Case Studies
Learn how businesses are leveraging Amazon Web Services’ scalable, reliable and cost-effective cloud technology.
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Application Hosting
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 Interview NEW!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conduit NEW!
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
FlyCast NEW!
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.
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.
Guardian News & Media NEW!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Litmus
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, a testing tool, uses Amazon S3 to store over 6TB of customers’ images and Amazon EC2 for running customers’ email and website tests.
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.
LOUD3R NEW!
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.
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.
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.
Nextpoint NEW!
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.
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.
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.”
QlikTech NEW!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Tal.ki NEW!
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.
Tapjoy NEW!
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.
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 NEW!
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 NEW!
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.
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.
Zoomii
Zoomii pulls book data from Amazon’s Product Advertising API to create a highly visual, interactive online bookstore powered by Amazon S3 and EC2.
Zoomii pulls book data from Amazon’s Product Advertising API to create a highly visual, interactive online bookstore powered by Amazon S3 and EC2.
High Performance Computing
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.
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.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard’s Laboratory for Personalized Medicine (LPM) uses customized Oracle AMIs on Amazon EC2 to run genetic testing models and simulations.
Harvard’s Laboratory for Personalized Medicine (LPM) uses customized Oracle AMIs on Amazon EC2 to run genetic testing models and simulations.
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.
Razorfish NEW!
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.
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.
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.
Media Hosting
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hit-Builder
Hit-Builder makes it possible to request work from Amazon Mechanical Turk without understanding Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) or writing code.
Hit-Builder makes it possible to request work from Amazon Mechanical Turk without understanding Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) or writing code.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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