AWS for Industries
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Enhance price capture in energy and commodity trading with AWS machine learning
In the energy and commodity trading industry, traders negotiate transactions with brokers and counterparties directly. These negotiated transactions are called over-the-counter (OTC) deals. Price discovery for OTC deals is unlike price discovery for common equity, options, and other financial instruments, where pricing information is generally market-efficient and available in near real time. In OTC trades, […]
Fidelity International improves customer experience using Amazon SageMaker
Many companies want to actively use advance analytics to bring operational efficiencies and improve the customer experience. Automating and migrating to the cloud machine learning operations (MLOps) techniques can provide streamlined machine learning (ML), improved data processing, and enhance operational efficiency—leading to substantial cost reductions compared to on-premises deployment. The challenge There has been a […]
How payment companies are building SoftPOS solutions on AWS
The needs for dedicated card machines (or readers) tied to point-of-sale (POS) systems have historically restricted certain micro-merchants from adoption of electronic payments. New advancements in payments technology and standards have led to the development of software point-of-sale (SoftPOS). SoftPOS is a software-based solution that transforms near field communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones into a contactless payment […]
Remote Vehicle Diagnostics with AWS IoT FleetWise and Amazon Connect
Remote vehicle diagnostics is the ability to remotely detect and diagnose vehicle malfunctions. Connected mobility and improvements in On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) have made it possible to remotely diagnose vehicle malfunctions. Prior to connected vehicles the repair process was reactive. Service centers had little insight into vehicle malfunctions until they were brought in and inspected. Service […]
Acoustic gains 10X throughput rates modernizing their Send Engine on AWS
It is critical for marketing technology campaign platforms to send rich content, dynamically sourced, from their customer’s datasets to drive hyper personalized and relevant messaging to customers. The ability to seamlessly scale during multiple critical times of the year to meet high customer data volume demand, in real-time, can be resource challenging. Acoustic’s modernized Send […]
Financial Services Spotlight – Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers who process and analyze streaming data on Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we will examine specific guidance, suggested […]
How Lunar Energy is using AWS to create a customer-led energy system
Lunar Energy (Lunar) has a mission to power homes around the world with endless clean energy. Recognizing the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, Lunar is focused on building the digital infrastructure needed to build a resilient, distributed energy system. As homes electrify by adding distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as solar […]
Using Cloud Technology to Better Protect Power Grids from Physical Threats
When was the last time you thought about how the power stays on? Probably not since you lost power in a storm. We take it for granted that the electricity and natural gas will flow. In today’s world, electricity and gas are a core foundation of the economy and of society, making energy one of […]
Data and Analytics environments at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany using AWS Services
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across life science, healthcare, and electronics. More than 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people’s lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From providing products and services that accelerate drug development and manufacturing, well […]
New Guidance for Intelligent Product Substitutions on AWS
In a perfect world retailers would never be out of stock, but unexpected demand can thwart the best intentions. Grocers are out of stock 8.2% of the time on average and as high as 15% for promoted items, putting $7-12B of sales at risk. The next best alternative is to offer a similar product that […]







