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Building an application with AWS multi-Region services using services covered in Part 1

Creating a Multi-Region Application with AWS Services – Part 2, Data and Replication

Data is at the center of stateful applications. Data consistency models will vary when choosing in-Region vs. multi-Region. In this post, part 2 of 3, we continue to filter through AWS services to focus on data-centric services with native features to help get your data where it needs to be in support of a multi-Region […]

Figure 1. Heimdall Proxy architecture

Using Amazon Aurora Global Database for Low Latency without Application Changes

Deploying global applications has many challenges, especially when accessing a database to build custom pages for end users. One example is an application using AWS Lambda@Edge. Two main challenges include performance and availability. This blog explains how you can optimally deploy a global application with fast response times and without application changes. The Amazon Aurora […]

Figure 1: High-level ingestion and analytics architecture

Detect Real-Time Anomalies and Failures in Industrial Processes Using Apache Flink

For a long time, industrial control systems were the heart of the manufacturing process which allows collecting, processing, and acting on data from the shop floor. Process manufacturers used a distributed control system (DCS) to do the automated control and operation of an industrial process or plant. With the convergence of operational technology and information […]

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Top 10 Architecture Blog Posts of 2021

The AWS Architecture Blog highlights best practices and provides architectural guidance. We publish thought leadership pieces and how-tos. Check out the AWS Architecture Monthly Magazine, also published by our team, which offers a selection of the best new technical content from AWS! A big thank you to you, our readers, for spending time on our blog […]

Architecture Diagram showing the CAEdge Platform

Developing a Platform for Software-defined Vehicles with Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge)

This post was co-written by Martin Stamm, Principal Expert SW Architecture at Continental Automotive, Andreas Falkenberg, Senior Consultant at AWS Professional Services, Daniel Krumpholz, Engagement Manager at AWS Professional Services, David Crescence, Sr. Engagement Manager at AWS, and Junjie Tang, Principal Consultant at AWS Professional Services. Automakers are embarking on a digital transformation journey to […]

MFT inbound flow – push by data provider

Building a Cloud-Native File Transfer Platform Using AWS Transfer Family Workflows

October 2023: SFTP connectors have been released; therefore, Scenario 2, Step D has been updated. File-based transfers are one of the most prevalent mechanisms for organizations to exchange data over various interfaces with their partners and consumers. There are specialized third-party managed file transfer (MFT) products available in the market that provide rich workflows for […]

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Top 5: Featured Architecture Content from December 2021

The AWS Architecture Center provides new and notable reference architecture diagrams, vetted architecture solutions, AWS Well-Architected best practices, whitepapers, and more. This blog post features some of our best picks from December’s new and updated content. 1.  Sustainability Pillar – AWS Well-Architected Framework This new pillar in the Well-Architected framework helps organizations learn, measure, and […]

Figure 2. Technical workflow for Meshify IoT architecture

How Meshify Built an Insurance-focused IoT Solution on AWS

The ability to analyze your Internet of Things (IoT) data can help you prevent loss, improve safety, boost productivity, and even develop an entirely new business model. This data is even more valuable, with the ever-increasing number of connected devices. Companies use Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT services to build innovative solutions, including secure edge […]

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Top 5 Architecture Blog Posts for Q4 2021

The goal of the AWS Architecture Blog is to highlight best practices and provide architectural guidance. We publish thought leadership and how-to pieces that encourage readers to discover other technical documentation such as solutions and managed solutions, other AWS blogs, videos, reference architectures, whitepapers, and guides, training and certification, case studies, and the AWS Architecture […]

Architecture showing how How fEMR Delivers Cryptographically Secure and Verifiable EMR Medical Data with Amazon QLDB

How fEMR Delivers Cryptographically Secure and Verifiable Medical Data with Amazon QLDB

This post was co-written by Team fEMR’s President & Co-founder, Sarah Draugelis; CTO, Andy Mastie; Core Team Engineer & Fennel Labs Co-founder, Sean Batzel; Patrick Gryczka, AWS Solutions Architect; Mithil Prasad, AWS Senior Customer Solutions Manager. Team fEMR is a non-profit organization that created a free, open-source Electronic Medical Records system for transient medical teams.  […]