Category: AWS Direct Connect

Background: Energy companies are seeking methods to run engineering software in the cloud, especially those that need a significant amount of computing and storage resources in short periods of time to bring about simulation capacity instantaneously and reduce project turnaround (for example, Florida-based utility runs PROMOD, Siemens Simcenter customers run CFD, Ansys LS-DYNA customers run […]

Toyota has made “connected cars” a key focus in its transition from an automotive company to a mobility company. In collaboration with its software and cloud services affiliate, Toyota Connected North America, it has developed an array of innovative technologies that help enhance customer safety and the overall vehicle ownership experience. One of these, Toyota […]

Many Telco use cases use Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) for traffic distribution, enhancing high availability (HA), resiliency, and fast failover. AWS Direct Connect and AWS Transit Gateways currently support ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path routing) specifically for connections from on-premises environments to the AWS cloud. However, within an Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), only a single destination can […]

This blog discusses how The New York Stock Exchange Group expanded its cloud-based market data product offerings by launching NYSE Cloud Streaming. NYSE Cloud Streaming is a real-time market data streaming solution that lands high-quality market data into AWS with sub-hundred milliseconds latency in a Kafka-compatible stream. This solution makes it easier for customers to […]

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are exploring public cloud hosting of network functions, driven by industry transformation. One promising use case is hosting a network function on AWS for outbound roaming subscribers, leveraging AWS’s global infrastructure and enabling enhanced user experience. This post details a reference architecture, including IP Exchange (IPX) connectivity options, allowing integration with […]

Today, O2 Telefónica announced its 5G Cloud Core – a new 5G cloud network built entirely in the cloud, using technologies from European network equipment provider Nokia and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We’re increasingly seeing more telecom operators recognize the value of moving network workloads to the cloud. Earlier this year, NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), […]

For retailers operating on a nationwide scale, it is important to have a disaster recovery (DR) architecture in place. It can be challenging to know what kind of architecture to implement when considering various things such as disaster assumptions, business continuity, and recovery requirements. Running store systems, such as store computers and point of sale […]

Welcome to the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Service Spotlight monthly blog series. Each month, we look at five key considerations that FSI customers should focus on to help streamline cloud service approval for one particular service. Each of the five key considerations includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical code that can be used […]

Industry Context In the utility industry, there is a wide range of devices and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that operate in an on-premises environment. With the growth of renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs), electric utilities need to change their energy planning models and operations to maintain reliability and stability of the […]

Overview Energy transition and digitalization sparked a dramatic growth in the volume and complexity of data in the energy industry. The importance of data has increased dramatically over the last decade as companies rethink their strategies and embrace new ways of storing and processing data to drive actionable business insights. As enterprises continue to generate […]