Using the AWS Cloud, researchers at the Urban Institute are able to experiment and learn with new research possibilities and fewer constraints. The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based policy research organization dedicated to developing evidence-based insights that improve decision making, strengthen communities, and make people’s lives better. As a leader in data-driven policy research, the Urban Institute was looking for a solution that would enable it to run sophisticated data analytics and microsimulation models with flexibility, speed, and accuracy. The Urban Institute chose a cloud-first strategy starting with AWS.

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