Expedia takes advantage of the AWS global infrastructure to reduce network latency, improve time-to-market, and create a standardized platform that enables continuous innovation. Expedia is a leading online travel company for leisure and business travelers that maintains websites worldwide to offer localized content to customers.

Financial Engines is using AWS to reduce infrastructure costs by more than 90 percent and gain immense scalability. The largest independent investment advisor in the United States, Financial Engines offers technology-enabled portfolio-management services, financial planning, and investment guidance to more than nine million people nationwide. The firm runs its core computational engine on a serverless architecture using AWS Lambda. 

Euclid, based in Palo Alto, CA, collects and analyzes data to help brick-and-mortar retailers optimize their businesses. By running on AWS, Euclid can run complex queries on tens of terabytes of data in only two hours while reducing costs by nearly 90%.

Using the AWS Cloud, iRobot can offer internet-connected Roomba robotic vacuums on a global scale. By helping its customers with everyday chores, the company gives them more time for what’s most important. iRobot connects to its Roomba vacuums using AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis, and AWS IoT in a serverless architecture.

Using AWS, WeTransfer seamlessly supports more than 40 million active users, who transfer about 1 billion files each month, generating traffic peaks of 15 GB of data per second. Based in the Netherlands and the United States, the company provides a file- transfer service that makes it easy for users to send files of up to 20 GB in size. WeTransfer uses AWS Enterprise Support to maintain high availability and deliver a consistently excellent customer experience.

By using AWS and AWS Marketplace, MatchMove can securely set up global clients’ payment platforms within 48 hours, while meeting stringent compliance requirements from regulatory authorities. MatchMove is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company providing a fully supported mobile wallet that businesses can easily integrate with their own systems or applications. In addition to four AWS core services—Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon ElastiCache, and Amazon RDS—the company uses AWS Marketplace to quickly deploy third-party software that enhances product performance and protects clients’ financial data.

Starling Bank is one of the UK’s leading fintech startups, and a successful mobile-first disruptor in the retail banking market. Since launching in 2014, Starling Bank has used AWS to build a convenient, transparent, and mobile-first service without sacrificing security, scalability or cost-effectiveness. Using AWS services including AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, and Amazon RDS, Starling has achieved a fast, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure which enables seamless, compliant functionality updates.

With the help of AWS, Bynder has been able to grow 200 percent year-over-year, scaling into new regions and working with several multinational organizations. The company’s digital asset management (DAM) platform offers brands a smarter way to find, share, and use digital files at any time and from anywhere. The company has also maintained an innovative culture amid rapid international growth, using Amazon Rekognition and AWS Lambda to improve customer experience and speed innovation.

Currencycloud is a payment platform which helps businesses to handle overseas payments using cloud technology. Founded in the UK in 2012, the company began with a physical, on-premises IT infrastructure to power its processes. Today the company is cloud-powered, thanks to a new and successful collaboration with AWS. Benefits gained from include a reduced server spin-up speed from 6 months to 6 minutes, an anticipated 30% cost reduction by the end of year one, and higher server and database performance.