Category: Database

The Coupon Bureau (TCB) is modernizing how coupons work in the US with the first universal digital coupon standard: AI (8112). To make this possible, TCB needed to build a system that could support billions of coupon transactions in real time, integrate seamlessly with hundreds of providers and retailers, and deliver mission-critical reliability. By using AWS services, TCB designed a cloud-based architecture that processes high-volume events, delivers real-time webhook notifications, provides data recovery during outages, and scales seamlessly as adoption grows.

In this post, we explore how a graph-based student assessment system powered by AWS services can bring automation, accuracy, and adaptability to the standards-alignment process. With this modern approach, EdTech platforms can deliver scalable, standards-compliant, and personalized learning experiences across K12 learning environments.

OpenSecrets is a nonpartisan, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve as the trusted authority on money in American politics. Its vision is for Americans to use data on money in politics to create a more vibrant, representative, and responsive democracy. Through the AWS Imagine Grant—a public grant program that provides both cash and AWS credit funding to registered nonprofit organizations that are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions—OpenSecrets embarked on an ambitious project to revolutionize its political contribution database

In this post, we explore how Service NSW used AWS services to optimize its backup strategies while maintaining strict compliance requirements. By moving from a straightforward turnkey solution to a sophisticated, tiered approach, Service NSW achieved significant cost savings while enhancing its disaster recovery capabilities. The organization’s innovative use of automation for backup testing sets a new standard for efficient backup validation in large-scale database environments.

In an era where scientific discovery transcends borders, cloud computing is helping advance how researchers collaborate and innovate across the globe. Now available for download, The Value of Utilizing Cloud Service Providers for Open Science Research report—produced by Hyperion Research and sponsored by AWS— explores how and why researchers use cloud to accelerate open science research. Read this post to learn more.

In this post, we explore how we’re transforming educational content alignment by combining the graph database capabilities of Amazon Neptune with large language models (LLMs) accessible in Amazon Bedrock.

Learning Upgrade worked with AWS to modernize its platform and ultimately migrated fully to the cloud. This strategic shift empowered Learning Upgrade to scale globally, respond faster to new opportunities, and better serve learners in dynamic, resource-constrained environments. Read this post to learn more.

In this blog, we discuss how government agencies can evaluate and implement AWS alternatives to traditional Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) deployments while maintaining mission-critical availability.

AWS Professional Services has partnered with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), alongside GAMA-1 Technologies to broaden the scope and capabilities of the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF). This work supports NOAA’s ability to ingest, manage, process, and disseminate critical environmental data. Read this post to learn more.

This post demonstrates how to build serverless workflows on AWS that process such data using AWS Step Functions and integrate with downstream systems that have concurrency limitations.