AWS Startups Blog
How Vice Media Tamed 12 Verticals in 18 Different Languages
VICE had a large-scale problem to solve. Their ecosystem had become too large in terms of the number of brands they supported—they currently have sites in 35 different countries in 18 languages, which read in different characters and directions—and their engineering team wanted to make sure the reading experience worked well for everyone.
Inside Indonesia’s Hot Startup Scene
Indonesia, the fourth largest country in the world with 262 million people, is a fertile ground for startups. But that wasn’t always the case.
How Machine Learning Fits Into Product Developement
AI picked up a lot of heat through 2017 and 2018. In what felt like an overnight rush, interest exploded, as fresh information, new techniques, new products, and new risks hit the scene. News reports came in massive waves, and businesses scrambled to figure out where AI fit into their product offerings.
Living Goods Uses Smartphone Tech to Bring Health to Rural Communities
In 2007, Chuck Slaughter launched his new social enterprise, Living Goods, in Uganda, “borrowing from the Avon playbook.” But instead of going door-to-door selling lipstick and hand creams, Living Goods’ community health workers arrive on local doorsteps offering medical services, health education, medicines, and health products.
Achieving a Swiss Bank Security Level with Nummo
Like many startups today, Nummo was born in the cloud and given our industry and our future goals, we wouldn’t compromise any other aspects of our offering. People needed to feel their data is secure when using Nummo.
Majal Champions Minority Rights
Growing up in Bahrain, Esra’a Al Shafei saw the damage that authoritarian regimes could inflict on minority voices, political outliers, and the causes of social justice. From a young age, she felt an enormous sense of responsibility to take action.
Why Snapt Built the ADC for the DevOps of Today
The need for Fast, Secure Delivery of Business-Critical Applications has never been greater: Snapt’s disruptive software-only Applications Delivery Controller (ADC) Solution ensures best performance.
Distributed Media Lab’s Chief of Technology on Why He Wanted a Serverless Architecture
Sam Parnell has been an AWS evangelist most of his career. While Chief Technology Officer at popular sports news site Bleacher Report, he ran the company “100 percent on AWS.” When Turner Broadcasting acquired Bleacher Report in 2012, Parnell got involved with aspects of the media giant’s infrastructure, and again started moving critical operations into the cloud.
The Startup’s Guide to re:Invent 2018
The Startup’s Guide to re:Invent includes of the key moments from the overall re:Invent schedule, and the startup-specific sessions.
Three Key Tactics for Marketing to Developers
If you ask a developer what they think of marketing, it’s unlikely you’ll get a very positive response. Why? For the most part, they’re tired of marketers telling them how awesome a product is. They have a healthy skepticism, in that they just don’t believe the messaging. But what if your target market is developers? How do you attract them to—and keep them using—your platform?