AWS for Industries
AWS shows why physical stores matter more than ever at NRF 2023
After three years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was extremely excited to return to NRF 2023! It was a great opportunity to engage with our customers and partners while also showcasing the many ways that AWS can help retailers accelerate innovation. As worldwide head of Physical & Frictionless Retail Solutions at AWS, I couldn’t help but […]
How to improve your forecasts and deliver better results in 2023
Travel and hospitality companies need to remain efficient, profitable, and customer obsessed as they deal with today’s uncertain and dynamic market challenges, from supply chain challenges to capacity constraints to economic uncertainty. One way travel and hospitality companies can increase profitability is through improved forecasting, but many are still looking for tools to optimize forecasts […]
Capturing the power of digital commerce
How leading retailers are transforming the industry with advanced cloud-based technologies and services The rise of digital commerce Although digital commerce has been around for almost 3 decades, its growth has recently accelerated, boosted by access to new cloud technologies, better mobile apps, and a raft of new fulfillment options. Consumers are spending more time […]
The future of more sustainable travel starts with the cloud
“Can you imagine if we all moved to the cloud?” It sounds like a perfect tagline for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) commercial, doesn’t it? Shawn Seaton, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture and Distinguished Cloud Architect for Choice Hotels, posed this question to the audience at AWS re:Invent 2022 during the session, Transforming hospitality for the […]
Top three paths travel and hospitality companies take to start their digital transformation on AWS
Welcome to 2023! It’s no secret that 2022 was a great year for travel and hospitality companies, with many reporting record quarterly and fiscal year earnings. This financial strength can be attributed to their ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences while optimizing their operational efficiency. However, in 2022, travel and hospitality companies also faced challenges […]
In the news: Leveling up convenience in the c-store
This story was produced by C-Store Dive for Amazon. By the very name, c-stores are intended to be fast and convenient. The average consumer spends three to four minutes in the store. It helps that when most consumers enter stores, they already know what they plan to buy. But that convenience can be derailed when the consumer sees […]
AWS re:Invent 2022: Top Highlights and Recap for Financial Services
AWS re:Invent 2022 took place Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2022 in Las Vegas, and it was a week of learning, innovating, and rethinking what’s possible with AWS. This year’s conference saw the unveiling of a multitude of new products and services. There was an unmissable emphasis on data, specifically using the power of data […]
Demand intelligence made simple with PredictHQ event data through AWS Data Exchange and Amazon SageMaker
No matter your business, events likely have a major impact on your demand. Using various solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), companies can gain access to high-quality and enriched event data that helps them analyze what’s happening in the real world at a massive scale. This in turn can help them make decisions around staffing, […]
Building a privacy-first contextual-intelligence solution for advertising on AWS
Introduction Advertisers and ad publishers have traditionally relied on third-party cookies, device identifiers, and enriched data from data-management platforms to deliver personalized experiences based on user preferences. With the deprecation of third-party cookies planned for early 2024, changes in device identifiers, and more stringent privacy laws (such as the General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] and […]
How GumGum provides sub-10 ms contextual data for real-time digital ad bidding with AWS Outposts
Overview GumGum is a global digital advertising platform that specializes in contextual marketing, facilitating advertisers in marketing ads based on digital media content. GumGum offers Verity, which uses in-house computer vision (CV) and natural-language processing (NLP) models to scan images, audio, text, and videos across webpages, social media, over-the-top (OTT) video, and connected TV (CTV), […]