How did Capital One get to the point where, in 2015, it announced that all new company applications would run in—and all existing applications would be systematically rearchitected for—the cloud? Although Capital One, a technology company that offers financial services, is different in important ways from other companies in its industry, its path to the AWS Cloud and its cloud-first approach to software development offers useful tips for large, non-cloud-native, highly-regulated enterprises mapping out their own cloud journeys.
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Enterprises
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Startups
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Public Sector
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Big Data
Collect and process colossal amounts of data quickly and cost-efficiently.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
FINRA uses AWS to capture, analyze, and store a daily influx of 75 billion records.
Unilever
Unilever uses AWS to launch and analyze digital marketing campaigns faster.
The Kellogg Company
Kellogg's uses AWS to to deliver spend analyses and data simulations in minutes.
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Data Center Migration
Migrate your on-premises workloads to AWS.
AOL
Using AWS, AOL has been able to move mission-critical workloads to the cloud, extend its global reach, and save millions of dollars on energy resources.
Conde Nast
In just three months, Condé Nast was able to migrate over 500 servers, one petabyte of storage, various mission critical applications, and over 100 database servers into the AWS Cloud.
InfoSpace
Using AWS, InfoSpace migrated its full data center within 6 months and can now easily manage its Microsoft stack on AWS.
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Enterprise Solutions
Run common and custom business applications securely and reliably.
General Electric
GE is migrating more than 9,000 workloads, including 300 disparate ERP systems, to AWS while reducing its datacenter footprint.
Brooks Brothers
Brooks Brothers runs its SAP and CRM solutions on AWS, gaining agility and cost savings.
Intuit
Intuit is saving money by moving its business applications to AWS.
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Financial Services
Accelerate agility, enable innovation, and protect sentitive data.
Pacific Life Insurance
Pacific Life uses AWS as part of a hybrid computing environment to control IT costs.
NASDAQ OMX
Nasdaq delivers data on demand cost-effectively using AWS.
Robinhood
Robinhood built its brokerage trading platform and a massively scalable securities trading app on AWS.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
Enable agile research, collaboration, product development, and sales.
Centers for Disease Control
Using AWS, the CDC shares health information widely while avoiding hardware investments.
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Siemens has built a secure, HIPAA-compliant, scalable platform on AWS.
Brisol-Myers Squibb
BMS used AWS to build a frugal, secure, self-provisioning research portal.
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Internet of Things (IoT)
Easily and securely connect devices to the cloud.
Enel
Enel is saving on compute and storage costs, reduced provisioning time, and has transformed its business.
Rachio
Rachio processes millions of IoT messages daily and has cut development costs by 40 percent using AWS.
iRobot
iRobot uses AWS to support its vision for products used in connected homes, including its popular Roomba vacuum cleaners.
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Machine Learning (ML) & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning in the hands of every developer and data scientist.
Capital One
Using AWS, Capital One turns data into insights through machine learning, allowing the company to innovate quickly on behalf of its customers.
Intuit
Intuit uses Amazon SageMaker to train its machine-learning models quickly and at scale, cutting the time needed to deploy the models by 90 percent.
Formula 1
Formula 1 uses Amazon SageMaker to analyze race data in real time, then shares the insights with television viewers.
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Web & Mobile Apps
Build and scale high-performance websites and mobile applications.
Pinterest
Pinterest uses AWS to manage multiple petabytes of data and perform daily refreshes of its massive search index.
Airbnb
Airbnb's web and mobile apps run on AWS and scale automatically to support demand.
PhotoVogue
PhotoVogue uses Amazon API Gateway to boost the user experience up to 90 percent faster.
Discover what customers are doing with AWS today
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AWS Case Study: Indischool
Indischool is an online community with 140,000 members where elementary school teachers volunteer. The management and finance of the community are entirely supported by donations and volunteers and the online community is run by a small IT group. By transitioning their entire system to AWS (previously managed by IDC), the community achieved scalability and cost savings through Auto Scaling and realized high availability through Elastic Load Balancing and Amazon RDS.
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AWS Case Study: Elektrobit
Elektrobit (EB) relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to realize rapid development cycles and drive innovation in the automotive software market. The company provides automotive manufacturers and suppliers worldwide with complete solutions to create infrastructures for networked vehicles, enable remote diagnostics, and improve vehicle navigation and safety.
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Qube Research and Technologies Case Study
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) enables better investment recommendations, delivers investment strategies to market in weeks instead of months, and onboards new researchers faster using AWS. The company, based in the United Kingdom, offers quantitative and systematic investment management services. QRT processes financial trading data and runs an HPC application environment on the AWS Cloud.
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Schoology Case Study
Schoology relies on AWS to support rapid business growth, ensure 99.9% uptime, and focus their resources on delivering value to customers than managing IT. The company provides the best K–12 learning management system with assessment management in the market. Schoology runs its platform on AWS services, including Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon Lambda.
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MicroStrategy Case Study
MicroStrategy uses AWS to deploy a full platform in 30 minutes instead of weeks, help companies empower employees with analytical data, and transform its internal operations. The company offers an analytics and mobility software platform used by enterprises in 60 countries. MicroStrategy offers its full analytics and mobility platform on the AWS Cloud, taking advantage of services such as Amazon EFS and Amazon EC2.
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WhiteSource Case Study
WhiteSource uses AWS to power 200 percent yearly growth, ensure 99.999 percent uptime for its SaaS platform, and create innovative new software features. The organization provides a SaaS platform that hundreds of enterprises use to manage the open-source components of their software. WhiteSource runs its primary SaaS application on the AWS Cloud and uses AWS Business Support for business and technical assistance.
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Code.org Security Case Study
The Hour of Code is a high-profile annual campaign that relies on AWS to help manage infrastructure and security needs. Code.org uses the campaign to promote access to computer science education in schools and increase participation by female and underrepresented minority students. Code.org relies on AWS Support and AWS Infrastructure Event Management to ensure seamless delivery of the Hour of Code activities to millions of students and teachers worldwide.
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SeatGeek Case Study
SeatGeek uses AWS to give developers faster, better-performing applications in the cloud, quickly build new ticketing software, and ensure a seamless experience for buyers, sellers, and venue managers. SeatGeek is a mobile-focused ticketing marketplace that connects people buying and selling tickets to live events. The company runs its Microsoft .NET–based applications on AWS.
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Robot Care Systems Case Study
By using AWS RoboMaker to connect Lea, its robotic assistive walker, to the cloud, Robot Care Systems added an intuitive voice interface, OTA updates, and machine-learning–based analytics. The company builds robotic healthcare devices to help people live more independently. Robot Care Systems is using AWS RoboMaker for ROS cloud extensions, Amazon Lex and Amazon Polly to support a voice interface, Amazon Rekognition for facial recognition, and Amazon SageMaker for machine learning for autonomous navigation.
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Lancaster University Case Study
Lancaster University uses a variety of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services and Amazon Alexa to enrich its students’ campus experience with voice technology. The university, founded in 1964, is located in the city of Lancaster, England. In three major national league tables, Lancaster University is ranked in the top 10, making it one of the highest ranked universities in the United Kingdom (UK). Using Amazon Alexa and multiple AWS services, including Amazon Cognito, Amazon Lex, and Amazon Lambda, the voice-powered campus companion answers common academic and social questions.
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