtual data center that would be used on a global scale by the Chandaria Foundation, global charitable organization.
Ekabhi Enterprises recently came to Cirrhus9 to help them successfully implement a virtual data center that would be used on a global scale by the Chandaria Foundation, global charitable organization.
Classle
Classle's social learning platform serves as a collaborative learning resource for students; especially for the resource and opportunity constrained learners. The company's infrastructure is built entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This infrastructure includes almost all services of AWS including the pairing of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) as an origin server and Amazon CloudFront as an edge server. This combination has helped Classle to improve its Web content delivery speed by 180 percent.
Classle's social learning platform serves as a collaborative learning resource for students; especially for the resource and opportunity constrained learners. The company's infrastructure is built entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This infrastructure includes almost all services of AWS including the pairing of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) as an origin server and Amazon CloudFront as an edge server. This combination has helped Classle to improve its Web content delivery speed by 180 percent.
CloudPrime NEW!
CloudPrime offers cloud-based messaging services for regulated industries, such as the medical field. The Wound Center, a multi-location wound treatment provider, relies on CloudPrime to transfer private patient data in accordance to tightly governed standards. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is an important component in CloudPrime's secure messaging network.
CloudPrime offers cloud-based messaging services for regulated industries, such as the medical field. The Wound Center, a multi-location wound treatment provider, relies on CloudPrime to transfer private patient data in accordance to tightly governed standards. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is an important component in CloudPrime's secure messaging network.
Cmune
Cmune uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon CloudFront to host the browser-based MMOFPS UberStrike, the largest 3D game on Facebook and MySpace.
Cmune uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon CloudFront to host the browser-based MMOFPS UberStrike, the largest 3D game on Facebook and MySpace.
Conduit
Conduit's free platform allows publishers of any size to create powerful applications using their own brand and content. Publishers can then distribute these applications to their community and, via the Conduit App Marketplace, engage over 100 million users beyond the boundaries of their own Web sites.
Conduit's free platform allows publishers of any size to create powerful applications using their own brand and content. Publishers can then distribute these applications to their community and, via the Conduit App Marketplace, engage over 100 million users beyond the boundaries of their own Web sites.
Croop-LaFrance
Croop-LaFrance’s CloudDOCX, a hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) document-management service, runs on Amazon EC2, using Amazon EBS and Amazon S3 for storage and backup of customer data.
Croop-LaFrance’s CloudDOCX, a hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) document-management service, runs on Amazon EC2, using Amazon EBS and Amazon S3 for storage and backup of customer data.
CSS Corporation
CSS Corporation provides technical support solutions to large and small organizations under the title Tech Support For Dummies™. CSS saves money and time by using AWS services, including Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to implement their services in the cloud.
CSS Corporation provides technical support solutions to large and small organizations under the title Tech Support For Dummies™. CSS saves money and time by using AWS services, including Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to implement their services in the cloud.
Datapipe and Villas Caribe
Datapipe offers a single provider solution to manage mission-critical IT services. Incorporating Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) into its managed cloud solution, Datapipe helps clients seamlessly migrate to AWS while controlling costs and effectively managing infrastructures.
Datapipe offers a single provider solution to manage mission-critical IT services. Incorporating Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) into its managed cloud solution, Datapipe helps clients seamlessly migrate to AWS while controlling costs and effectively managing infrastructures.
Dextra NEW!
Dextra is a Brazilian IT company specializing in custom software development and application lifecycle management. The company's development environment consists of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). When an individual project has a unique requirement, the company incorporates additional solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), as necessary. Since it began using AWS, the company reduced its project setup time from weeks to hours and feels it has improved its overall business agility.
Dextra is a Brazilian IT company specializing in custom software development and application lifecycle management. The company's development environment consists of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). When an individual project has a unique requirement, the company incorporates additional solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), as necessary. Since it began using AWS, the company reduced its project setup time from weeks to hours and feels it has improved its overall business agility.
Data Security Systems Solutions (DS3)
DS3 moved its authentication servers to the AWS cloud and can now provide its authentication solutions to customers without the enormous costs traditionally associated with purchasing and maintaining hardware servers. DS3 uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for authentication and transaction authorization services.
DS3 moved its authentication servers to the AWS cloud and can now provide its authentication solutions to customers without the enormous costs traditionally associated with purchasing and maintaining hardware servers. DS3 uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for authentication and transaction authorization services.
ddsWebLink
ddsWebLink turned to AWS to run their HIPAA-compliant application for sending, managing, and storing patients' electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) in the dental care industry.
ddsWebLink turned to AWS to run their HIPAA-compliant application for sending, managing, and storing patients' electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) in the dental care industry.
DigitalChalk
DigitalChalk powers its easy-to-use application for creating, delivering, and managing online training videos using Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon SQS.
DigitalChalk powers its easy-to-use application for creating, delivering, and managing online training videos using Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon SQS.
directthought
directthought worked with Xerox to build a scalable document processing solution that leveraged the cost effective storage of Amazon S3 and the scalable compute resources of Amazon EC2.
directthought worked with Xerox to build a scalable document processing solution that leveraged the cost effective storage of Amazon S3 and the scalable compute resources of Amazon EC2.
DNAnexus
DNAnexus provides a unified system of data management and sequence analysis for DNA sequencing centers and researchers. DNAnexus relies on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to meet the company's extensive storage demand, which will grow from terabytes into petabytes of data. DNAnexus also uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances to conduct all of its DNA analysis, while Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances handle the company's interactive services, such as its client front end portal and visualization tools.
DNAnexus provides a unified system of data management and sequence analysis for DNA sequencing centers and researchers. DNAnexus relies on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to meet the company's extensive storage demand, which will grow from terabytes into petabytes of data. DNAnexus also uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances to conduct all of its DNA analysis, while Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances handle the company's interactive services, such as its client front end portal and visualization tools.
DreamFactory
DreamFactory selects Amazon Web Services as a cost-effective platform which meets technical and business requirements for delivering products in the cloud.
DreamFactory selects Amazon Web Services as a cost-effective platform which meets technical and business requirements for delivering products in the cloud.
Eagle Genomics
Eagle Genomics uses Amazon's EBS, EC2, RDS, S3, Load Balancing and Auto Scaling, as well as command-line tools, to handle and analyze genomic data for pharmaceutical, agricultural and animal health companies, as well as academic centers.
Eagle Genomics uses Amazon's EBS, EC2, RDS, S3, Load Balancing and Auto Scaling, as well as command-line tools, to handle and analyze genomic data for pharmaceutical, agricultural and animal health companies, as well as academic centers.
Educations.com NEW!
Educations.com helps students learn about higher education opportunities around the world. Educations.com uses Amazon's DNS Web service, Amazon Route 53, to help it connect with approximately two million Website visitors every month. The company also uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), in addition to several other solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), to manage its 552 Websites.
Educations.com helps students learn about higher education opportunities around the world. Educations.com uses Amazon's DNS Web service, Amazon Route 53, to help it connect with approximately two million Website visitors every month. The company also uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), in addition to several other solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), to manage its 552 Websites.
Egis Technology NEW!
Egis Technology Inc. (EgisTec), a leading sensor provider of fingerprint biometrics and data encryption, uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as a cost-effective platform to deploy their company Website and product Web application.
Egis Technology Inc. (EgisTec), a leading sensor provider of fingerprint biometrics and data encryption, uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) as a cost-effective platform to deploy their company Website and product Web application.
Encoding.com
Encoding.com provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) video encoding for customers around the world. Encoding.com runs 100% of its media processing on Amazon EC2, with video storage and instance backups on Amazon S3, AWS Import/Export service for customers with massive video-encoding jobs, and Amazon CloudFront for "cloud video" distribution.
Encoding.com provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) video encoding for customers around the world. Encoding.com runs 100% of its media processing on Amazon EC2, with video storage and instance backups on Amazon S3, AWS Import/Export service for customers with massive video-encoding jobs, and Amazon CloudFront for "cloud video" distribution.
Engine Yard NEW!
Engine Yard is a leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider. With deep expertise in Ruby on Rails and PHP, the company provides agile deployment and scaling, high performance, and 24/7 uptime. Using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), the company runs Engine Yard Cloud and Orchestra on infrastructure from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Ensembl NEW!
The Ensembl project produces genome databases for multiple species, and makes this information freely available online. The website is deployed using a range of AWS Services: Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, and Amazon EBS.
The Ensembl project produces genome databases for multiple species, and makes this information freely available online. The website is deployed using a range of AWS Services: Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, and Amazon EBS.
Envoy Media Group
Envoy Media Group is an integrated direct marketing firm that offers solutions and highly-targeted media campaigns running on AWS. Michael Taggart, Chief Technical Officer claims, "I will never build another web app on a traditional datacenter setup again.”
Envoy Media Group is an integrated direct marketing firm that offers solutions and highly-targeted media campaigns running on AWS. Michael Taggart, Chief Technical Officer claims, "I will never build another web app on a traditional datacenter setup again.”
Ericsson NEW!
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and the Rightscale Cloud Management Platform for provisioning and auto-scale functionality, as well as hosting in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features.
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and the Rightscale Cloud Management Platform for provisioning and auto-scale functionality, as well as hosting in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features.
Eton Digital
StudentBox online student community chooses Eton Digital to support large scale photo and video sharing via AWS.
StudentBox online student community chooses Eton Digital to support large scale photo and video sharing via AWS.
European Space Agency NEW!
The Data User Elements Program collects data about the planet that is used by various agencies and organizations around the world. The program houses some of its data and end-user products in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). In addition, the program uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to analyze its service usage statistics.
The Data User Elements Program collects data about the planet that is used by various agencies and organizations around the world. The program houses some of its data and end-user products in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). In addition, the program uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to analyze its service usage statistics.
Excelsoft Technologies NEW!
Excelsoft Technologies is an eLearning company that develops software platforms and applications to offer online courses, tests, assessments and other tools for the education market. Excelsoft uses Amazon EC2, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and Amazon CloudFront to provide its customers with reliable products and services.
Excelsoft Technologies is an eLearning company that develops software platforms and applications to offer online courses, tests, assessments and other tools for the education market. Excelsoft uses Amazon EC2, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and Amazon CloudFront to provide its customers with reliable products and services.
Eyejot NEW!
Eyejot is an online video mail platform for personal and business use. The platform's Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure includes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES). The company is confident that AWS will help the platform handle future expansion from traditional web browsers into the mobile market.
Eyejot is an online video mail platform for personal and business use. The platform's Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure includes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES). The company is confident that AWS will help the platform handle future expansion from traditional web browsers into the mobile market.
Flipboard NEW!
Flipboard is one of the world’s first social magazines; the company’s mission is to fundamentally improve how people discover, view, and share content across their social networks. Flipboard has used Amazon Web Services (AWS) since the beginning, incorporating services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for processing; Amazon SimpleDB for operational data; Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for mission critical data; and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon CloudFront for content distribution.
Flipboard is one of the world’s first social magazines; the company’s mission is to fundamentally improve how people discover, view, and share content across their social networks. Flipboard has used Amazon Web Services (AWS) since the beginning, incorporating services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for processing; Amazon SimpleDB for operational data; Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for mission critical data; and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon CloudFront for content distribution.
FindTheBest.com NEW!
FindTheBest.com is a comparison Website that provides users with the necessary information to make informed decisions about a wide range of topics. The company utilizes Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, and Amazon S3 as part of its architecture that offers users sortable categories, smart filters, and expert ratings, among other tools designed to assist consumers in deciding between products and services.
FindTheBest.com is a comparison Website that provides users with the necessary information to make informed decisions about a wide range of topics. The company utilizes Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, and Amazon S3 as part of its architecture that offers users sortable categories, smart filters, and expert ratings, among other tools designed to assist consumers in deciding between products and services.
FlyCast
With the FlyCast appMobi developer ecosystem, companies can build mobile applications and deploy them easily across Apple iPhone and iPad devices, Android, and Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphones. FlyCast applications and all media served through them are hosted through AWS infrastructure, including Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon DevPay, and Amazon EC2.
With the FlyCast appMobi developer ecosystem, companies can build mobile applications and deploy them easily across Apple iPhone and iPad devices, Android, and Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphones. FlyCast applications and all media served through them are hosted through AWS infrastructure, including Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon DevPay, and Amazon EC2.
Forward3D NEW!
Forward3D, a digital search marketing agency, uses AWS for tracking and redirection services, The company delivers over 20 million visitors per day for its clients who are widely distributed around the globe. AWS has allowed the agency to make use of geographic distribution to decrease latency for end users, while providing automatic fault tolerance. The agency makes use of Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Forward3D, a digital search marketing agency, uses AWS for tracking and redirection services, The company delivers over 20 million visitors per day for its clients who are widely distributed around the globe. AWS has allowed the agency to make use of geographic distribution to decrease latency for end users, while providing automatic fault tolerance. The agency makes use of Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon CloudWatch.
fruux
fruux is a synchronization application that allows Apple® users to synchronize their calendar of events, address book entries, tasks, Safari bookmarks, and Mail notes between multiple computers. fruux utilizes Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Amazon RDS to host the application. The fruux developers will continue to use AWS as the company expands its application's functionality to include mobile devices.
fruux is a synchronization application that allows Apple® users to synchronize their calendar of events, address book entries, tasks, Safari bookmarks, and Mail notes between multiple computers. fruux utilizes Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Amazon RDS to host the application. The fruux developers will continue to use AWS as the company expands its application's functionality to include mobile devices.
ftopia
To deliver their online file-sharing application, ftopia decided to use Amazon Web Services and leverage its data centers in the EU and US. Lisez en français.
To deliver their online file-sharing application, ftopia decided to use Amazon Web Services and leverage its data centers in the EU and US. Lisez en français.
GatherSpace
GatherSpace.com, a requirements-management company that develops software to successfully manage small- and large-scale projects, runs its Tomcat applications in conjunction with Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) to establish regional servers closer to its clients and to fine-tune its queries for faster processing.
GatherSpace.com, a requirements-management company that develops software to successfully manage small- and large-scale projects, runs its Tomcat applications in conjunction with Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) to establish regional servers closer to its clients and to fine-tune its queries for faster processing.
Generativa NEW!
Generativa/Conam is an expert in ERP solutions for municipalities. The company partnered with W5 Solutions, a specialist in business intelligence, to develop the Transparency Portal, an online channel that allows municipalities to comply with the Transparency Law in Brazil. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables the Portal to receive information from 70 municipalities and consolidate it on 30 servers for testing, homologation, and production.
Generativa/Conam is an expert in ERP solutions for municipalities. The company partnered with W5 Solutions, a specialist in business intelligence, to develop the Transparency Portal, an online channel that allows municipalities to comply with the Transparency Law in Brazil. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables the Portal to receive information from 70 municipalities and consolidate it on 30 servers for testing, homologation, and production.
GeneXus NEW!
When Artech needed an efficient, cost-effective method of deploying products to its worldwide customer base, the company turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables Artech to significantly reduce server setup times while scaling capacity to accommodate fluctuating needs. As a result, Artech has significantly reduced expenses and product time-to-market.
When Artech needed an efficient, cost-effective method of deploying products to its worldwide customer base, the company turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables Artech to significantly reduce server setup times while scaling capacity to accommodate fluctuating needs. As a result, Artech has significantly reduced expenses and product time-to-market.
Global Blue NEW!
Global Blue is a multi-national firm that has been instrumental in delivering tax-free shopping and refund points to international travelers for nearly 30 years. The company’s network has helped 270,000 retailers, shopping brands, and hotels in 40 countries. In 2010, Global Blue handled over 20 million transactions worldwide and an estimated 55,000 travelers use their services everyday. To help track the transactions occurring between merchants, banks, and international travelers, the company needed to create more capacity for their business intelligence (BI) needs. As a result of moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Global Blue has increased speed, capacity, and scalability—all while avoiding $800,000 in CapEx and $78,000 in OpEx costs that would have been spent self-hosting.
Global Blue is a multi-national firm that has been instrumental in delivering tax-free shopping and refund points to international travelers for nearly 30 years. The company’s network has helped 270,000 retailers, shopping brands, and hotels in 40 countries. In 2010, Global Blue handled over 20 million transactions worldwide and an estimated 55,000 travelers use their services everyday. To help track the transactions occurring between merchants, banks, and international travelers, the company needed to create more capacity for their business intelligence (BI) needs. As a result of moving to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Global Blue has increased speed, capacity, and scalability—all while avoiding $800,000 in CapEx and $78,000 in OpEx costs that would have been spent self-hosting.
GoAnimate NEW!
GoAnimate is a Web application that lets users easily create cartoon animations, for free, without having to draw. The company has seen its development time reduced through its use of AWS services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS).
GoAnimate is a Web application that lets users easily create cartoon animations, for free, without having to draw. The company has seen its development time reduced through its use of AWS services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS).
Gol Airlines NEW!
By combining an innovative concept with the technical expertise of Amazon Web Services (AWS), GOL Airlines created an onboard entertainment solution for its passengers. The company developed an Intranet system that is installed in the aircraft, thereby offering diverse entertainment options in flight. Stored using AWS, the content can be remotely updated.
By combining an innovative concept with the technical expertise of Amazon Web Services (AWS), GOL Airlines created an onboard entertainment solution for its passengers. The company developed an Intranet system that is installed in the aircraft, thereby offering diverse entertainment options in flight. Stored using AWS, the content can be remotely updated.
GoSquared NEW!
GoSquared provides real-time Website analytics for over 8,000 Websites around the world. Amazon Web Services (AWS)—including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)—forms the backbone of all of the compute and storage resources necessary for GoSquared's high performance real-time applications.
GoSquared provides real-time Website analytics for over 8,000 Websites around the world. Amazon Web Services (AWS)—including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)—forms the backbone of all of the compute and storage resources necessary for GoSquared's high performance real-time applications.
Gravity Jack NEW!
Gravity Jack recently built an augmented reality mobile application called browsAR based on the Quick Augmented Reality (QAR) patented hybrid technology. Before launch, the company commissioned evaluations of its current hosted infrastructure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The results revealed that AWS offers a superior depth of features for 22 percent less than upgrading the existing cloud services. Within one week, browsAR and QAR were fully implemented within an AWS environment consisting of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Gravity Jack recently built an augmented reality mobile application called browsAR based on the Quick Augmented Reality (QAR) patented hybrid technology. Before launch, the company commissioned evaluations of its current hosted infrastructure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The results revealed that AWS offers a superior depth of features for 22 percent less than upgrading the existing cloud services. Within one week, browsAR and QAR were fully implemented within an AWS environment consisting of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Greplin NEW!
Greplin is a personal search engine that seeks to empower users by keeping all their online information from a variety of sites in one convenient location. The site indexes billions of documents using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
Greplin is a personal search engine that seeks to empower users by keeping all their online information from a variety of sites in one convenient location. The site indexes billions of documents using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
Guardian News & Media
Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of the national United Kingdom newspapers The Guardian and The Observer, uses Amazon EC2 for its Apple iPhone application and the Guardian News & Media Content API.
Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of the national United Kingdom newspapers The Guardian and The Observer, uses Amazon EC2 for its Apple iPhone application and the Guardian News & Media Content API.
Globus Online NEW!
Globus Online is a fast, reliable file transfer service that simplifies the process of secure data movement for the research community. To effectively deliver this service to its rapidly growing base of over 2,600 registered users, the team uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Globus Online is a fast, reliable file transfer service that simplifies the process of secure data movement for the research community. To effectively deliver this service to its rapidly growing base of over 2,600 registered users, the team uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
gumi
Founded in Tokyo in 2007, gumi Inc. is an innovative social gaming company in Japan. The company uses Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS with the Multi-AZ HA option, and Amazon S3 for efficiently running social applications.
Founded in Tokyo in 2007, gumi Inc. is an innovative social gaming company in Japan. The company uses Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS with the Multi-AZ HA option, and Amazon S3 for efficiently running social applications.
HashCube NEW!
HashCube is a social gaming company that creates puzzle games on social networks. Games are played online on Facebook and other social networks using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and information is stored using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
HashCube is a social gaming company that creates puzzle games on social networks. Games are played online on Facebook and other social networks using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and information is stored using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Holiday Extras NEW!
The Holiday Extras website (holidayextras.com) sells airport parking, hotels, travel insurance, and other travel add-ons. In order to deal with seasonal peaks and troughs, and to meet its goal of developing hassle-free customer technology, the company moved their infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon ELB and Amazon RDS.
The Holiday Extras website (holidayextras.com) sells airport parking, hotels, travel insurance, and other travel add-ons. In order to deal with seasonal peaks and troughs, and to meet its goal of developing hassle-free customer technology, the company moved their infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon ELB and Amazon RDS.
HootSuite NEW!
HootSuite is a Web and social media dashboard that helps users spread messages, organize conversations, and track results across multiple social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Social updates from 2 million users are reliably and securely transmitted around the world by utilizing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53.
HootSuite is a Web and social media dashboard that helps users spread messages, organize conversations, and track results across multiple social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Social updates from 2 million users are reliably and securely transmitted around the world by utilizing Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53.
HostedFTP
HostedFTP.com, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) replacement solution for businesses, hosts their file sharing system on Amazon S3 and EC2.
HostedFTP.com, a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) replacement solution for businesses, hosts their file sharing system on Amazon S3 and EC2.
Hotelogix NEW!
Hotelogix is a web-based hotel management system developed by HMS Infotech. Hotelogix allows hospitality venues to conduct all of their daily activities, such as reservations and front desk operations, from a unified system that does not require any additional hardware or software expenses. HMS Infotech created Hotelogix's infrastructure using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Hotelogix is a web-based hotel management system developed by HMS Infotech. Hotelogix allows hospitality venues to conduct all of their daily activities, such as reservations and front desk operations, from a unified system that does not require any additional hardware or software expenses. HMS Infotech created Hotelogix's infrastructure using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
iBay365 NEW!
Based in China, iBay 365 provides a web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that easily integrates with many platforms including eBay and Amazon.com. Using the service, cross-board traders are able to simplify their work flow and improve their level of customer service. Using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon ELB, the company is enabling users to build a standard and effective eBay business.
Based in China, iBay 365 provides a web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that easily integrates with many platforms including eBay and Amazon.com. Using the service, cross-board traders are able to simplify their work flow and improve their level of customer service. Using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon ELB, the company is enabling users to build a standard and effective eBay business.
Indiagames NEW!
Indiagames Ltd. is India's benchmark mobile and online games company and a leading global mobile game publisher. Switching from their own infrastructure to the scalable infrastructure of Amazon Web Services (AWS) enabled the company to reduce time to market for their games from weeks to days, make decisions quickly, and benefit from a variable cost structure.
Indiagames Ltd. is India's benchmark mobile and online games company and a leading global mobile game publisher. Switching from their own infrastructure to the scalable infrastructure of Amazon Web Services (AWS) enabled the company to reduce time to market for their games from weeks to days, make decisions quickly, and benefit from a variable cost structure.
Informa NEW!
Informa is a Swiss-based, multinational company that provides business-to-business knowledge and skills to the publishing, conference, exhibition, and training sectors. Using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Informa was able to dramatically reduce the time required to set up its development and test environments.
Informa is a Swiss-based, multinational company that provides business-to-business knowledge and skills to the publishing, conference, exhibition, and training sectors. Using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Informa was able to dramatically reduce the time required to set up its development and test environments.
Informa SAP Migration NEW!
Informa, headquartered in Switzerland, offers specialized information-based products, services, and events for businesses, academics, and individuals across the globe. In 2011, the company's Global Technical Operations team in the United Kingdom upgraded its SAP environment. As part of the upgrade process, the team began archiving historic data to Amazon Web Services (AWS). To establish the connection between the SAP environment and AWS, the team uses Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), which allows SAP to interact with AWS as it would any traditional server.
Informa, headquartered in Switzerland, offers specialized information-based products, services, and events for businesses, academics, and individuals across the globe. In 2011, the company's Global Technical Operations team in the United Kingdom upgraded its SAP environment. As part of the upgrade process, the team began archiving historic data to Amazon Web Services (AWS). To establish the connection between the SAP environment and AWS, the team uses Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), which allows SAP to interact with AWS as it would any traditional server.
InstallFree
GDS integrated InstallFree and Amazon EC2 & Amazon S3 to deliver a virtualized version of GE Centricity along with their custom PAX system to their network of hospitals, doctors, and medical providers to comply with Electronic Medical Records Act.
GDS integrated InstallFree and Amazon EC2 & Amazon S3 to deliver a virtualized version of GE Centricity along with their custom PAX system to their network of hospitals, doctors, and medical providers to comply with Electronic Medical Records Act.
InvisibleHand NEW!
InvisibleHand is a browser extension, which helps people save money by discreetly notifying them when the product they are browsing for can be found for a lower price on another site. InvisibleHand uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) almost exclusively for its worldwide services.
InvisibleHand is a browser extension, which helps people save money by discreetly notifying them when the product they are browsing for can be found for a lower price on another site. InvisibleHand uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) almost exclusively for its worldwide services.
Issuu NEW!
Issuu is an online publishing service that allows users to upload and share documents by turning standard document types like PDF, Word, and PowerPoint into interactive digital magazines that can be viewed directly in any browser. The company has used numerous Amazon Web Services (including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Route 53) to quickly and efficiently handle any number of uploads and convert them into nice-looking magazines.
Issuu is an online publishing service that allows users to upload and share documents by turning standard document types like PDF, Word, and PowerPoint into interactive digital magazines that can be viewed directly in any browser. The company has used numerous Amazon Web Services (including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Route 53) to quickly and efficiently handle any number of uploads and convert them into nice-looking magazines.
Jitscale
Jitscale provides an on-demand, secure, global, and virtualized IT Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Services are fully managed and cover all parts of the infrastructure— operating system, database clusters, and Web and application servers—under a comprehensive agreement. The Jitscale team uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), and Amazon CloudFront.
Jitscale provides an on-demand, secure, global, and virtualized IT Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Services are fully managed and cover all parts of the infrastructure— operating system, database clusters, and Web and application servers—under a comprehensive agreement. The Jitscale team uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), and Amazon CloudFront.
Kehalim
Kehalim, a contextual affiliate platform, turned to Amazon SimpleDB and Amazon Relational Database Service to scale their data storage.
Kehalim, a contextual affiliate platform, turned to Amazon SimpleDB and Amazon Relational Database Service to scale their data storage.
Kingnet Technology
Based in Shanghai, China, Kingnet Technology develops games for worldwide social networks. With an estimated 30 million installations and 6 million daily active users, Kingnet Technology uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to provide its infrastructure capable of handling tremendous volume.
Based in Shanghai, China, Kingnet Technology develops games for worldwide social networks. With an estimated 30 million installations and 6 million daily active users, Kingnet Technology uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to provide its infrastructure capable of handling tremendous volume.
KineticGlue
Srinivas Seshadri CTO, at KineticGlue, explains how the social networking company is using AWS to help their fast-growing business.
Srinivas Seshadri CTO, at KineticGlue, explains how the social networking company is using AWS to help their fast-growing business.
Knorex Pte. Ltd. NEW!
Knorex Pte. Ltd. is a software development company based in Singapore that specializes in using semantic technologies to help companies utilize their existing resources in more efficient and effective ways through the smarter use of intelligence. The company is using a variety of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Elastic Load Balancing.
Knorex Pte. Ltd. is a software development company based in Singapore that specializes in using semantic technologies to help companies utilize their existing resources in more efficient and effective ways through the smarter use of intelligence. The company is using a variety of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Elastic Load Balancing.
Kooaba
Till Quack, CTO of Kooaba AG, shared some insight into their application for the iPhone and Android running on AWS.
Till Quack, CTO of Kooaba AG, shared some insight into their application for the iPhone and Android running on AWS.
KPIT Cummins NEW!
KPIT Cummins is global product engineering and IT consulting company that partners with global manufacturing companies to co-create innovative business solutions. By moving its Oracle-based operations to the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS), KPIT Cummins realized significant savings in infrastructure costs and licensing fees.
KPIT Cummins is global product engineering and IT consulting company that partners with global manufacturing companies to co-create innovative business solutions. By moving its Oracle-based operations to the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS), KPIT Cummins realized significant savings in infrastructure costs and licensing fees.
kununu.com NEW!
kununu.com is the largest website for employer reviews posted by employees in the German-speaking countries. The Website uses an Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to increase computing efficiency while reducing costs.
kununu.com is the largest website for employer reviews posted by employees in the German-speaking countries. The Website uses an Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to increase computing efficiency while reducing costs.
LabSlice NEW!
LabSlice uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to help businesses create demos, product evaluations, and training environments. As a service management platform for Amazon EC2, LabSlice enables its customers to increase computing efficiency while significantly decreasing infrastructure costs.
LabSlice uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to help businesses create demos, product evaluations, and training environments. As a service management platform for Amazon EC2, LabSlice enables its customers to increase computing efficiency while significantly decreasing infrastructure costs.
Launchpad6 NEW!
Launchpad6 is an out-of-the-box solution for creating user-generated video contests. Based in Australia, Launchpad6 services big name clients and needed a highly scalable and reliable infrastructure. The company migrated 100% of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and couldn't be happier. Using Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Route 53, the company has dramatically reduced its costs.
Launchpad6 is an out-of-the-box solution for creating user-generated video contests. Based in Australia, Launchpad6 services big name clients and needed a highly scalable and reliable infrastructure. The company migrated 100% of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and couldn't be happier. Using Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Route 53, the company has dramatically reduced its costs.
lebrel networks NEW!
lebrel networks's DynaMO cloud capacity platform helps mobile network operators improve their own network capacities by managing mobile data usage and reducing overall data volumes. The DynaMO cloud capacity platform is currently using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), which provides the scalability needed to meet the growing data demands of mobile network consumers worldwide. lebrel networks is a new company, but has already attracted attention from network operators around the globe.
lebrel networks's DynaMO cloud capacity platform helps mobile network operators improve their own network capacities by managing mobile data usage and reducing overall data volumes. The DynaMO cloud capacity platform is currently using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), which provides the scalability needed to meet the growing data demands of mobile network consumers worldwide. lebrel networks is a new company, but has already attracted attention from network operators around the globe.
LIFEPLAT
LIFEPLAT is a social-network website that connects people through common interests. The company uses Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront to deliver high-speed images to website users while providing reliable and unlimited file storage. It also uses Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon RDS.
LIFEPLAT is a social-network website that connects people through common interests. The company uses Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront to deliver high-speed images to website users while providing reliable and unlimited file storage. It also uses Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon RDS.
Litmus NEW!
Litmus, a testing tool, uses Amazon S3 to store over 6TB of customers' images and Amazon EC2 for running customers' email and website tests. Litmus enjoys significant cost savings by using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
Litmus, a testing tool, uses Amazon S3 to store over 6TB of customers' images and Amazon EC2 for running customers' email and website tests. Litmus enjoys significant cost savings by using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
Live Talkback NEW!
Live Talkback is a UK startup seeking to make TV better by connecting audiences to TV shows. The company's infrastructure is hosted almost exclusively on AWS, including Amazon RDS, Amazon EC2, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Live Talkback is a UK startup seeking to make TV better by connecting audiences to TV shows. The company's infrastructure is hosted almost exclusively on AWS, including Amazon RDS, Amazon EC2, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon CloudWatch.
LiveLeader
LiveLeader estimates that they’ve saved nearly $200,000 by deploying their live chat tool for business on Amazon Web Services.
LiveLeader estimates that they’ve saved nearly $200,000 by deploying their live chat tool for business on Amazon Web Services.
Livemocha
Livemocha, an online language learning site with free courses in over 25 languages and 3 million users worldwide, chose Amazon SimpleDB to help them store, process and query large datasets. Their online service also makes use of Amazon EC2, S3, SQS, and CloudFront.
Livemocha, an online language learning site with free courses in over 25 languages and 3 million users worldwide, chose Amazon SimpleDB to help them store, process and query large datasets. Their online service also makes use of Amazon EC2, S3, SQS, and CloudFront.
LogicStyle
LogicStyle is a Software Architecture consultancy based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It helps customer to apply the best technologies and processes in order to deliver the most cost-effective IT solutions. I am Juliano Viana, principal Software Architect and General Director.
LogicStyle is a Software Architecture consultancy based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It helps customer to apply the best technologies and processes in order to deliver the most cost-effective IT solutions. I am Juliano Viana, principal Software Architect and General Director.
Loop11 NEW!
Based in Melbourne Australia, Loop11 is a remote usability testing tool that enables web developers to test the user experience of any website and identify navigational and usability issues quickly and cost effectively. To help ensure optimal scalability, the company uses or plans to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for several components of its architecture, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
Based in Melbourne Australia, Loop11 is a remote usability testing tool that enables web developers to test the user experience of any website and identify navigational and usability issues quickly and cost effectively. To help ensure optimal scalability, the company uses or plans to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for several components of its architecture, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
LOUD3R
LOUD3R, a real-time content discovery, curation and publishing platform, uses Amazon EC2, SimpleDB, CloudFront, and SQS to semantically search and aggregate news, blogs, photos, videos and social media.
LOUD3R, a real-time content discovery, curation and publishing platform, uses Amazon EC2, SimpleDB, CloudFront, and SQS to semantically search and aggregate news, blogs, photos, videos and social media.
M-Dot NEW!
M-Dot has built an entire transaction processing platform on top of AWS. The company utilizes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) XL instances for the database and application servers behind multiple Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB) instances spread across zones in the US-East region, with Amazon CloudWatch for autoscaling within and across zones and a unique backup and logging strategy based on Amazon Simple Storage Service (AmazonS3).
M-Dot has built an entire transaction processing platform on top of AWS. The company utilizes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) XL instances for the database and application servers behind multiple Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB) instances spread across zones in the US-East region, with Amazon CloudWatch for autoscaling within and across zones and a unique backup and logging strategy based on Amazon Simple Storage Service (AmazonS3).
Mahindra Satyam NEW!
When Mahindra Satyam needed a way to share and manage documents for one of its clients, a top 3 global pharmaceutical company, it turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a solution. Using various products and services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS delivers a secure, reliable, and effective result.
When Mahindra Satyam needed a way to share and manage documents for one of its clients, a top 3 global pharmaceutical company, it turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a solution. Using various products and services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS delivers a secure, reliable, and effective result.
MarketSimplified
The MarketSimplified mobile platform for the financial industry uses a variety of infrastructure web services, including Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon S3 to enable end-users to access, trade, and manage investments securely and reliably.
The MarketSimplified mobile platform for the financial industry uses a variety of infrastructure web services, including Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon S3 to enable end-users to access, trade, and manage investments securely and reliably.
McCann Erickson / ThoughtWorks NEW!
ThoughtWorks enabled McCann Erickson to deliver a high profile brand and marketing solution to their client, complete with a full-service, scalable and reliable infrastructure, on a challenging fixed deadline. AWS provided all the infrastructure necessary to host such a site, including Amazon EC2 instances, a database built on Amazon RDS, Elastic Load Balancing, and media content hosting on Amazon S3.
ThoughtWorks enabled McCann Erickson to deliver a high profile brand and marketing solution to their client, complete with a full-service, scalable and reliable infrastructure, on a challenging fixed deadline. AWS provided all the infrastructure necessary to host such a site, including Amazon EC2 instances, a database built on Amazon RDS, Elastic Load Balancing, and media content hosting on Amazon S3.
MediaMolecule NEW!
MediaMolecule is a game developer based in the U.K. that is now part of Sony Worldwide Studio. The company has released two games, LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2. In order to serve about 1 TB of traffic per day, the company uses several Amazon Web Services (AWS) features, including Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon SQS, and Amazon Elastic IP Addresses.
MediaMolecule is a game developer based in the U.K. that is now part of Sony Worldwide Studio. The company has released two games, LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2. In order to serve about 1 TB of traffic per day, the company uses several Amazon Web Services (AWS) features, including Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon SQS, and Amazon Elastic IP Addresses.
Mendeley NEW!
Mendeley is a cross-platform desktop, iOS (iPhone Operating System), and web application that enables academics and industry researchers worldwide to manage documents and collaborate on research. The company experiences bursts of web site traffic and was looking for a way to cut down on redundant hardware costs. Recently, Mendeley began using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to get the scalability and availability it needed.
Mendeley is a cross-platform desktop, iOS (iPhone Operating System), and web application that enables academics and industry researchers worldwide to manage documents and collaborate on research. The company experiences bursts of web site traffic and was looking for a way to cut down on redundant hardware costs. Recently, Mendeley began using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Beanstalk, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to get the scalability and availability it needed.
MileSplit NEW!
MileSplit is a network of Websites focusing on high school and college sporting events. The company operates completely "in the cloud," with Amazon Web Services (AWS) providing all of its server and database needs. Currently, MileSplit is using several services within AWS, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon CloudFront.
MileSplit is a network of Websites focusing on high school and college sporting events. The company operates completely "in the cloud," with Amazon Web Services (AWS) providing all of its server and database needs. Currently, MileSplit is using several services within AWS, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon CloudFront.
Model Metrics
Model Metrics developed the Cloud Converter to support its client Salesforce.com. Cloud Converter is an open source application that automates the migration of applications from on premise platforms to Force.com.
Model Metrics developed the Cloud Converter to support its client Salesforce.com. Cloud Converter is an open source application that automates the migration of applications from on premise platforms to Force.com.
Monografias
This large Latin American community-built content site is entirely run on AWS with tens of thousands of original essays and publications and over 2 Million unique visitors per day. Lea en español.
This large Latin American community-built content site is entirely run on AWS with tens of thousands of original essays and publications and over 2 Million unique visitors per day. Lea en español.
Morph
Built from the ground up using Amazon Web Services, Morph Labs markets a "full service" deployment, delivery and management system for web applications.
Built from the ground up using Amazon Web Services, Morph Labs markets a "full service" deployment, delivery and management system for web applications.
Napera
Napera built their network security management layer on top of Amazon EC2, allowing them to go to market in under nine months.
Napera built their network security management layer on top of Amazon EC2, allowing them to go to market in under nine months.
Newsweek NEW!
Newsweek specializes in print and online news coverage for a wide range of topics, including politics, business, and world events. Since 2009, the publication has reduced operating costs seventy-five percent by employing Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the foundation of its online presence. Newsweek's infrastructure was built using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudFront. Newsweek also uses Amazon Route 53, which saves the publication ninety-three percent in Domain Name System costs.
Newsweek specializes in print and online news coverage for a wide range of topics, including politics, business, and world events. Since 2009, the publication has reduced operating costs seventy-five percent by employing Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the foundation of its online presence. Newsweek's infrastructure was built using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudFront. Newsweek also uses Amazon Route 53, which saves the publication ninety-three percent in Domain Name System costs.
Nextpoint
Nextpoint provides trial preparation and evidence management for Fortune 100 corporations and Am Law 100 law firms via its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications utilizing the scalability of Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
Nextpoint provides trial preparation and evidence management for Fortune 100 corporations and Am Law 100 law firms via its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications utilizing the scalability of Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
Nimbus Health
Nimbus Health, a Seattle-based startup, helps doctors and hospitals share medical records with patients in an easy, online, and secure fashion. Nimbus Health uses AWS for application hosting, large scale storage, and load balancing needs.
Nimbus Health, a Seattle-based startup, helps doctors and hospitals share medical records with patients in an easy, online, and secure fashion. Nimbus Health uses AWS for application hosting, large scale storage, and load balancing needs.
nuTsie
In this interview, Bob Wise, VP Engineering of Melodeo tells us about nuTsie, an iPhone application they built on AWS.
In this interview, Bob Wise, VP Engineering of Melodeo tells us about nuTsie, an iPhone application they built on AWS.
Nealab Technologies NEW!
Nealab Technologies is the developer of application platforms used by popular dating and social networks in Italy. Nealab's application and storage tiers use many features within Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudWatch.
Nealab Technologies is the developer of application platforms used by popular dating and social networks in Italy. Nealab's application and storage tiers use many features within Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudWatch.
One Hour Translation NEW!
One Hour Translation's network of over 10,000 certified translators provides translation and proofreading services in fifty-five languages. The company's production environment is built entirely within Amazon Web Services (AWS), and utilizes many different AWS options, including Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and Amazon CloudFront.
One Hour Translation's network of over 10,000 certified translators provides translation and proofreading services in fifty-five languages. The company's production environment is built entirely within Amazon Web Services (AWS), and utilizes many different AWS options, including Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and Amazon CloudFront.
Onoko NEW!
Onoko develops social and mobile applications for the Facebook and iPhone platforms. The company's apps, which primarily focus on relational gaming, support approximately 15 million global users. Onoko chose to build its infrastructure upon Amazon Web Services (AWS) after experiencing the steep operating costs and limited flexibility of other hosting providers. Today Onoko relies on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront.
Onoko develops social and mobile applications for the Facebook and iPhone platforms. The company's apps, which primarily focus on relational gaming, support approximately 15 million global users. Onoko chose to build its infrastructure upon Amazon Web Services (AWS) after experiencing the steep operating costs and limited flexibility of other hosting providers. Today Onoko relies on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront.
OpenCrowd NEW!
OpenCrowd designs and develops cutting edge Rich Internet Applications, social apps, and cloud-enabled applications for a wide variety of clients. OpenCrowd uses several different Amazon Web Services (AWS) features, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). OpenCrowd credits AWS with helping it to prototype rapidly and cost-effectively in order to meet its clients' needs.
OpenCrowd designs and develops cutting edge Rich Internet Applications, social apps, and cloud-enabled applications for a wide variety of clients. OpenCrowd uses several different Amazon Web Services (AWS) features, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). OpenCrowd credits AWS with helping it to prototype rapidly and cost-effectively in order to meet its clients' needs.
ÓRAMA NEW!
ÓRAMA is an Internet-based financial institution that allows Brazilians to participate in premium investment funds that were previously only available to the very wealthy. After carefully considering the security and reliability issues involved with online investing, the company established its entire infrastructure with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Route 53. ÓRAMA’s developers monitor all of these resources with Amazon CloudWatch.
ÓRAMA is an Internet-based financial institution that allows Brazilians to participate in premium investment funds that were previously only available to the very wealthy. After carefully considering the security and reliability issues involved with online investing, the company established its entire infrastructure with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Route 53. ÓRAMA’s developers monitor all of these resources with Amazon CloudWatch.
Outback Steakhouse NEW!
In 2011, Outback Steakhouse collaborated with Engauge to design a national digital marketing campaign; and Engauge knew the technology would have to be robust and scalable. Using several AWS products, the technology team at Engauge built a custom engagement portal to support Outback’s unprecedented consumer marketing effort to give away one million steak dinners during a 48 - hour period. The campaign was launched nationally through a one-of-a-kind, Outback-tailored advertising roadblock, running on national and cable television stations across the country.
In 2011, Outback Steakhouse collaborated with Engauge to design a national digital marketing campaign; and Engauge knew the technology would have to be robust and scalable. Using several AWS products, the technology team at Engauge built a custom engagement portal to support Outback’s unprecedented consumer marketing effort to give away one million steak dinners during a 48 - hour period. The campaign was launched nationally through a one-of-a-kind, Outback-tailored advertising roadblock, running on national and cable television stations across the country.
Papaya Mobile NEW!
Papaya Mobile is a social network and gaming platform that found a reliable and affordable computing solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS). By using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Papaya Mobile is able to provide its users with instant, affordable, and secure social networking.
Papaya Mobile is a social network and gaming platform that found a reliable and affordable computing solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS). By using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Papaya Mobile is able to provide its users with instant, affordable, and secure social networking.
Paprika Lab NEW!
Paprika Lab is a world-class social gaming developer based in South Korea. A combination of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), has provided Paprika Lab with the flexibility to adapt to varying usage rather than try to predict user patterns.
Paprika Lab is a world-class social gaming developer based in South Korea. A combination of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), has provided Paprika Lab with the flexibility to adapt to varying usage rather than try to predict user patterns.
ParkVu
Jeff Fedor and Terry Goertz, Co-Founders of ParkVu describe their media player for BlackBerry phones and how they run their application on AWS.
Jeff Fedor and Terry Goertz, Co-Founders of ParkVu describe their media player for BlackBerry phones and how they run their application on AWS.
Peritor
Peritor supports MeinProf, one of the largest online academic community sites in Germany, with AWS implementation supporting large traffic spikes.
Peritor supports MeinProf, one of the largest online academic community sites in Germany, with AWS implementation supporting large traffic spikes.
photoWALL
The photoWALL team launched their application using all AWS services: Amazon EC2 (with Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudWatch, and Elastic Block Store), Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon SQS, and the newly released Amazon RDS.
The photoWALL team launched their application using all AWS services: Amazon EC2 (with Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudWatch, and Elastic Block Store), Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon SQS, and the newly released Amazon RDS.
PicTranslator
PicTranslator, recently featured as New and Noteworthy on the App Store, uses AWS to scale their highly CPU-intensive workflows.
PicTranslator, recently featured as New and Noteworthy on the App Store, uses AWS to scale their highly CPU-intensive workflows.
Ping.sg
Ping.sg, a Singapore-based blogging community and blog aggregator with more than 100,000 blogs, moved its application to the cloud, running on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 in the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
Ping.sg, a Singapore-based blogging community and blog aggregator with more than 100,000 blogs, moved its application to the cloud, running on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 in the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
PIXNET NEW!
PIXNET Digital Media Corporation is a Taiwan-based company that provides a social network Website, online photo gallery, and blogging service for the Greater China region. PIXNET first began using Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for basic backups and log files. The company then integrated Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to process images using the face detection and recognition feature it recently added to its online photo gallery. PIXNET reports that it is able to bring its services to market quickly and more cost-effectively since incorporating AWS.
PIXNET Digital Media Corporation is a Taiwan-based company that provides a social network Website, online photo gallery, and blogging service for the Greater China region. PIXNET first began using Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for basic backups and log files. The company then integrated Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to process images using the face detection and recognition feature it recently added to its online photo gallery. PIXNET reports that it is able to bring its services to market quickly and more cost-effectively since incorporating AWS.
PostRank
As a young, bootstrapped company, the founders of PostRank architected their new service to take advantage of the AWS cloud computing platform. "Without EC2, the project would have been impossible.”
As a young, bootstrapped company, the founders of PostRank architected their new service to take advantage of the AWS cloud computing platform. "Without EC2, the project would have been impossible.”
Praekelt Foundation NEW!
Praekelt Foundation develops mobile technology solutions for social good. The Foundation has recently migrated most of its core products and tools to Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to host one of its portals. The result has been highly successful in providing critical information and medical appointment reminders, via cell phone, to people in Africa living with HIV/AIDS.
Praekelt Foundation develops mobile technology solutions for social good. The Foundation has recently migrated most of its core products and tools to Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to host one of its portals. The result has been highly successful in providing critical information and medical appointment reminders, via cell phone, to people in Africa living with HIV/AIDS.
QlikTech
QlikTech's powerful, accessible business intelligence platform, QlikView, combines enterprise-class analytics and search functionality with the simplicity and ease-of-use found in office productivity software tools for a broad set of business users. QlikTech moved its QlikView platform from physical servers to Amazon EC2 to take advantage of the scalability and ease of use that Amazon Web Services offers.
QlikTech's powerful, accessible business intelligence platform, QlikView, combines enterprise-class analytics and search functionality with the simplicity and ease-of-use found in office productivity software tools for a broad set of business users. QlikTech moved its QlikView platform from physical servers to Amazon EC2 to take advantage of the scalability and ease of use that Amazon Web Services offers.
Queue-it NEW!
Queue-it protects its customers from Website crashes during periods of high volume by putting the users into a virtual queuing system. The Danish company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to ensure that its customer base has 24/7/365 availability and scalability.
Queue-it protects its customers from Website crashes during periods of high volume by putting the users into a virtual queuing system. The Danish company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon CloudFront to ensure that its customer base has 24/7/365 availability and scalability.
Raven NEW!
Running on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, Raven is an online software platform that helps marketers quickly research, manage, monitor, and report on search engine optimization (SEO), email, social media, and other Internet marketing campaigns.
Running on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, Raven is an online software platform that helps marketers quickly research, manage, monitor, and report on search engine optimization (SEO), email, social media, and other Internet marketing campaigns.
Reasoning NEW!
Nitin Padmawar, CTO at Reasoning, explains how the digital commerce company is using AWS to help their fast-growing business:
Nitin Padmawar, CTO at Reasoning, explains how the digital commerce company is using AWS to help their fast-growing business:
Recorded Future NEW!
Recorded Future is a software company that seeks to unlock the predictive power of the web. They specialize in reviewing hundreds of thousands of news outlets, social media sites and government web pages each hour in an effort to record all that the world knows about the future.
Recorded Future is a software company that seeks to unlock the predictive power of the web. They specialize in reviewing hundreds of thousands of news outlets, social media sites and government web pages each hour in an effort to record all that the world knows about the future.
Red Lion Hotels NEW!
Red Lion Hotels Corporation is about to launch a set of web and mobile platforms that will provide hyper-localized research and booking experiences for travelers. AWS Solutions Provider 2nd Watch is helping Red Lion migrate from a co-location facility in order to develop the new platforms on Amazon EC2 with Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, and Amazon CloudFront.
Red Lion Hotels Corporation is about to launch a set of web and mobile platforms that will provide hyper-localized research and booking experiences for travelers. AWS Solutions Provider 2nd Watch is helping Red Lion migrate from a co-location facility in order to develop the new platforms on Amazon EC2 with Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, and Amazon CloudFront.
RedBubble NEW!
RedBubble is an online community, marketplace, and print-on-demand service for creative individuals around the world. RedBubble combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) to operate its own image storage and processing application, Imagehaus.
RedBubble is an online community, marketplace, and print-on-demand service for creative individuals around the world. RedBubble combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) to operate its own image storage and processing application, Imagehaus.
redBus
redBus, an Indian company providing a Software as a Service (SaaS) application for bus operators in addition to selling bus tickets on its own and third-party websites, migrated its operations completely to AWS. The company uses Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, and Amazon CloudWatch.
redBus, an Indian company providing a Software as a Service (SaaS) application for bus operators in addition to selling bus tickets on its own and third-party websites, migrated its operations completely to AWS. The company uses Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Rent Jungle NEW!
Rent Jungle is a search engine for apartment listings. The core of its technology is its advanced spidering engine, which is hosted entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rent Jungle's application uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, as well as Amazon Mechanical Turk for human evaluation of apartment listings.
Rent Jungle is a search engine for apartment listings. The core of its technology is its advanced spidering engine, which is hosted entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rent Jungle's application uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, as well as Amazon Mechanical Turk for human evaluation of apartment listings.
Ripplex
Ripplex Inc., based in Tokyo, Japan, has built a unique web service named Webpo, a greeting card printing web service built on AWS.
Ripplex Inc., based in Tokyo, Japan, has built a unique web service named Webpo, a greeting card printing web service built on AWS.
Roambi
Quinton Alsbury, Co-Founder of Mellmo, explains their new iPhone application, Roambi, and how they launched it on AWS.
Quinton Alsbury, Co-Founder of Mellmo, explains their new iPhone application, Roambi, and how they launched it on AWS.
Roamz
The Roamz app uses social media activity to find out what’s going on at the places around you. The app runs a distributed application within Amazon EC2, in addition to utilizing Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53. With this flexible collection of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Roamz avoided purchasing $100,000 of storage infrastructure and got started in hours.
The Roamz app uses social media activity to find out what’s going on at the places around you. The app runs a distributed application within Amazon EC2, in addition to utilizing Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53. With this flexible collection of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Roamz avoided purchasing $100,000 of storage infrastructure and got started in hours.
rPath
rPath saves $80,000 by migrating 7,000 software appliance images from rBuilder Online to Amazon S3.
rPath saves $80,000 by migrating 7,000 software appliance images from rBuilder Online to Amazon S3.
RootMusic NEW!
San Francisco-based RootMusic recently developed BandPage, a Facebook application that helps musicians share information, photos, and videos with their fans. BandPage’s infrastructure integrates a wide range of solutions from Amazon Web Services, including the Domain Name System (DNS) web service, Amazon Route 53. Currently, Amazon Route 53 is directing over 32 million music fans to more than 250,000 bands and individual artists using BandPage.
San Francisco-based RootMusic recently developed BandPage, a Facebook application that helps musicians share information, photos, and videos with their fans. BandPage’s infrastructure integrates a wide range of solutions from Amazon Web Services, including the Domain Name System (DNS) web service, Amazon Route 53. Currently, Amazon Route 53 is directing over 32 million music fans to more than 250,000 bands and individual artists using BandPage.
RunE2E / Kenneth Cole NEW!
RunE2E provides integrated technology solutions to its clients in the areas of IT consulting, contingent workforce, and technology solutions. Using Amazon Web Services (AWS), RunE2E completed a Proof of Concept (POC) to validate the installation of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset for its client, Kenneth Cole Productions. AWS technology enabled the company to complete the POC within three weeks and keep the total infrastructure and system cost to less than $500.
RunE2E provides integrated technology solutions to its clients in the areas of IT consulting, contingent workforce, and technology solutions. Using Amazon Web Services (AWS), RunE2E completed a Proof of Concept (POC) to validate the installation of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset for its client, Kenneth Cole Productions. AWS technology enabled the company to complete the POC within three weeks and keep the total infrastructure and system cost to less than $500.
Junta de Extremadura and Sadiel NEW!
Sadiel provides consulting services, information technology, and outsourcing to companies in the public sector, and the energy, industry, financial, media, and telecommunications markets. Recently, the company recommended that its client take part in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) proof of concept (POC), which included several AWS solutions: Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Identity and Access Management (Amazon IAM), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Sadiel provides consulting services, information technology, and outsourcing to companies in the public sector, and the energy, industry, financial, media, and telecommunications markets. Recently, the company recommended that its client take part in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) proof of concept (POC), which included several AWS solutions: Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Identity and Access Management (Amazon IAM), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
sambaash NEW!
Singapore-based sambaash manages emerging cloud-based online communities. sambaash uses AWS for development, build management, source-code management, testing, deployment, and production sites, utilizing Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, and Amazon S3.
Singapore-based sambaash manages emerging cloud-based online communities. sambaash uses AWS for development, build management, source-code management, testing, deployment, and production sites, utilizing Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, and Amazon S3.
Schneider Electric NEW!
In 2011, the international energy management company, Schneider Electric, decided to integrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) into its existing IT environment as a way to test the benefits of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). The company, in combination with consulting firm Edifixio, began by establishing fifteen Internet and Intranet legacy applications on Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). With this initial migration successfully completed, Schneider Electric now plans to expand its AWS infrastructure to include additional applications and business units.
In 2011, the international energy management company, Schneider Electric, decided to integrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) into its existing IT environment as a way to test the benefits of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). The company, in combination with consulting firm Edifixio, began by establishing fifteen Internet and Intranet legacy applications on Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). With this initial migration successfully completed, Schneider Electric now plans to expand its AWS infrastructure to include additional applications and business units.
Scube NewMedia and UniCredit NEW!
UniCredit, an international financial institute, recently commissioned ICT company Scube NewMedia to create a geospatial application. The application's underlying framework incorporates a variety of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Solution (Amazon S3). UniCredit's application is available throughout Italy and will soon be extended to most of Central and Eastern Europe.
UniCredit, an international financial institute, recently commissioned ICT company Scube NewMedia to create a geospatial application. The application's underlying framework incorporates a variety of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Solution (Amazon S3). UniCredit's application is available throughout Italy and will soon be extended to most of Central and Eastern Europe.
Shutl NEW!
Shutl, a United Kingdom start-up, helps retailers offer deliveries in ninety minutes or within a specified one hour timeframe. The Shutl web service API is built on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure that includes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Elastic IP. Shutl chose AWS as its cloud services provider based on cost-effectiveness and flexibility, as well as the strong reputation and ability of AWS to meet European Union privacy regulations.
Shutl, a United Kingdom start-up, helps retailers offer deliveries in ninety minutes or within a specified one hour timeframe. The Shutl web service API is built on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure that includes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Elastic IP. Shutl chose AWS as its cloud services provider based on cost-effectiveness and flexibility, as well as the strong reputation and ability of AWS to meet European Union privacy regulations.
Site24x7 NEW!
Site24x7 is a website and web application monitoring service that helps businesses ensure high performance and uptime for websites and business services. Using AWS, Site24x7 maintains over 32 monitoring locations worldwide. Seeking greater scalability, Site24x7 is currently moving as much of its work load as possible to the Amazon Web Services Cloud.
Skifta
Skifta, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has chosen AWS as their hosting provider. Skifta, a free service that allows consumers to shift media from the network it is stored on and access it in other locations, may not have been possible without AWS.
Skifta, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has chosen AWS as their hosting provider. Skifta, a free service that allows consumers to shift media from the network it is stored on and access it in other locations, may not have been possible without AWS.
Smartsheet
To accommodate their growing business, Smartsheet, a web-based solution for managing tasks, projects and processes, turns to Amazon S3 and CloudFront for document storage and delivery. They have also created an easy point-and-click interface to access Amazon's Mechanical Turk on-demand workforce.
To accommodate their growing business, Smartsheet, a web-based solution for managing tasks, projects and processes, turns to Amazon S3 and CloudFront for document storage and delivery. They have also created an easy point-and-click interface to access Amazon's Mechanical Turk on-demand workforce.
Smowtion
Smowtion specializes in the ad-network business, focusing on developing products and solutions for the online advertising industry, and targeting quality audiences. The company uses several AWS services, including Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon SQS for a variety of needs.
Smowtion specializes in the ad-network business, focusing on developing products and solutions for the online advertising industry, and targeting quality audiences. The company uses several AWS services, including Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon SQS for a variety of needs.
SOASTA
SOASTA’s CloudTest solution on AWS enabled Intuit to do massive spike testing scenarios as Intuit prepared its TurboTax program to support over 18 million online tax preparers during the peak of tax season.
SOASTA’s CloudTest solution on AWS enabled Intuit to do massive spike testing scenarios as Intuit prepared its TurboTax program to support over 18 million online tax preparers during the peak of tax season.
Sorenson Media
The Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network service is architected entirely on top of Amazon Web Services—including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. "Our engineering team looked extensively at infrastructure and CDN solutions from a scalability, cost and API standpoint — and Amazon was the clear choice for us."
The Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network service is architected entirely on top of Amazon Web Services—including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. "Our engineering team looked extensively at infrastructure and CDN solutions from a scalability, cost and API standpoint — and Amazon was the clear choice for us."
Sparefoot NEW!
SpareFoot.com helps self-storage facilities market their extra space, and helps consumers make educated decisions on which storage unit is best for their needs. In order to manage a network of consumer facing sites, the company uses several AWS products—including Amazon RDS, Amazon ELB, Amazon S3, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon CloudFront—to create a stable system and reduce time, costs, and labor.
SpareFoot.com helps self-storage facilities market their extra space, and helps consumers make educated decisions on which storage unit is best for their needs. In order to manage a network of consumer facing sites, the company uses several AWS products—including Amazon RDS, Amazon ELB, Amazon S3, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon CloudFront—to create a stable system and reduce time, costs, and labor.
SPIEGEL.TV NEW!
schnee von morgen webTV GmbH offers a wide range of TV services, including consulting, project management, content management, video transcoding, video delivery, statistics, broadcast archive systems, and storage. To reduce costs and increase scalability, the company uses a variety of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).
schnee von morgen webTV GmbH offers a wide range of TV services, including consulting, project management, content management, video transcoding, video delivery, statistics, broadcast archive systems, and storage. To reduce costs and increase scalability, the company uses a variety of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).
StarPound
StarPound Technologies, an enterprise software company, deployed their business process management and telephony platforms on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
StarPound Technologies, an enterprise software company, deployed their business process management and telephony platforms on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
Summa Technologies / CPqD NEW!
Summa Technologies do Brasil is a consulting company focused on providing enterprise solutions based in Java and open source frameworks. The company recently worked with one of its customers to complete a Proof of Concept (POC) that assesses the viability of deploying an unmodified application to the Amazon Cloud, and then evaluating the level of cloud features an existing application benefits from.
Summa Technologies do Brasil is a consulting company focused on providing enterprise solutions based in Java and open source frameworks. The company recently worked with one of its customers to complete a Proof of Concept (POC) that assesses the viability of deploying an unmodified application to the Amazon Cloud, and then evaluating the level of cloud features an existing application benefits from.
SundaySky
SundaySky uses Amazon S3, EC2, CloudFront, SimpleDB, SQS, RDS, Mechanical Turk and Elastic Load Balancing to enable customers to create automatic, high-quality online product videos.
SundaySky uses Amazon S3, EC2, CloudFront, SimpleDB, SQS, RDS, Mechanical Turk and Elastic Load Balancing to enable customers to create automatic, high-quality online product videos.
Suunto & Movescount.com NEW!
Suunto is a Finland-based company that designs and manufactures precision instruments for sports enthusiasts. The company stepped into new era when they launched Movescount.com, a sports and fitness Website that uses Amazon S3 to store fitness information.
Suunto is a Finland-based company that designs and manufactures precision instruments for sports enthusiasts. The company stepped into new era when they launched Movescount.com, a sports and fitness Website that uses Amazon S3 to store fitness information.
swisstopo
Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, runs 40 geographic information system (GIS) applications and Web map services for Swiss Federal offices and other customers using Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Swisstopo serves geographic data with its Amazon EC2 instances to as many as 30,000 unique visitors per day—equating to data transfer of 8 TB per month, up to 1,300 delivered map tiles per second, and storage of 250,000,000 preproduced map tiles in Amazon S3.
Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, runs 40 geographic information system (GIS) applications and Web map services for Swiss Federal offices and other customers using Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Swisstopo serves geographic data with its Amazon EC2 instances to as many as 30,000 unique visitors per day—equating to data transfer of 8 TB per month, up to 1,300 delivered map tiles per second, and storage of 250,000,000 preproduced map tiles in Amazon S3.
Synectics ARTMS NEW!
Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. is a total-solution IT provider that offers federal and state government agencies, non-profits, and commercial clients a full range of planning, design, development, and operational support services. They use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement a Java and Oracle-based tracking system used by federal agencies as an element of their software-as-a-service offering.
Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. is a total-solution IT provider that offers federal and state government agencies, non-profits, and commercial clients a full range of planning, design, development, and operational support services. They use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement a Java and Oracle-based tracking system used by federal agencies as an element of their software-as-a-service offering.
Synectics FOIA NEW!
Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. is a total-solution IT provider that offers federal and state government agencies, non-profits, and commercial clients a full range of planning, design, development, and operational support services. They use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement a multi-user Microsoft Access™ based tracking system that was designed to support users involved in Freedom of Information Act administration at federal agencies.
Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc. is a total-solution IT provider that offers federal and state government agencies, non-profits, and commercial clients a full range of planning, design, development, and operational support services. They use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to implement a multi-user Microsoft Access™ based tracking system that was designed to support users involved in Freedom of Information Act administration at federal agencies.
Tal.ki
Tal.ki, a service that enables users to create and embed a forum in an existing Web site, runs 100% on AWS, with Amazon EC2 powering its servers, databases, load balancers, search indexing, staging, and other services.
Tal.ki, a service that enables users to create and embed a forum in an existing Web site, runs 100% on AWS, with Amazon EC2 powering its servers, databases, load balancers, search indexing, staging, and other services.
Talkbox Limited
TalkBox Limited is the creator of a multi-platform mobile application called TalkBox Voice, which is currently serving over 6 million registered users worldwide. The company, which is based in Hong Kong, uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to handle its highly unpredictable traffic for scaling capacity and high reliability. The company is specifically using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
TalkBox Limited is the creator of a multi-platform mobile application called TalkBox Voice, which is currently serving over 6 million registered users worldwide. The company, which is based in Hong Kong, uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to handle its highly unpredictable traffic for scaling capacity and high reliability. The company is specifically using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
Tapjoy
Tapjoy partners with leading Apple iPhone and Android publishers to help monetize their virtual goods and improve their distribution, relying on Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, and Amazon SQS to run its application.
Tapjoy partners with leading Apple iPhone and Android publishers to help monetize their virtual goods and improve their distribution, relying on Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, and Amazon SQS to run its application.
Techout.com
Amazon EC2 allows Techout to horizontally scale virtual monitoring instances with speed and at low cost whenever and wherever they're needed around the world.
Amazon EC2 allows Techout to horizontally scale virtual monitoring instances with speed and at low cost whenever and wherever they're needed around the world.
Telelok NEW!
Telelok is a pioneer in office furniture rental in Brazil. The company sought a solution to improve its server performance, gain scalability, and operate without physical equipment’s limitations. Amazon Web Services (AWS) products are now used to virtualize the company’s Microsiga ERP servers and website, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is used for backups.
TellApart NEW!
TellApart provides marketing tools that help online retailers identify their best customers and prospects and send individualized marketing messages to those customers. The company's world-class engineering team has built a real-time ad bidding engine that leverages a suite of Amazon Web Services (AWS) products.
TellApart provides marketing tools that help online retailers identify their best customers and prospects and send individualized marketing messages to those customers. The company's world-class engineering team has built a real-time ad bidding engine that leverages a suite of Amazon Web Services (AWS) products.
TicketLeap
TicketLeap, an online ticketing platform used by thousands of event organizers across the US and Canada, runs entirely on AWS. TicketLeap uses Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, and cloud monitoring services as the foundation for its platform.
TicketLeap, an online ticketing platform used by thousands of event organizers across the US and Canada, runs entirely on AWS. TicketLeap uses Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, and cloud monitoring services as the foundation for its platform.
Tomlinson Real Estate Group
Tomlinson Real Estate Group, a subsidiary of Coldwell Banker, initiated a plan to improve both its responsiveness and overall customer experience. To facilitate these goals, the company migrated from a co-location facility to AWS where it streamlined its systems using Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon S3. Since the transition, Tomlinson has seen a 47 percent reduction in operating costs and freed itself from a five MBPS data transfer limit.
Tomlinson Real Estate Group, a subsidiary of Coldwell Banker, initiated a plan to improve both its responsiveness and overall customer experience. To facilitate these goals, the company migrated from a co-location facility to AWS where it streamlined its systems using Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon S3. Since the transition, Tomlinson has seen a 47 percent reduction in operating costs and freed itself from a five MBPS data transfer limit.
Transaction Wireless NEW!
Transaction Wireless offers a multi-channel digital gift card and marketing platform to help retailers transform their traditional gift card business to engage with digital consumers through mobile, social and online storefronts. The company uses a number of solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS) including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to provide a highly secure and scalable gifting platform.
Trendsmap.com NEW!
Trendsmap.com displays real-time mapping of word trends on Twitter. The Website is a product of Stateless Systems, a Melbourne, Australia-based Web workshop. Stateless Systems created Trendsmap.com upon Amazon Web Services (AWS), particularly Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Within Amazon EC2, the Website uses many different features, including Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Spot Instances, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Elastic IP addresses.
Trendsmap.com displays real-time mapping of word trends on Twitter. The Website is a product of Stateless Systems, a Melbourne, Australia-based Web workshop. Stateless Systems created Trendsmap.com upon Amazon Web Services (AWS), particularly Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Within Amazon EC2, the Website uses many different features, including Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Spot Instances, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Elastic IP addresses.
TriSys
TriSys Business Software supplies recruiting software and hosting systems to recruitment companies, employing Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to host and manage its customers' data and business services. The AWS SDK for .NET supports the TriSys ASP application, which is based on Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (C# and Microsoft Visual Basic.NET).
TriSys Business Software supplies recruiting software and hosting systems to recruitment companies, employing Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3 to host and manage its customers' data and business services. The AWS SDK for .NET supports the TriSys ASP application, which is based on Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (C# and Microsoft Visual Basic.NET).
TweetDeck NEW!
TweetDeck is a personal dashboard, providing a powerful interface over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other online presences while also providing tools to organize and filter real-time information with ease. TweetDeck's application is deployed on Amazon EC2, using Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling, along with Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon RDS, and Amazon S3.
TweetDeck is a personal dashboard, providing a powerful interface over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other online presences while also providing tools to organize and filter real-time information with ease. TweetDeck's application is deployed on Amazon EC2, using Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling, along with Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon RDS, and Amazon S3.
Unfuddle
Unfuddle is now using Amazon EC2 and S3 for virtually 100% of its infrastructure, including web and database servers. Unfuddle makes extensive use of EBS volumes and snapshots which has completely transformed their backup process.
Unfuddle is now using Amazon EC2 and S3 for virtually 100% of its infrastructure, including web and database servers. Unfuddle makes extensive use of EBS volumes and snapshots which has completely transformed their backup process.
Urbanspoon
Adam Doppelt, co-founder of Urbanspoon, explains how they use Amazon S3, EC2 and CloudFront to power their popular iPhone application.
Adam Doppelt, co-founder of Urbanspoon, explains how they use Amazon S3, EC2 and CloudFront to power their popular iPhone application.
Urmystar
Urmystar provides television advertising solutions, using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront to deliver advertising assets to its "hyper local" networks of Internet-connected television sets.
Urmystar provides television advertising solutions, using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront to deliver advertising assets to its "hyper local" networks of Internet-connected television sets.
UST Global NEW!
UST Global is an end-to-end IT services and solutions provider for industry-leading organizations in eighteen different countries. UST Global implements its own projects using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). The company also turns to AWS to fulfill client requests, such as the business intelligence web application it recently created for Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting company.
UST Global is an end-to-end IT services and solutions provider for industry-leading organizations in eighteen different countries. UST Global implements its own projects using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). The company also turns to AWS to fulfill client requests, such as the business intelligence web application it recently created for Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting company.
United States Tennis Association (USTA) NEW!
The United States Tennis Association's (USTA) regional offices rely on the Citrix desktop virtualization solution for all of their business applications. The USTA's IT department was recently tasked with migrating the entire Citrix system from an aging datacenter to a more flexible hosting environment. The IT department chose Amazon Web Services (AWS), specifically Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), as the foundation for the new Citrix infrastructure. The USTA reports that its desktop system is showing marked performance improvements since moving to AWS.
The United States Tennis Association's (USTA) regional offices rely on the Citrix desktop virtualization solution for all of their business applications. The USTA's IT department was recently tasked with migrating the entire Citrix system from an aging datacenter to a more flexible hosting environment. The IT department chose Amazon Web Services (AWS), specifically Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), as the foundation for the new Citrix infrastructure. The USTA reports that its desktop system is showing marked performance improvements since moving to AWS.
uSwitch.com NEW!
uSwitch.com is a leading price and energy comparison Website in the UK. The site helps consumers find the best price and service from a variety of suppliers, and ultimately makes it easy for consumers to switch suppliers. The website is deployed using a range of AWS Services: Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
uSwitch.com is a leading price and energy comparison Website in the UK. The site helps consumers find the best price and service from a variety of suppliers, and ultimately makes it easy for consumers to switch suppliers. The website is deployed using a range of AWS Services: Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
VMLogix
VMLogix and AWS enables $80,000 cost savings and 1500 hours reduction of set up time for virtual lab environments at Rochester Institute of Technology.
VMLogix and AWS enables $80,000 cost savings and 1500 hours reduction of set up time for virtual lab environments at Rochester Institute of Technology.
VSC Technologies / Voyages-sncf.com
VSC Technologies is a subsidiary of the French National Railway Corporation (SNCF) under the SNCF online travel agency, Voyages-sncf.com, which handles long-distance and high-speed passenger services. Based near Paris and employing more than 170 people, VSC offers complete technology solutions and services for the railway distribution needs of its customers and hosts critical applications for railway reservations.
VSC Technologies is a subsidiary of the French National Railway Corporation (SNCF) under the SNCF online travel agency, Voyages-sncf.com, which handles long-distance and high-speed passenger services. Based near Paris and employing more than 170 people, VSC offers complete technology solutions and services for the railway distribution needs of its customers and hosts critical applications for railway reservations.
Vserv Mobi NEW!
Vserv Digital Services is a pioneer in mobile in-app, full screen ads and serves over 6 billion ad requests per month. With AWS, the company has taken advantage of a cloud architecture to reduce costs and improve its services. Vserv currently uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon CloudFront in Singapore and the US East region.
Vserv Digital Services is a pioneer in mobile in-app, full screen ads and serves over 6 billion ad requests per month. With AWS, the company has taken advantage of a cloud architecture to reduce costs and improve its services. Vserv currently uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon CloudFront in Singapore and the US East region.
WeBuzz Limited NEW!
WeBuzz Limited develops Facebook application tools that aid companies and organizations in building awareness around their Facebook pages. The entire WeBuzz website runs on AWS and uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to deliver high-end results for users.
WeBuzz Limited develops Facebook application tools that aid companies and organizations in building awareness around their Facebook pages. The entire WeBuzz website runs on AWS and uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to deliver high-end results for users.
Worksoft / Grid Robotics NEW!
Worksoft provides comprehensive solutions to automate lifecycle management for enterprise applications. Recently, the company began using Cloud Lab Classroom and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to pilot a successful and cost effective online training program.
Worksoft provides comprehensive solutions to automate lifecycle management for enterprise applications. Recently, the company began using Cloud Lab Classroom and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to pilot a successful and cost effective online training program.
Wowza
Wowza teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Wowza Media Server Pro on Amazon EC2 as self-managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Wowza teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Wowza Media Server Pro on Amazon EC2 as self-managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Xignite
Xignite employs Amazon EC2 and S3 to deliver financial market data to enterprise applications, portals, and websites for clients such as Forbes, Citi, ING, kaChing, and Starbucks.
Xignite employs Amazon EC2 and S3 to deliver financial market data to enterprise applications, portals, and websites for clients such as Forbes, Citi, ING, kaChing, and Starbucks.
Zeba Consulting
Zeba teamed with Spot-On, an online political consultancy using a unique database and analytics, to narrowly target voters online. The Spot-On platform was up and running within a couple of weeks avoiding large capital expense as the fall political campaign began.
Zeba teamed with Spot-On, an online political consultancy using a unique database and analytics, to narrowly target voters online. The Spot-On platform was up and running within a couple of weeks avoiding large capital expense as the fall political campaign began.
Zen Engineering Network Inc.
Zen Engineering Network Inc. provides network systems design, integration, and management services for a wide variety of progressive organizations. Zen uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for both its own corporate IT needs and the cloud computing needs of its clients
Zen Engineering Network Inc. provides network systems design, integration, and management services for a wide variety of progressive organizations. Zen uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for both its own corporate IT needs and the cloud computing needs of its clients
Zenga Media NEW!
With over 200 employees in five locations across the globe, Zenga Media offers TV, games, and news. To maintain scalability and flexibility, lower costs, and reduce time to ROI, the company uses several AWS solutions, including Amazon EC), Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
With over 200 employees in five locations across the globe, Zenga Media offers TV, games, and news. To maintain scalability and flexibility, lower costs, and reduce time to ROI, the company uses several AWS solutions, including Amazon EC), Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
Backup and Storage
37signals
The team at 37signals saves significant time and money by selecting Amazon S3 to maintain and backup their 1 terabyte file server.
The team at 37signals saves significant time and money by selecting Amazon S3 to maintain and backup their 1 terabyte file server.
Altexa
To support their growing business, Altexa chooses Amazon S3 to replace an increasingly expensive and unreliable in-house storage system.
To support their growing business, Altexa chooses Amazon S3 to replace an increasingly expensive and unreliable in-house storage system.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com’s Customer Experience Analytics Team uses Amazon Relational Database Service to store and query customer simulation data.
Amazon.com’s Customer Experience Analytics Team uses Amazon Relational Database Service to store and query customer simulation data.
Amazon.com Oracle RMAN Backups NEW!
Amazon.com is the world’s largest online retailer. In 2011, Amazon.com switched from tape backup to using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for backing up the majority of its Oracle databases. This strategy reduces complexity and capital expenditures, provides faster backup and restore performance, eliminates tape capacity planning for backup and archive, and frees up administrative staff for higher value operations. They were able to replace their backup tape infrastructure with Cloud-based Amazon S3 storage, eliminate backup software, and experienced a 12X performance improvement, reducing restore time from around 15 hours to 2.5 hours in select scenarios.
Amazon.com is the world’s largest online retailer. In 2011, Amazon.com switched from tape backup to using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for backing up the majority of its Oracle databases. This strategy reduces complexity and capital expenditures, provides faster backup and restore performance, eliminates tape capacity planning for backup and archive, and frees up administrative staff for higher value operations. They were able to replace their backup tape infrastructure with Cloud-based Amazon S3 storage, eliminate backup software, and experienced a 12X performance improvement, reducing restore time from around 15 hours to 2.5 hours in select scenarios.
CloudBerry Lab
CampusLIVE at the University of Massachusetts uses CloudBerry Lab solutions on Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon CloudFront to serve millions of static images.
CampusLIVE at the University of Massachusetts uses CloudBerry Lab solutions on Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon CloudFront to serve millions of static images.
ElephantDrive
ElephantDrive turns to Amazon S3 to store client data, expanding their total amount of storage by nearly 20 percent each week while avoiding increased capital expenses.
ElephantDrive turns to Amazon S3 to store client data, expanding their total amount of storage by nearly 20 percent each week while avoiding increased capital expenses.
Ericsson NEW!
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and the Rightscale Cloud Management Platform for provisioning and auto-scale functionality, as well as hosting in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features.
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The company uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and the Rightscale Cloud Management Platform for provisioning and auto-scale functionality, as well as hosting in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations with failover between installations, partly based on RightScale features.
Haven Power NEW!
Haven Power is taking advantage of the lower costs and increased flexibility of cloud computing with disaster recovery in AWS.
Haven Power is taking advantage of the lower costs and increased flexibility of cloud computing with disaster recovery in AWS.
Hitachi Systems
Hitachi Systems & Services, a member of the Hitachi Group, has turned to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to address their growing storage demands for their new, first of its kind in Japan, mobile service “Mobile Broadcast Solution.”
Hitachi Systems & Services, a member of the Hitachi Group, has turned to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to address their growing storage demands for their new, first of its kind in Japan, mobile service “Mobile Broadcast Solution.”
Indianapolis 500
Indy500.com stores more than 100,000 images using Amazon S3, and they use Amazon EC2 to host and stream live motor sport races to over 3.1 million visitors.
Indy500.com stores more than 100,000 images using Amazon S3, and they use Amazon EC2 to host and stream live motor sport races to over 3.1 million visitors.
Ipswitch
Ipswitch enhances their messaging solution for small to mid-sized businesses by partnering with Sonian to provide a hosted archiving solution built on AWS and delivered seamlessly to end users.
Ipswitch enhances their messaging solution for small to mid-sized businesses by partnering with Sonian to provide a hosted archiving solution built on AWS and delivered seamlessly to end users.
Jungle Disk
Jungle Disk develops and launches a simple, pay-as-you-go online data backup service in less than 30 days using Amazon S3.
Jungle Disk develops and launches a simple, pay-as-you-go online data backup service in less than 30 days using Amazon S3.
MediaSilo
MediaSilo integrates Amazon S3 to offer readily expandable storage to its subscribers at a much lower price.
MediaSilo integrates Amazon S3 to offer readily expandable storage to its subscribers at a much lower price.
Moonwalk
Moonwalk for Amazon S3 automates and intelligently manages the migration of unstructured data from Windows, Netware, OES2, Red Hat, Suse and NetApp File Servers to Amazon S3.
Moonwalk for Amazon S3 automates and intelligently manages the migration of unstructured data from Windows, Netware, OES2, Red Hat, Suse and NetApp File Servers to Amazon S3.
NASDAQ OMX
NASDAQ OMX is the largest exchange company in the world and currently owns and operates 24 markets, three clearing houses and five central securities spanning six continents. Their technology powers 70 exchanges in 50 countries. The company’s Global Data Products division uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to store data used by its Market Replay and Data-On-Demand products, applications that allows customers to quickly access historical stock price information through a front end application and raw files.
NASDAQ OMX is the largest exchange company in the world and currently owns and operates 24 markets, three clearing houses and five central securities spanning six continents. Their technology powers 70 exchanges in 50 countries. The company’s Global Data Products division uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to store data used by its Market Replay and Data-On-Demand products, applications that allows customers to quickly access historical stock price information through a front end application and raw files.
PBS NEW!
PBS, a private, non-profit corporation, provides content through television, the Web and mobile applications. PBS Interactive, the department responsible for PBS’ Internet and mobile presence, improved its video streaming performance by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilize the content delivery service Amazon CloudFront and increase its existing usage of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
PBS, a private, non-profit corporation, provides content through television, the Web and mobile applications. PBS Interactive, the department responsible for PBS’ Internet and mobile presence, improved its video streaming performance by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilize the content delivery service Amazon CloudFront and increase its existing usage of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Sage NEW!
Sage Manufacturing needed to develop a disaster recovery system and testing environment for its in-house infrastructure. The fly fishing equipment manufacturer wanted to avoid the high costs of adding physical hardware, so it asked database administration providers Blue Gecko to create an economic alternative. Blue Gecko’s solutions use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and AWS Import/Export. Today, Sage’s disaster recovery and testing environment integrate seamlessly with the manufacturer’s physical infrastructure, while reducing IT overhead and increasing availability.
Sogeti NEW!
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the foundation for Sogeti's cost-effective disaster recovery plan, which offers clients three convenient service-level options. The consulting company's disaster recovery infrastructure integrates Oracle Data Guard with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and the Amazon Elastic IP feature. Since introducing this new DR plan, Sogeti and its clients are able to distribute more of their IT budgets to primary database concerns and less to backup and recovery requirements.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the foundation for Sogeti's cost-effective disaster recovery plan, which offers clients three convenient service-level options. The consulting company's disaster recovery infrastructure integrates Oracle Data Guard with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and the Amazon Elastic IP feature. Since introducing this new DR plan, Sogeti and its clients are able to distribute more of their IT budgets to primary database concerns and less to backup and recovery requirements.
Sonian
Sonian discovers that Amazon Web Services delivers the services, price points, and sustained-business viability required to build a robust enterprise archive infrastructure.
Sonian discovers that Amazon Web Services delivers the services, price points, and sustained-business viability required to build a robust enterprise archive infrastructure.
SmugMug
Online photo sharing company SmugMug estimates it has saved $500,000 in storage expenditures and cut its disk storage array costs in half by using Amazon S3.
Online photo sharing company SmugMug estimates it has saved $500,000 in storage expenditures and cut its disk storage array costs in half by using Amazon S3.
TeamEXtension
Summary: TeamEXtension provides Java development and maintenance services to companies that wish to avoid the cost of maintaining an in-house development staff. Using Amazon S3, the company created an off-site backup system for its database.
Summary: TeamEXtension provides Java development and maintenance services to companies that wish to avoid the cost of maintaining an in-house development staff. Using Amazon S3, the company created an off-site backup system for its database.
Vembu
Vembu Technologies, using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon Elastic Block Storage infrastructure, offers the Vembu Pro online backup and cloud storage services for SMBs through its channel partners who are Managed Service Providers and Value Added Resellers.
Vembu Technologies, using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon Elastic Block Storage infrastructure, offers the Vembu Pro online backup and cloud storage services for SMBs through its channel partners who are Managed Service Providers and Value Added Resellers.
What's Up Interactive NEW!
The digital marketing agency What's Up Interactive provides managed hosting for highavailability websites. The agency wanted to expand this service to include affordable backup and disaster recovery (DR). Rather than spending over $1 million building and maintaining a secondary site, the agency leveraged Amazon Web Services (AWS) to extend its existing infrastructure. What's Up Interactive is offering budget-conscious backup and DR anchored by Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), which is designed to provide 99.999999999% durability and 99.99% availability of objects over a given year. They are also taking advantage of the EU Region to achieve multi-continent geographic distribution.
The digital marketing agency What's Up Interactive provides managed hosting for highavailability websites. The agency wanted to expand this service to include affordable backup and disaster recovery (DR). Rather than spending over $1 million building and maintaining a secondary site, the agency leveraged Amazon Web Services (AWS) to extend its existing infrastructure. What's Up Interactive is offering budget-conscious backup and DR anchored by Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), which is designed to provide 99.999999999% durability and 99.99% availability of objects over a given year. They are also taking advantage of the EU Region to achieve multi-continent geographic distribution.
WebServius
WebServius is a technology startup company that provides data vendors with an efficient and versatile data monetization solution to reach new data buyers. Amazon SimpleDB is the storage mechanism and query engine that enables WebServius to meet its goals.
WebServius is a technology startup company that provides data vendors with an efficient and versatile data monetization solution to reach new data buyers. Amazon SimpleDB is the storage mechanism and query engine that enables WebServius to meet its goals.
Yelp
Yelp is a popular consumer review Website that uses Amazon S3 to store log files growing at 100GB per day and Amazon Elastic MapReduce to power approximately 20 separate batch scripts processing those logs, with s3cmd and the Ruby Elastic MapReduce utility for monitoring.
Yelp is a popular consumer review Website that uses Amazon S3 to store log files growing at 100GB per day and Amazon Elastic MapReduce to power approximately 20 separate batch scripts processing those logs, with s3cmd and the Ruby Elastic MapReduce utility for monitoring.
Zmanda
Zmanda delivers an enterprise-grade backup service featuring an easy-to-use sign up and payment process using Amazon S3 and Amazon DevPay.
Zmanda delivers an enterprise-grade backup service featuring an easy-to-use sign up and payment process using Amazon S3 and Amazon DevPay.
Content Delivery
AF83
Tasked with streaming a Madonna concert with just a few weeks to prepare, AF83 used Amazon S3 to quickly build a static content delivery solution to complement the live streaming experience.
Tasked with streaming a Madonna concert with just a few weeks to prepare, AF83 used Amazon S3 to quickly build a static content delivery solution to complement the live streaming experience.
aiCache
aiCache teams with Woot.com to maintain high performance levels during traffic spikes
aiCache teams with Woot.com to maintain high performance levels during traffic spikes
EnterpriseDB
EnterpriseDB is the enterprise PostgreSQL and open source database company, offering productized distributions of the PostgreSQL database. EnterpriseDB serves its downloads using Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. EnterpriseDB also uses Amazon EC2 for testing and development.
EnterpriseDB is the enterprise PostgreSQL and open source database company, offering productized distributions of the PostgreSQL database. EnterpriseDB serves its downloads using Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. EnterpriseDB also uses Amazon EC2 for testing and development.
HyperStratus
HyperStratus teams with the Silicon Valley Education Foundation to support AWS cloud-based content management serving 13,000 teachers in the Silicon Valley area.
HyperStratus teams with the Silicon Valley Education Foundation to support AWS cloud-based content management serving 13,000 teachers in the Silicon Valley area.
IMDb NEW!
The Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) is one of the world’s most popular and authoritative sources for movie, TV and celebrity content with more than 100 million unique visitors per month. IMDb uses Amazon CloudFront to host search data for the IMDb magic search feature, finding the movie or person you're looking for in just a few key presses. In the mobile space, every millisecond is precious. Mobile customers especially love getting right to the movie they want without having to type a full search query. CloudFront makes this experience the fastest possible by distributing the content physically close to IMDb's worldwide user base.
The Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) is one of the world’s most popular and authoritative sources for movie, TV and celebrity content with more than 100 million unique visitors per month. IMDb uses Amazon CloudFront to host search data for the IMDb magic search feature, finding the movie or person you're looking for in just a few key presses. In the mobile space, every millisecond is precious. Mobile customers especially love getting right to the movie they want without having to type a full search query. CloudFront makes this experience the fastest possible by distributing the content physically close to IMDb's worldwide user base.
July Systems
In order to support their large media, sports, business, and entertainment clients, and deliver real-time content, July Systems migrated to AWS. Now, all their systems run on Amazon EC2.
In order to support their large media, sports, business, and entertainment clients, and deliver real-time content, July Systems migrated to AWS. Now, all their systems run on Amazon EC2.
Linden Lab
Linden Lab, the maker of Second Life delivers content and their software download to users via Amazon CloudFront and Amazon S3. Objects that are downloaded frequently are delivered from CloudFront, those less frequently accessed are delivered through Amazon S3.
Linden Lab, the maker of Second Life delivers content and their software download to users via Amazon CloudFront and Amazon S3. Objects that are downloaded frequently are delivered from CloudFront, those less frequently accessed are delivered through Amazon S3.
E-Commerce
36Boutiques
36Boutiques, a South Africa-based private sales retail store, relied on the help of Optaros, a service provider for e-commerce solutions, in building its solution on AWS. 36Boutiques leverages services including Amazon EC2, S3, ELB, EBS, SQS, Monitoring and Auto Scaling.
36Boutiques, a South Africa-based private sales retail store, relied on the help of Optaros, a service provider for e-commerce solutions, in building its solution on AWS. 36Boutiques leverages services including Amazon EC2, S3, ELB, EBS, SQS, Monitoring and Auto Scaling.
Casa & Video NEW!
The Brazilian IT company Concrete Solutions uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to optimize Casa & Video's ecommerce infrastructure. Because Casa & Video is one of Brazil's largest providers of electronics and home products, its infrastructure must be versatile enough to handle large traffic spikes during the holiday shopping season, while also supporting an immense inventory and supply chain. Today, Casa & Video's ecommerce platform incorporates Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon EC2 Elastic IP Addresses, and Amazon CloudWatch.
The Brazilian IT company Concrete Solutions uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to optimize Casa & Video's ecommerce infrastructure. Because Casa & Video is one of Brazil's largest providers of electronics and home products, its infrastructure must be versatile enough to handle large traffic spikes during the holiday shopping season, while also supporting an immense inventory and supply chain. Today, Casa & Video's ecommerce platform incorporates Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon EC2 Elastic IP Addresses, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Net Applications
Net Applications gains a competitive edge over other Web analytics solutions by using Alexa Web Information Service to deliver in-depth Web traffic information.
Net Applications gains a competitive edge over other Web analytics solutions by using Alexa Web Information Service to deliver in-depth Web traffic information.
The Talk Market
The Talk Market uses Amazon Flexible Payments Service to power their credit card processing pipeline.
The Talk Market uses Amazon Flexible Payments Service to power their credit card processing pipeline.
High Performance Computing
AeroDynamic Solutions NEW!
To speed the development of more fuel efficient and durable jet engines, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and AeroDynamic Solutions (ADS) partnered with Amazon Web Services to devise an effective design simulation solution. With Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), ADS proved that large scale aerodynamic simulations can be dialed up on-demand and performed affordably and within the time constraints of commercial design.
To speed the development of more fuel efficient and durable jet engines, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and AeroDynamic Solutions (ADS) partnered with Amazon Web Services to devise an effective design simulation solution. With Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), ADS proved that large scale aerodynamic simulations can be dialed up on-demand and performed affordably and within the time constraints of commercial design.
Atbrox
After creating software that helps individuals with dyslexia, Lingit turned to Atbrox, a Norwegian-based company focusing on data mining/data analysis and cloud-based solutions, to assist with up to terabyte-sized structured sets of texts.
After creating software that helps individuals with dyslexia, Lingit turned to Atbrox, a Norwegian-based company focusing on data mining/data analysis and cloud-based solutions, to assist with up to terabyte-sized structured sets of texts.
Bankinter
Bankinter, one of Spain’s major banks, uses Amazon EC2 as an integral part of its credit-risk simulation application. With its application, developed in Java and utilizing the Amazon SDK, Bankinter brought its average simulation time-to-solution down from 23 hours to 20 minutes.
Bankinter, one of Spain’s major banks, uses Amazon EC2 as an integral part of its credit-risk simulation application. With its application, developed in Java and utilizing the Amazon SDK, Bankinter brought its average simulation time-to-solution down from 23 hours to 20 minutes.
Bioproximity NEW!
Bioproximity provides proteomic analytical services for pharmaceutical companies and academic organizations. The company uses Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to run its complex analysis processes and search algorithms.
Bioproximity provides proteomic analytical services for pharmaceutical companies and academic organizations. The company uses Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to run its complex analysis processes and search algorithms.
Chalklabs NEW!
ChalkLabs is a startup company that specializes in high-performance computing, data mining, and visualization solutions for large-scale data problems. The company uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS to meet their BigData challenges.
ChalkLabs is a startup company that specializes in high-performance computing, data mining, and visualization solutions for large-scale data problems. The company uses Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS to meet their BigData challenges.
Cycle Computing
Cycle Computing supports Varian’s use of hundreds of cores on AWS in building scientific instruments.
Cycle Computing supports Varian’s use of hundreds of cores on AWS in building scientific instruments.
Cyclopic Energy NEW!
Cyclopic Energy offers consulting services that optimize wind power installations. The company relies on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to run its wind simulations, which requires an abundance of computing capacity. Cyclopic Energy also uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to store the results of its simulation analyses.
Cyclopic Energy offers consulting services that optimize wind power installations. The company relies on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to run its wind simulations, which requires an abundance of computing capacity. Cyclopic Energy also uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to store the results of its simulation analyses.
Etsy
As a Web site where individuals can sell handmade, vintage items, and craft supplies, Etsy.com provides a market for creative members to sell their items online. Etsy uses Amazon Elastic MapReduce for web log analysis and recommendation algorithms.
As a Web site where individuals can sell handmade, vintage items, and craft supplies, Etsy.com provides a market for creative members to sell their items online. Etsy uses Amazon Elastic MapReduce for web log analysis and recommendation algorithms.
Fliptop NEW!
Fliptop helps brands convert their e-mail lists into social profiles. The company uses numerous solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic MapReduce with Spot Instances, enabling them to quickly and cost-effectively scale their capacity for agency and corporate clients to millions of contact lookups per day.
Fliptop helps brands convert their e-mail lists into social profiles. The company uses numerous solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic MapReduce with Spot Instances, enabling them to quickly and cost-effectively scale their capacity for agency and corporate clients to millions of contact lookups per day.
foursquare NEW!
foursquare Labs, Inc., is a location-based social network in which its more than 10 million users check in via a smartphone app or SMS to exchange travel tips and to share their location with friends. By checking in frequently, users earn points and virtual badges. To perform analytics across more than 5 million daily check-ins, foursquare uses Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, Amazon S3, and open-source technologies Mongodb and Apache Flume. By taking advantage of new Amazon EC2 price reductions and using a combination of On-Demand and Reserved Instances, foursquare saves 53% in costs over self-hosting while maintaining their scalability needs.
foursquare Labs, Inc., is a location-based social network in which its more than 10 million users check in via a smartphone app or SMS to exchange travel tips and to share their location with friends. By checking in frequently, users earn points and virtual badges. To perform analytics across more than 5 million daily check-ins, foursquare uses Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, Amazon S3, and open-source technologies Mongodb and Apache Flume. By taking advantage of new Amazon EC2 price reductions and using a combination of On-Demand and Reserved Instances, foursquare saves 53% in costs over self-hosting while maintaining their scalability needs.
Fraunhofer ITWM
Fraunhofer Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM) integrated Amazon Web Services (AWS) into their high-performance middleware PHASTGrid. Using PHASTGrid, which is implemented in C++ with Ruby bindings to access AWS, the ITWM team currently offers services to the financial industry on Amazon EC2.
Fraunhofer Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM) integrated Amazon Web Services (AWS) into their high-performance middleware PHASTGrid. Using PHASTGrid, which is implemented in C++ with Ruby bindings to access AWS, the ITWM team currently offers services to the financial industry on Amazon EC2.
Integrated Proteomics Applications NEW!
Integrated Proteomics Applications (IPA) created a new cloud service to complement its existing data analysis software, Integrated Proteomics Pipeline (IP2). The service transforms customized Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), Amazon EC2, and Amazon S3 into a cost-effective computation and storage alternative for proteomics research. When paired with IP2, the cloud service completed analysis within a few hours, instead of a few days as required by a desktop computer.
Integrated Proteomics Applications (IPA) created a new cloud service to complement its existing data analysis software, Integrated Proteomics Pipeline (IP2). The service transforms customized Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), Amazon EC2, and Amazon S3 into a cost-effective computation and storage alternative for proteomics research. When paired with IP2, the cloud service completed analysis within a few hours, instead of a few days as required by a desktop computer.
Ion Flux, Inc. NEW!
Amazon Elastic MapReduce is an important component in Ion Flux, Inc.’s genome analysis services. Ion Flux also uses several other solutions from Amazon Web Services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
Amazon Elastic MapReduce is an important component in Ion Flux, Inc.’s genome analysis services. Ion Flux also uses several other solutions from Amazon Web Services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and Amazon SWF NEW!
Amazon SWF is a key computing technology that drives several applications that process and reliably archive huge volumes of space and earth science data at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). With Amazon SWF, mission critical applications that previously took months to develop, test and deploy, now take days.
Amazon SWF is a key computing technology that drives several applications that process and reliably archive huge volumes of space and earth science data at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). With Amazon SWF, mission critical applications that previously took months to develop, test and deploy, now take days.
Lingotek NEW!
Lingotek | The Translation Network provides the world’s first Collaborative Translation Platform that helps businesses and government agencies conduct faster, consistent, lower-cost translations into more than 100 languages. After a five month trial, the company migrated its home-grown IaaS to AWS where it utilizes Amazon EC2 with Amazon EBS, Elastic IP addresses, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, and AWS IAM. The company also augments AWS’s functionality with an assortment of compatible third-party applications.
Lingotek | The Translation Network provides the world’s first Collaborative Translation Platform that helps businesses and government agencies conduct faster, consistent, lower-cost translations into more than 100 languages. After a five month trial, the company migrated its home-grown IaaS to AWS where it utilizes Amazon EC2 with Amazon EBS, Elastic IP addresses, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, and AWS IAM. The company also augments AWS’s functionality with an assortment of compatible third-party applications.
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) uses Amazon’s cluster compute environment to process high resolution satellite images that provide guidance and situational awareness to its robots. To streamline processing, JPL relies on Amazon Cluster Compute Cloud Instances and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to deploy massive computations with less effort.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) uses Amazon’s cluster compute environment to process high resolution satellite images that provide guidance and situational awareness to its robots. To streamline processing, JPL relies on Amazon Cluster Compute Cloud Instances and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to deploy massive computations with less effort.
National Taiwan University NEW!
Fast Crypto Lab is a research group within National Taiwan University, whose activities focus on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms to solve important mathematical problems, as well as the development and implementation of these algorithms on massively parallel computers. To meet their computational needs, the group uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Cluster GPU Instances, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Fast Crypto Lab is a research group within National Taiwan University, whose activities focus on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms to solve important mathematical problems, as well as the development and implementation of these algorithms on massively parallel computers. To meet their computational needs, the group uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Cluster GPU Instances, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, and Amazon CloudWatch.
Numerate is a Bay Area biotechnology platform company focused on making the drug design process more data-driven, efficient, and predictable. The company has incorporated Amazon EC2 as a production computational cluster and Amazon S3 for cache storage. Numerate enjoys significant cost savings by using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
NYU Langone Medical Center NEW!
The High Performance Computing Facility of the New York University (NYU) Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics was established in 2009 to deliver forefront-computing capabilities to researchers at the NYU Langone Medical Center. The facility uses Globus Online, a free file transfer service hosted and powered by Amazon EC2, as well as Amazon S3 to allow medical informatics and bioinformatics researchers to share data and enable research computing needs that exceed local capacity limits. .
Olaworks, Inc. NEW!
Olaworks, Inc. creates face and object recognition technology, including visual search and camera-based applications for mobile devices. The company’s production infrastructure consists of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon SimpleDB. Additionally, Amazon Elastic MapReduce functions as the company’s testing environment. Since Olaworks’ launch, AWS has helped the company dramatically reduce predicted operating costs and increase the speed at which new features are introduced to the market.
Olaworks, Inc. creates face and object recognition technology, including visual search and camera-based applications for mobile devices. The company’s production infrastructure consists of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon SimpleDB. Additionally, Amazon Elastic MapReduce functions as the company’s testing environment. Since Olaworks’ launch, AWS has helped the company dramatically reduce predicted operating costs and increase the speed at which new features are introduced to the market.
Pathwork Diagnostics
Pathwork Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, uses Amazon EC2 and UniCloud to run complex algorithms to aid in the identification and diagnosis of cancer tumors.
Pathwork Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, uses Amazon EC2 and UniCloud to run complex algorithms to aid in the identification and diagnosis of cancer tumors.
Pfizer NEW!
Pfizer, Inc. applies science and global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. The company has set up an instance of the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to provide a secure environment in which to carry out computations for worldwide research and development (WRD), which supports large-scale data analysis, research projects, clinical analytics, and modeling.
Pfizer, Inc. applies science and global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. The company has set up an instance of the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to provide a secure environment in which to carry out computations for worldwide research and development (WRD), which supports large-scale data analysis, research projects, clinical analytics, and modeling.
PSR NEW!
PSR provides technology solutions and consulting services to natural gas and electric utilities. Since migrating to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, PSR has streamlined the massive calculations of its scientific models and optimized computing efficiency through use of Amazon EC2 Cluster Compute Instances.
PSR provides technology solutions and consulting services to natural gas and electric utilities. Since migrating to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, PSR has streamlined the massive calculations of its scientific models and optimized computing efficiency through use of Amazon EC2 Cluster Compute Instances.
Razorfish
Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Cascading lets Razorfish focus on application development without having to worry about time-consuming set-up, management, or tuning of Hadoop clusters or the compute capacity upon which they sit.
Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Cascading lets Razorfish focus on application development without having to worry about time-consuming set-up, management, or tuning of Hadoop clusters or the compute capacity upon which they sit.
S&P Capital IQ NEW!
The S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep global company information and market research with powerful tools for fundamental analysis, idea generation, and workflow management. Based on web and Excel, it provides easy access to both real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide.
The data science team saves time and money by using the cloud to build intelligent analytics for the platform, taking advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Amazon S3.
The S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep global company information and market research with powerful tools for fundamental analysis, idea generation, and workflow management. Based on web and Excel, it provides easy access to both real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide.
The data science team saves time and money by using the cloud to build intelligent analytics for the platform, taking advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Amazon S3.
Sage Bionetworks NEW!
Using Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF) for their collaborative computation platform, Sage Bionetworks helps medical researchers quickly and efficiently use scientific data for their true purpose: identifying cures for human diseases.
Using Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF) for their collaborative computation platform, Sage Bionetworks helps medical researchers quickly and efficiently use scientific data for their true purpose: identifying cures for human diseases.
Scribd
Scribd allows users to turn PDF, Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office PowerPoint files into Web documents using a solution built on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Scribd used Amazon EC2 spot instances for a recent batch conversion job, saving 63%, or $10,500, compared to what it would have spent on on-demand instances for the same job.
Scribd allows users to turn PDF, Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office PowerPoint files into Web documents using a solution built on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Scribd used Amazon EC2 spot instances for a recent batch conversion job, saving 63%, or $10,500, compared to what it would have spent on on-demand instances for the same job.
The Server Labs
The Server Labs is helping the European Space Agency build the operations infrastructure for the Gaia project. Using AWS, their goal is to create the largest, most precise 3D map of our Galaxy by surveying more than one billion stars.
The Server Labs is helping the European Space Agency build the operations infrastructure for the Gaia project. Using AWS, their goal is to create the largest, most precise 3D map of our Galaxy by surveying more than one billion stars.
SocialVibe NEW!
SocialVibe.com is a digital advertising company that builds interactive brand engagements and has developed a custom ad serving and tracking solution which is deeply integrated into many top sites on the web. The web site relies extensively on AWS and recently implemented Amazon Elastic MapReduce to process the large volume of log files generated from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Ticketmaster and MarketShare NEW!
Ticketmaster is North America’s top online venue for ticket sales and distribution and one of the continent’s highest ranked e-commerce websites. In 2010, Ticketmaster merged with Live Nation Entertainment, and together with Live Nation’s website, Ticketmaster hosts more than 26 million unique visitors every month.
Recently, Ticketmaster partnered with MarketShare to develop a dynamic ticket pricing application called Pricemaster. MarketShare is an analytics company that empowers businesses to credibly measure and dramatically improve the return on their Marketing investments. MarketShare has a track record of ground-breaking innovations in marketing analytics working with over half of the Fortune 50.
Unilever NEW!
With the help of Eagle Genomics, Unilever Research and Development created a digital data program to advance biology and informatics innovation. The program’s architecture combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) with the eHive open-source workflow system. Since the program started, Unilever has been able to maintain its operational costs while processing genetic sequences twenty times faster and substantially increasing simultaneous workflows.
With the help of Eagle Genomics, Unilever Research and Development created a digital data program to advance biology and informatics innovation. The program’s architecture combines Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) with the eHive open-source workflow system. Since the program started, Unilever has been able to maintain its operational costs while processing genetic sequences twenty times faster and substantially increasing simultaneous workflows.
University of Melbourne / University of Barcelona NEW!
In support of the Belle Experiment, an international High Energy Physics (HEP) experiment, a joint team from the University of Barcelona and the University of Melbourne uses Amazon EC2 and the DIRAC distributed computing software framework to define and steer the execution of experiment simulation and data reprocessing. Moving to Amazon EC2 Spot Instances enabled the University of Melbourne to save 56% per instance hour with negligible changes to their application.
In support of the Belle Experiment, an international High Energy Physics (HEP) experiment, a joint team from the University of Barcelona and the University of Melbourne uses Amazon EC2 and the DIRAC distributed computing software framework to define and steer the execution of experiment simulation and data reprocessing. Moving to Amazon EC2 Spot Instances enabled the University of Melbourne to save 56% per instance hour with negligible changes to their application.
Washington Post
The Washington Post uses Amazon EC2 to turn Hillary Clinton’s White House schedule—17,481 non-searchable PDF pages—into a searchable database within 24 hours.
The Washington Post uses Amazon EC2 to turn Hillary Clinton’s White House schedule—17,481 non-searchable PDF pages—into a searchable database within 24 hours.
Yelp
Yelp is a popular consumer review Website that uses Amazon S3 to store log files growing at 100GB per day and Amazon Elastic MapReduce to power approximately 20 separate batch scripts processing those logs, with s3cmd and the Ruby Elastic MapReduce utility for monitoring.
Yelp is a popular consumer review Website that uses Amazon S3 to store log files growing at 100GB per day and Amazon Elastic MapReduce to power approximately 20 separate batch scripts processing those logs, with s3cmd and the Ruby Elastic MapReduce utility for monitoring.
Media Hosting
Aura Dating Academy NEW!
Aura Dating Academy provides training to men and women seeking to improve their social skills. Based in Singapore, the company is growing with 65-100 new members each year. To enhance service for its members, Aura Dating Academy recently began using AWS to host downloadable recordings of all its classes.
Aura Dating Academy provides training to men and women seeking to improve their social skills. Based in Singapore, the company is growing with 65-100 new members each year. To enhance service for its members, Aura Dating Academy recently began using AWS to host downloadable recordings of all its classes.
Enlighten Designs
Enlighten Designs uses AWS to stream live sporting events (e.g., Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010) by deploying instances on Amazon EC2 to power the underlying infrastructure for streaming live footage of these events.
Enlighten Designs uses AWS to stream live sporting events (e.g., Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010) by deploying instances on Amazon EC2 to power the underlying infrastructure for streaming live footage of these events.
Fotopedia
Fotopedia hosts 500,000 photos using Amazon EC2, Elastic IPs, and Elastic Load Balancing for hosting and Amazon S3 and CloudFront for media hosting and for internal log and data storage.
Fotopedia hosts 500,000 photos using Amazon EC2, Elastic IPs, and Elastic Load Balancing for hosting and Amazon S3 and CloudFront for media hosting and for internal log and data storage.
GigaVox Media
GigaVox uses Amazon Web Services to build and maintain a redundant, scalable, and highly available infrastructure that cost less than $100 to launch.
GigaVox uses Amazon Web Services to build and maintain a redundant, scalable, and highly available infrastructure that cost less than $100 to launch.
gnuine/La Vanguardia NEW!
Located in Barcelona, IT service provider gnuine develops custom web and mobile applications and provides system administration services. Recently, the company used Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to help newspaper client La Vanguardia deliver Spain’s best municipal election coverage.
Located in Barcelona, IT service provider gnuine develops custom web and mobile applications and provides system administration services. Recently, the company used Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to help newspaper client La Vanguardia deliver Spain’s best municipal election coverage.
Hitachi Systems
Hitachi Systems & Services, a member of the Hitachi Group, has turned to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to address their growing storage demands for their new, first of its kind in Japan, mobile service “Mobile Broadcast Solution.”
Hitachi Systems & Services, a member of the Hitachi Group, has turned to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to address their growing storage demands for their new, first of its kind in Japan, mobile service “Mobile Broadcast Solution.”
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment
The world’s largest aggregator, developer and publisher of Bollywood and Indian Entertainment content, Hungama Digital Media experienced cost savings of nearly 50% by migrating the majority of its IT infrastructure to the cloud. The company performs server and storage management on AWS using Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon RDS.
The world’s largest aggregator, developer and publisher of Bollywood and Indian Entertainment content, Hungama Digital Media experienced cost savings of nearly 50% by migrating the majority of its IT infrastructure to the cloud. The company performs server and storage management on AWS using Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, and Amazon RDS.
Indianapolis 500
Indy500.com stores more than 100,000 images using Amazon S3, and they use Amazon EC2 to host and stream live motor sport races to over 3.1 million visitors.
Indy500.com stores more than 100,000 images using Amazon S3, and they use Amazon EC2 to host and stream live motor sport races to over 3.1 million visitors.
Junta de Andalucia
The Health Department of the Junta de Andalucía runs its Citizens Communication Public Web portal on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. The Health Department’s application server portal serves large amounts of data including high definition videos, with an infrastructure cost using AWS estimated at 1/30 of what it would be with a regular infrastructure services provider.
The Health Department of the Junta de Andalucía runs its Citizens Communication Public Web portal on Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. The Health Department’s application server portal serves large amounts of data including high definition videos, with an infrastructure cost using AWS estimated at 1/30 of what it would be with a regular infrastructure services provider.
Kenwood Solutions Group
For one of their high-profile clients, FOX Television, Kenwood Solutions Group developed a specialized solution called Request Fulfillment System or “RFS.” This solution supports television stations in centralizing their graphics and video departments.
For one of their high-profile clients, FOX Television, Kenwood Solutions Group developed a specialized solution called Request Fulfillment System or “RFS.” This solution supports television stations in centralizing their graphics and video departments.
LocateTV
LocateTV.com, a service delivered by NDS, was founded in 2007 and enables users to find content to watch on TV, DVD, and online. The LocateTV services platform makes full use of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront.
LocateTV.com, a service delivered by NDS, was founded in 2007 and enables users to find content to watch on TV, DVD, and online. The LocateTV services platform makes full use of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront.
Marcellus NEW!
Marcellus provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) video platform, which delivers high quality video access on its clients’ Websites. Marcellus credits many solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), with helping it to maintain its growth while continuing to serve its current clients with an affordable and convenient content delivery option.
Marcellus provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) video platform, which delivers high quality video access on its clients’ Websites. Marcellus credits many solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), with helping it to maintain its growth while continuing to serve its current clients with an affordable and convenient content delivery option.
MediaPlatform
MediaPlatform enables companies and digital media producers to build, run, and manage large-scale live and on-demand webcasts. MediaPlatform migrated its Software-as-a-Service offering to Amazon EC2, using Amazon Elastic Load Balancing to distribute traffic load and Amazon S3 for long-term storage, and is exploring Amazon CloudFront to distribute components of client webcasts.
MediaPlatform enables companies and digital media producers to build, run, and manage large-scale live and on-demand webcasts. MediaPlatform migrated its Software-as-a-Service offering to Amazon EC2, using Amazon Elastic Load Balancing to distribute traffic load and Amazon S3 for long-term storage, and is exploring Amazon CloudFront to distribute components of client webcasts.
Ooyala NEW!
Ooyala is a leading video technology and services company. Hundreds of companies power their video experiences with Ooyala’s sophisticated video management, monetization, delivery and analytics solutions. Its use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) has helped it reduce development time, decrease time to market, and reduce short-term Cap-Ex investments.
Ooyala is a leading video technology and services company. Hundreds of companies power their video experiences with Ooyala’s sophisticated video management, monetization, delivery and analytics solutions. Its use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) has helped it reduce development time, decrease time to market, and reduce short-term Cap-Ex investments.
Perform Group NEW!
Perform is a leading digital media company specializing in monetizing sports content. Perform’s ePlayer provides global publishers with the ability to easily embed a sports video player within their websites. ePlayer delivers more than 500 million video streams per month.
Perform is a leading digital media company specializing in monetizing sports content. Perform’s ePlayer provides global publishers with the ability to easily embed a sports video player within their websites. ePlayer delivers more than 500 million video streams per month.
PBS NEW!
PBS, a private, non-profit corporation, provides content through television, the Web and mobile applications. PBS Interactive, the department responsible for PBS’ Internet and mobile presence, improved its video streaming performance by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilize the content delivery service Amazon CloudFront and increase its existing usage of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
PBS, a private, non-profit corporation, provides content through television, the Web and mobile applications. PBS Interactive, the department responsible for PBS’ Internet and mobile presence, improved its video streaming performance by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilize the content delivery service Amazon CloudFront and increase its existing usage of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Pixamba
Pixamba runs its cloud-based stock imagery and microstock platform, Pixamba Media Management, entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront.
Pixamba runs its cloud-based stock imagery and microstock platform, Pixamba Media Management, entirely on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront.
Playfish
Playfish, a fast growing social games company, operates entirely on AWS, primarily using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront.
Playfish, a fast growing social games company, operates entirely on AWS, primarily using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront.
SmugMug
Online photo sharing company SmugMug estimates it has saved $500,000 in storage expenditures and cut its disk storage array costs in half by using Amazon S3.
Online photo sharing company SmugMug estimates it has saved $500,000 in storage expenditures and cut its disk storage array costs in half by using Amazon S3.
So-net
So-net Entertainment Corporation, one of Japan’s largest Internet Service Providers and Media and Entertainment companies, reduced their analytics costs by over 50% using Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon S3, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
So-net Entertainment Corporation, one of Japan’s largest Internet Service Providers and Media and Entertainment companies, reduced their analytics costs by over 50% using Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon S3, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
Sonico.com
Sonico.com, a social networking site with over 48 million registered users, moved its more than 1 billion images to Amazon S3 and performs all of its image upload, processing, and storage using Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. The company also leverages Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and MySQL instances running on Amazon EC2.
Sonico.com, a social networking site with over 48 million registered users, moved its more than 1 billion images to Amazon S3 and performs all of its image upload, processing, and storage using Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. The company also leverages Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and MySQL instances running on Amazon EC2.
Soundtrckr
Soundtrckr is the first geosocial Internet radio, with 8 million songs available to users to create radio stations and easily share them on social media applications. To do nimble development without big time expenses, Soundtrckr uses the following Amazon services: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Storage, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon CloudFront.
Soundtrckr is the first geosocial Internet radio, with 8 million songs available to users to create radio stations and easily share them on social media applications. To do nimble development without big time expenses, Soundtrckr uses the following Amazon services: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Storage, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon CloudFront.
Tubaah
NDTV (New Delhi Television), one of India’s largest media houses, partnered with Tekriti Software to build Tubaah on Amazon Web Services and take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and cost savings offered by AWS. The success of Tubaah led NDTV to move its core site, www.NDTV.com, to AWS.
NDTV (New Delhi Television), one of India’s largest media houses, partnered with Tekriti Software to build Tubaah on Amazon Web Services and take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and cost savings offered by AWS. The success of Tubaah led NDTV to move its core site, www.NDTV.com, to AWS.
Twistage
One of the earliest online video platforms, Twistage built on AWS to achieve “tremendous scale at very low cost”, according to CEO David Wadler. Twistage stores video on Amazon S3 and uses Amazon EC2 for content ingestion and encoding.
One of the earliest online video platforms, Twistage built on AWS to achieve “tremendous scale at very low cost”, according to CEO David Wadler. Twistage stores video on Amazon S3 and uses Amazon EC2 for content ingestion and encoding.
U.S. Department of State NEW!
The United States Department of State and its prime contractor, MetroStar Systems, built an online video contest platform to encourage discussion and participation around cultural topics, and to promote membership in its ExchangesConnect network. The contest drew participants from more than 160 countries and took advantage of AWS’s scalability using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EBs, and Elastic Load Balancing.
The United States Department of State and its prime contractor, MetroStar Systems, built an online video contest platform to encourage discussion and participation around cultural topics, and to promote membership in its ExchangesConnect network. The contest drew participants from more than 160 countries and took advantage of AWS’s scalability using Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EBs, and Elastic Load Balancing.
On-Demand Workforce
Channel Intelligence
Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, Channel Intelligence was able to leverage human intelligence around the globe and decrease task-specific costs by 85%.
Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, Channel Intelligence was able to leverage human intelligence around the globe and decrease task-specific costs by 85%.
CastingWords
Nathan McFarland, co-founder of CastingWords tells us about utilizing Amazon Mechanical Turk for their low-cost, high-quality podcast transcription services.
Nathan McFarland, co-founder of CastingWords tells us about utilizing Amazon Mechanical Turk for their low-cost, high-quality podcast transcription services.
Knewton
Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton, shares how the company uses Mechanical Turk in innovative ways to aid in everything from performance testing to building a lead database.
Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton, shares how the company uses Mechanical Turk in innovative ways to aid in everything from performance testing to building a lead database.
Magnify.net - Curation Nation NEW!
Steve Rosenbaum is the founder and CEO of Magnify.net, and the author of Curation Nation: How To Win in a World Where Consumers are Creators (McGrawHill / Spring 2011). With Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Mechanical Turk, Rosenbaum was able to work quickly to complete his book with a standard of quality expected by his publisher and his readers.
Steve Rosenbaum is the founder and CEO of Magnify.net, and the author of Curation Nation: How To Win in a World Where Consumers are Creators (McGrawHill / Spring 2011). With Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Mechanical Turk, Rosenbaum was able to work quickly to complete his book with a standard of quality expected by his publisher and his readers.
SnapMyLife
George Grey, CEO of SnapMyLife tells us about his mobile web application and use of Amazon Mechanical Turk to moderate user uploaded photos.
George Grey, CEO of SnapMyLife tells us about his mobile web application and use of Amazon Mechanical Turk to moderate user uploaded photos.
Stanford AI Lab
Rion Snow from the Computer Science Department at Stanford University tells us about his use of Mechanical Turk in his natural language processing and machine learning research.
Rion Snow from the Computer Science Department at Stanford University tells us about his use of Mechanical Turk in his natural language processing and machine learning research.
Search Engines
Alexa
Alexa delivers high-volume search and information services, storing over 12 million objects in Amazon SimpleDB and performing over 5 million queries daily.
Alexa delivers high-volume search and information services, storing over 12 million objects in Amazon SimpleDB and performing over 5 million queries daily.
Hanzo
Hanzo turns to Amazon Web Services to achieve their goal of indexing the World Wide Web and storing it in a browsable and searchable archive.
Hanzo turns to Amazon Web Services to achieve their goal of indexing the World Wide Web and storing it in a browsable and searchable archive.
MiraiBio
MiraiBio uses Amazon EC2 uses to run multiple algorithms against a given DNA sequence in their DNASIS SmartNote notebook and display relevant articles to biologists.
MiraiBio uses Amazon EC2 uses to run multiple algorithms against a given DNA sequence in their DNASIS SmartNote notebook and display relevant articles to biologists.
SearchBlox Software
SearchBlox on Amazon EC2 offers a cost-effective and scalable search solution with no upfront investment in hardware or software.
SearchBlox on Amazon EC2 offers a cost-effective and scalable search solution with no upfront investment in hardware or software.
Web Hosting
Acquia NEW!
Acquia provides products, services, and support for organizations utilizing the Drupal open source social publishing platform. Acquia uses Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), to host its own infrastructure and its customers' Websites.
Acquia provides products, services, and support for organizations utilizing the Drupal open source social publishing platform. Acquia uses Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), to host its own infrastructure and its customers' Websites.
Amsterdam Museum Night Foundation NEW!
The Amsterdam Museum Night Foundation hosts an annual event known as Museum Night. The popular event creates a spike in visits on the foundation's website immediately before and during the event. In order to handle the increased visitor load, the foundation and its website host, Webslice, turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for temporary support.
The Amsterdam Museum Night Foundation hosts an annual event known as Museum Night. The popular event creates a spike in visits on the foundation's website immediately before and during the event. In order to handle the increased visitor load, the foundation and its website host, Webslice, turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for temporary support.
Caelum NEW!
Based in Brazil, Caelum is the country's largest tech training company focused on providing superior Java, Ruby, Rails and Agile training and consulting. Caelum's e-learning platform is deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), while the company also uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon SMS.
Based in Brazil, Caelum is the country's largest tech training company focused on providing superior Java, Ruby, Rails and Agile training and consulting. Caelum's e-learning platform is deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), while the company also uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon SMS.
CITYTECH NEW!
CITYTECH is an IT consultancy for enterprise-level solutions, such as Web content management, application development, and managed infrastructure services. CITYTECH recently helped the Web services provider CaringBridge improve its system performance by integrating Amazon CloudFront as its content delivery network and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) as both a persistence layer and static content storage.
CITYTECH is an IT consultancy for enterprise-level solutions, such as Web content management, application development, and managed infrastructure services. CITYTECH recently helped the Web services provider CaringBridge improve its system performance by integrating Amazon CloudFront as its content delivery network and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) as both a persistence layer and static content storage.
CloudAngels
CloudAngels uses AWS to enable imageloop.com’s online slideshow platform to scale
CloudAngels uses AWS to enable imageloop.com’s online slideshow platform to scale
CozyCot NEW!
CozyCot.com is a social networking Website where women share ideas and views about topics such as beauty, fashion, lifestyle, entertainment, health, parenting, and food. The AWS solution – comprising Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 , Amazon RDS, Amazon Cloud Watch, Amazon EBS, and Elastic Load Balancing – ensures that the Website effectively processes traffic.
CozyCot.com is a social networking Website where women share ideas and views about topics such as beauty, fashion, lifestyle, entertainment, health, parenting, and food. The AWS solution – comprising Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 , Amazon RDS, Amazon Cloud Watch, Amazon EBS, and Elastic Load Balancing – ensures that the Website effectively processes traffic.
Digitaria
Digitaria uses Amazon EC2 to create cost-effective virtual hosting environments for their client’s websites, including Hasbro, BravoTV/NBC Universal, KPBS, and others.
Digitaria uses Amazon EC2 to create cost-effective virtual hosting environments for their client’s websites, including Hasbro, BravoTV/NBC Universal, KPBS, and others.
Dolphin Browser NEW!
The Dolphin Browser by MoboTap, Inc. has been downloaded over 13 million times onto Android, iPhone and iPad mobile devices. The majority of the browser’s services and backend operations are powered by more than eighty instances running Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EMR, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
The Dolphin Browser by MoboTap, Inc. has been downloaded over 13 million times onto Android, iPhone and iPad mobile devices. The majority of the browser’s services and backend operations are powered by more than eighty instances running Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EMR, Amazon RDS, and Amazon CloudFront.
FunPlus Game NEW!
Based in China, social gaming company FunPlus Game has recently grown from one million users to exceed three million daily active users. To handle the explosion in growth, the company switched from using traditional datacenters to using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront. Switching to AWS provided FunPlus Game with the availability, reliability, and flexibility it needed to support its rapid growth.
Based in China, social gaming company FunPlus Game has recently grown from one million users to exceed three million daily active users. To handle the explosion in growth, the company switched from using traditional datacenters to using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon CloudFront. Switching to AWS provided FunPlus Game with the availability, reliability, and flexibility it needed to support its rapid growth.
Futbol Club Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (FCBarcelona) is a highly popular soccer team based in Barcelona, Spain. In order to maintain the FCBarcelona website—which boasts over 6,000 pages and over 12,000 digitized photos, and is available in six languages—FCBarcelona’s partner, Gnuine, uses a number of Amazon Web Services (AWS) products to host Ubiquo Sports, a specialized SaaS CMS: Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudFormation.
Futbol Club Barcelona (FCBarcelona) is a highly popular soccer team based in Barcelona, Spain. In order to maintain the FCBarcelona website—which boasts over 6,000 pages and over 12,000 digitized photos, and is available in six languages—FCBarcelona’s partner, Gnuine, uses a number of Amazon Web Services (AWS) products to host Ubiquo Sports, a specialized SaaS CMS: Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon CloudFormation.
G.ho.st
G.ho.st, an innovative web operating system company, uses Amazon Web Services to maintain a low friction, cost-effective solution that scales with their business.
G.ho.st, an innovative web operating system company, uses Amazon Web Services to maintain a low friction, cost-effective solution that scales with their business.
Gumiyo
Online mobile commerce provider Gumiyo runs a complete production environment with Amazon Web Services, including web servers, database servers, and load balancers.
Online mobile commerce provider Gumiyo runs a complete production environment with Amazon Web Services, including web servers, database servers, and load balancers.
ionatec NEW!
Web and software developer ionatec creates innovative IT solutions for Brazilian startup companies, in addition to conducting infrastructure migrations from local to cloud-based environments. The company executes all of its staging and production processes within Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Today, ionatec is also improving its functionality through the incorporation of Amazon CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing.
Web and software developer ionatec creates innovative IT solutions for Brazilian startup companies, in addition to conducting infrastructure migrations from local to cloud-based environments. The company executes all of its staging and production processes within Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Today, ionatec is also improving its functionality through the incorporation of Amazon CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing.
Itaú Cultural NEW!
The non-profit institute Itaú Cultural researches and produces cultural and artistic projects for the benefit of Brazilian society. The institute's IT department was recently challenged to improve its existing infrastructure for hosting individual projects. In response, the department integrated Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to house a WordPress and MySQL environment, with plans for other types of platforms in the near future.
The non-profit institute Itaú Cultural researches and produces cultural and artistic projects for the benefit of Brazilian society. The institute's IT department was recently challenged to improve its existing infrastructure for hosting individual projects. In response, the department integrated Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to house a WordPress and MySQL environment, with plans for other types of platforms in the near future.
iTwin Pte. Ltd. NEW!
By using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run its backend system and host its website, iTwin Technology has drastically reduced its operating costs.
By using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run its backend system and host its website, iTwin Technology has drastically reduced its operating costs.
JoomlArt NEW!
JoomlArt is a leading Joomla!, Magento, and Drupal template provider. As well as using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), the company has developed an Amazon S3 / CloudFront component for Joomla!, which enables easy integration of Amazon S3 and CloudFront support for Joomla! CMS and enables Joomla! users to easily adapt AWS for their sites.
JoomlArt is a leading Joomla!, Magento, and Drupal template provider. As well as using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), the company has developed an Amazon S3 / CloudFront component for Joomla!, which enables easy integration of Amazon S3 and CloudFront support for Joomla! CMS and enables Joomla! users to easily adapt AWS for their sites.
Lafarge NEW!
Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates and Concrete, and Gypsum. With 76,000 employees in 78 countries, Lafarge posted sales of €16.2 billion in 2010.
Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates and Concrete, and Gypsum. With 76,000 employees in 78 countries, Lafarge posted sales of €16.2 billion in 2010.
MediaNet / Prisa NEW!
PRISA, a Spanish and Portuguese-language business group, recently asked Spanish IT services company, MediaNet Software, to create a temporary micro-site. The micro-site preregistered users before the official launch of PRISA's daily deals website, http://www.planeo.com MediaNet utilized Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to create the micro-site's short-term yet dynamic infrastructure.
PRISA, a Spanish and Portuguese-language business group, recently asked Spanish IT services company, MediaNet Software, to create a temporary micro-site. The micro-site preregistered users before the official launch of PRISA's daily deals website, http://www.planeo.com MediaNet utilized Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to create the micro-site's short-term yet dynamic infrastructure.
NREL / OpenEI.org NEW!
OpenEI.org, managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by its National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is a free, open source knowledge sharing platform created to facilitate access to data, models, tools, and information that accelerate the transition to clean energy systems through informed decisions. Built on AWS, OpenEI.org makes use of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Elastic Load Balancing.
OpenEI.org, managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by its National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is a free, open source knowledge sharing platform created to facilitate access to data, models, tools, and information that accelerate the transition to clean energy systems through informed decisions. Built on AWS, OpenEI.org makes use of Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Elastic Load Balancing.
Peixe Urbano NEW!
In 2010, the deal-a-day website Peixe Urbano launched on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). With its Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, the start-up was able to begin operations free of upfront investment costs, while still positioning itself within a highly-scalable environment capable of supporting rapid growth. That planning paid off, as Peixe Urbano is now Brazil's largest collective discount website.
In 2010, the deal-a-day website Peixe Urbano launched on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). With its Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, the start-up was able to begin operations free of upfront investment costs, while still positioning itself within a highly-scalable environment capable of supporting rapid growth. That planning paid off, as Peixe Urbano is now Brazil's largest collective discount website.
Perx NEW!
Perx is Singapore's leading mobile customer loyalty application accepted at over 300 locations. The free app enables users to scan a QR code with their phone to earn loyalty rewards for their everyday transactions, while at the same time allowing merchants to increase revenues while protecting their brand. In order to expand and manage their services, Perx uses several solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon RDS.
Perx is Singapore's leading mobile customer loyalty application accepted at over 300 locations. The free app enables users to scan a QR code with their phone to earn loyalty rewards for their everyday transactions, while at the same time allowing merchants to increase revenues while protecting their brand. In order to expand and manage their services, Perx uses several solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon RDS.
R7 NEW!
The R7 portal, owned by Record TV Network, offers news, entertainment, sports, videos, and online services. In order to ensure a fast, high-quality viewing experience, and cut costs, the company uses a solution involving several Amazon Web Services products: Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Linux and Windows instances, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
The R7 portal, owned by Record TV Network, offers news, entertainment, sports, videos, and online services. In order to ensure a fast, high-quality viewing experience, and cut costs, the company uses a solution involving several Amazon Web Services products: Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (Amazon ELB), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Linux and Windows instances, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB) NEW!
To provide public accountability for recovery spending, the RATB was tasked with developing a website, recovery.gov. The RATB decided to use the AWS platform after discovering that AWS outperformed the RATB’s on-premises solution at a fraction of the cost. The website received FISMA Low certification and utilizes Microsoft SharePoint, SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft SQL Server, and ESRI software.
To provide public accountability for recovery spending, the RATB was tasked with developing a website, recovery.gov. The RATB decided to use the AWS platform after discovering that AWS outperformed the RATB’s on-premises solution at a fraction of the cost. The website received FISMA Low certification and utilizes Microsoft SharePoint, SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft SQL Server, and ESRI software.
Score Media NEW!
Score Media Ventures is the digital arm of Score Media, Inc. Score Media Ventures offers fans multiplatform content, displaying the edgy side of sports news and information. In order to maintain a balance between rapid development cycles, service uptime, and transparent access to sports data, Score Media uses Amazon EC2, Amazon EC2 Elastic IP Addresses, and Amazon RDS.
Score Media Ventures is the digital arm of Score Media, Inc. Score Media Ventures offers fans multiplatform content, displaying the edgy side of sports news and information. In order to maintain a balance between rapid development cycles, service uptime, and transparent access to sports data, Score Media uses Amazon EC2, Amazon EC2 Elastic IP Addresses, and Amazon RDS.
SEGA NEW!
The SEGA Online Operations team builds and maintains Internet platforms for the company's western divisions and subsidiary studios. The team has successfully migrated its public websites onto cloud-based systems, making use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
The SEGA Online Operations team builds and maintains Internet platforms for the company's western divisions and subsidiary studios. The team has successfully migrated its public websites onto cloud-based systems, making use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).
ShareThis
Cost-effectiveness, responsiveness, and reliability are the reasons ShareThis uses Amazon Web Services to power their content-sharing application.
Cost-effectiveness, responsiveness, and reliability are the reasons ShareThis uses Amazon Web Services to power their content-sharing application.
Swiftrank NEW!
Swiftrank uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon RDS to manage its rapidly growing global travel network. With 12,000 location-based Websites, Swiftrank relies on AWS to deliver a secure, cost-effective, and scalable network for its customers.
Swiftrank uses Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon RDS to manage its rapidly growing global travel network. With 12,000 location-based Websites, Swiftrank relies on AWS to deliver a secure, cost-effective, and scalable network for its customers.
USDA FNS NEW!
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the nutrition assistance programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), the FNS has launched a dynamic Web-based application called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Retailer Locator to help SNAP recipients find the nearest SNAP authorized stores.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the nutrition assistance programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), the FNS has launched a dynamic Web-based application called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Retailer Locator to help SNAP recipients find the nearest SNAP authorized stores.
Virgin Atlantic’s Vtravelled.com
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Virgin Atlantic Airways, the company announced their new travel website, Vtravelled.com. Just like their planes, their new site is in the clouds, hosted entirely on the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Virgin Atlantic Airways, the company announced their new travel website, Vtravelled.com. Just like their planes, their new site is in the clouds, hosted entirely on the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform.
VivaReal
VivaReal hosts 6 unique Latin American real estate marketplaces and their central property database of approximately one million properties on AWS. Lea en español. Leia dentro portuguêses.
VivaReal hosts 6 unique Latin American real estate marketplaces and their central property database of approximately one million properties on AWS. Lea en español. Leia dentro portuguêses.
ZAGG Inc. NEW!
ZAGG, Inc. specializes in protective accessories for consumer electronics, including the popular invisibleSHIELD adhesive film for mobile devices. The company’s products are sold through retail locations, online affiliates, and an ecommerce website that produces over $30 million dollars in revenue. The site incorporates a growing list of Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as Amazon EBS, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3 and Amazon SES. ZAGG also worked with AWS Solution Provider 8KMiles to further bolster the website’s availability and cost-effectiveness by running an open source LAMP stack positioned within and Amazon Linux AMI.
ZAGG, Inc. specializes in protective accessories for consumer electronics, including the popular invisibleSHIELD adhesive film for mobile devices. The company’s products are sold through retail locations, online affiliates, and an ecommerce website that produces over $30 million dollars in revenue. The site incorporates a growing list of Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as Amazon EBS, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3 and Amazon SES. ZAGG also worked with AWS Solution Provider 8KMiles to further bolster the website’s availability and cost-effectiveness by running an open source LAMP stack positioned within and Amazon Linux AMI.
Zoopla
In the first 12 months since launch, Zoopla estimates it has saved at least £200,000 in the areas of data-centre costs, server cap-ex, server upgrade/maintenance costs, sys admin salaries, network equipment, etc.
In the first 12 months since launch, Zoopla estimates it has saved at least £200,000 in the areas of data-centre costs, server cap-ex, server upgrade/maintenance costs, sys admin salaries, network equipment, etc.
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