AWS Big Data Blog

A key benefit of a data mesh architecture is allowing different lines of business (LOBs) and organizational units to operate independently and offer their data as a product. This model not only allows organizations to scale, but also gives the end-to-end ownership of maintaining the product to data producers that are the domain experts of […]

Many different cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) offerings are available in AWS. ServiceNow is one of the common cloud-based workflow automation platforms widely used by AWS customers. In the past few years, we saw a lot of customers who wanted to extract and integrate data from IT service management (ITSM) tools like ServiceNow for […]

The annual AWS re:Invent learning conference is an exciting time full of new product and program launches. At the first re:Invent conference in 2012, AWS announced Amazon Redshift. Since then, tens of thousands of customers have started using Amazon Redshift as their preferred cloud data warehouse. At re:Invent 2021, AWS announced several new Amazon Redshift […]

Amazon processes hundreds of millions of financial transactions each day, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, royalties, amortizations, and remittances, from over a hundred different business entities. All of this data is sent to the eCommerce Financial Integration (eCFI) systems, where they are recorded in the subledger. Ensuring complete financial reconciliation at this scale is critical […]

Decisions are made every day in your organization that impact your business. Making the right decision at the right moment can deeply impact your organization’s growth and your customers. Likewise, having the right data and tools that generate insights into the data can empower your organization’s leaders to make the right decisions. In the healthcare […]

Today, organizations spend a considerable amount of time understanding business processes, profiling data, and analyzing data from a variety of sources. The result is highly structured and organized data used primarily for reporting purposes. These traditional systems extract data from transactional systems that consist of metrics and attributes that describe different aspects of the business. […]

API (Application Programming Interface) is a design pattern used to expose a platform or application to another party. APIs enable programs and applications to communicate with platforms and services, and can be designed to use REST (REpresentational State Transfer) as a software architecture style. APIs in OLTP (online transaction processing) are called frequently (tens to […]

This post is authored by Giridhar G Jorapur, GE Aviation Digital Technology. Maintenance and overhauling of aircraft engines are essential for GE Aviation to increase time on wing gains and reduce shop visit costs. Engine wash analytics provide visibility into the significant time on wing gains that can be achieved through effective water wash, foam […]

ENGIE—one of the largest utility providers in France and a global player in the zero-carbon energy transition—produces, transports, and deals electricity, gas, and energy services. With 160,000 employees worldwide, ENGIE is a decentralized organization and operates 25 business units with a high level of delegation and empowerment. ENGIE’s decentralized global customer base had accumulated lots […]

In Part 1 of this post, we provided a solution to build the sourcing, orchestration, and transformation of data from multiple source systems, including Salesforce, SAP, and Oracle, into a managed modern data platform. Roche partnered with AWS Professional Services to build out this fully automated and scalable platform to provide the foundation for their […]