Category: AWS Direct Connect

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 […]

We are excited to announce the general availability of AWS HealthImaging, a purpose-built service that helps builders develop cloud-native applications that store, analyze, and share medical imaging data at petabyte-scale. HealthImaging ingests data in the DICOM P10 format. It provides APIs for low-latency retrieval, and purpose-built storage. Our healthcare customers tell us they want their […]

The rapid advancement of autonomous driving technology is transforming the automotive industry, leading to improved safety, efficiency, and convenience. As self-driving vehicles evolve, automakers must address several challenges to ensure their widespread adoption. Among these challenges, reliable, secure, and low-latency communication between vehicles and teleoperation centers is critical for real-time responsiveness and decision-making in complex […]

The Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in the telecom industry are looking to find more use cases to leverage. However, a public cloud and 5G core network deployments on AWS are gaining more attention by identifying practical use cases, such as private networks for enterprises, as well as brand new 5G network creation. As emphasized in […]

Grocery retailers typically operate high-volume, low-margin business models. All the retailer’s resources need to be deployed in a way to maximize productivity and minimize cost. This isn’t a simple ask because the majority of applications in the industry have grown organically over a long period of time. In the UK, the top five grocers—with the […]