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Introduction
- The session introduces four core personas that AWS works with: Data Center Dave, Energetic Elsa, Strategic Ian, and AWS Expert Emma.
- The presenters will discuss the pain points of these personas, how AWS works with them, best practices, real customer use cases, and architectural patterns and guidance.
Data Center Dave (Starter Workloads)
- Dave is an expert in data centers and is looking to implement a disaster recovery strategy.
- AWS provides four approaches for disaster recovery: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, and active-active, based on the customer's RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) requirements.
- AWS Storage Gateway and Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) service can help Dave implement a backup and restore, and disaster recovery strategy.
Energetic Elsa (Technical Foundations)
- Elsa has some experience with AWS and is looking to migrate more workloads, focusing on cost optimization and regulatory requirements.
- AWS recommends a multi-account strategy using AWS Control Tower, which provides a well-architected, multi-account environment with built-in security and governance controls.
- Elsa can also use AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO) for single sign-on access to all child accounts and set up a centralized networking architecture using AWS Transit Gateway.
Strategic Ian (Strategic Workloads)
- Ian has already migrated a significant number of workloads to AWS and is now looking to leverage cloud-native applications to optimize costs and explore new opportunities.
- AWS Migration Hub can help Ian plan, track, and assess his migration journey, providing recommendations and a detailed plan through the different phases.
- Ian can leverage serverless services like API Gateway and Lambda to build scalable, event-driven applications, and Amazon Connect to improve his contact center experience.
AWS Expert Emma (Innovative Workloads)
- Emma's company is already well-versed in AWS and is looking to innovate and gain a competitive advantage.
- AWS can help Emma identify innovation opportunities by understanding her customers' pain points, market trends, and industry best practices.
- Emma can leverage AWS data lake and lakehouse architectures to manage her data effectively and use services like Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon QuickSight for data analytics and business intelligence.
- Emma can also explore generative AI solutions using services like Amazon Lex, Amazon Polly, and Amazon Transcribe to create new experiences, improve productivity, gain insights, and drive creativity.