AMAZON WEB SERVICES

In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began offering IT infrastructure services to businesses like web services — now commonly known as cloud computing. One of the key benefits of cloud computing is the opportunity to replace upfront capital infrastructure expenses with low variable costs that scale with your business. With the cloud, businesses no longer need to plan for and procure servers and other IT infrastructure weeks or months in advance. Instead, they can instantly spin up hundreds or thousands of servers in minutes and deliver results faster.

Today, AWS provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.

CHANGING THE WAY WORLD LEARNS

Coursera is the world’s largest provider of massive open online classes (MOOC), with more than 150 university partners from 29 countries and more than 25 million registered students. Since its launch in 2012, the company’s educational offering has expanded from a handful of courses to some 2,000 offerings in 160 specializations, including business, computer science, and the humanities.

To host its website and support its rapidly expanding business, Coursera relies heavily on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Until recently, the company focused on setting up its backend services and AWS infrastructure. Now, it is needed to streamline its front-end processes as well. “We wanted to improve the front-end developer experience and improve our website’s reliability and performance,” says Bryan Kane, senior engineer at Coursera.

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