AWS Big Data Blog
Author: Naresh Rajaram
Naresh is a seasoned Solutions Architect with over two decades of experience, with primary focus in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Specializing in enterprise-scale AI implementations and cloud architecture, he is helping customers develop and deploy advanced AI solutions, with particular focus on autonomous AI systems and agent-based architectures. His expertise spans designing cutting-edge AI infrastructures using Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and cloud-native AI services, while pioneering work in Agentic AI applications and autonomous systems
Bridging data silos: cross-bounded context querying with Vanguard’s Operational Read-only Data Store (ORDS) using Amazon Redshift
At Vanguard, we faced significant challenges with our legacy mainframe system that limited our ability to deliver modern, personalized customer experiences. Our centralized database architecture created performance bottlenecks and made it difficult to scale services independently for our millions of personal and institutional investors. In this post, we show you how we modernized our data architecture using Amazon Redshift as our Operational Read-only Data Store (ORDS).