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Amazon Web Services re:Invent 2022 wrap up: Capital One optimizes for productivity, efficiency, and security on Amazon Web Services
The cloud presents massive opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce complexity, and accelerate innovation. For
Capital One’s solution
In 2020, Capital One went all in on Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services) and successfully retired its last data center. “We’re heavily invested in technology,” says George Mao, senior distinguished engineer at Capital One. “What this lets us do—being in the cloud—is to innovate faster and not have to worry about all of the, what Amazon Web Services calls, undifferentiated heavy lifting, like managing servers.”
Capital One adopted a serverless-first approach for its cloud infrastructure. It has standardized components of
Capital One also migrated different applications to purpose-fit databases, helping its backend databases manage data at a large scale and accelerate innovation. For example, its key-value databases rely on
To support employees working in locations around the world, Capital One also migrated its virtual desktop infrastructure to
“Going to Amazon Web Services managed services or serverless services massively reduces how much you have to do.” —Geetha Gopal, vice present of software engineering and head of cloud and productivity engineering, Capital One
Benefits of using Amazon Web Services
By going all in on Amazon Web Services, Capital One has accelerated innovation and agility while meeting its stringent security, governance, and compliance requirements. “Going to Amazon Web Services managed services or serverless services massively reduces how much you have to do,” says Geetha Gopal, vice present of software engineering and head of cloud and productivity engineering at Capital One. The company can run, deploy, and test code quickly and implement automated services to reduce manual labor, helping teams focus on innovation.
The Amazon WorkSpaces project has vastly improved productivity and speed to market. The company saw a 30 percent increase in the use of virtual desktops among its users while enhancing the speed and simplicity of the provisioning process. “By automating Amazon WorkSpaces provisioning, what used to take us days now takes us less than an hour,” says Nasir Baig, operations manager at Capital One. On Amazon Web Services, developers can get to work faster in secure environments while optimizing for speed, cost, and agility.
Company overview
Founded in 1994, Capital One is one of the top 10 banks in the United States, serving over one hundred million customers.
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Capital One has successfully gone all in on Amazon Web Services, adopting innovative cloud solutions that boost agility and productivity while meeting stringent security and compliance requirements.