EPiServer in the AWS Cloud

Tom van Gessel

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Reed Business Media

• Global publisher

• Multi-media services

• Leading brands in every market

• Inhouse Product Development

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Reed Business Media brands

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Reed Business Media is part of Reed Elsevier

Reed Business Media

Reed Business Media

RBI International (AUS, FRA, ITA, ESP)

RBI International (AUS, FRA, ITA, ESP)

Reed Business UK

Reed Business UK

Reed Business US

Reed Business US

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The EPIServer & AWS Journey

• Lower Cost Base

• Flexibility

• Faster time to market

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History - EPiServer

• 35 different websites

• 15+ website suppliers and hosters

• Content on- and offline are not integrated

• High average cost with limited change per website per year

• Time to market for website projects > 6 months

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History - AWS

• Large capital investments

• No opportunities to further consolidate

• Costs are not transparent

• Costs are not flexible

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Why EPiServer?

• Variety

• Editability

• Extensibility

• Scalability

• Build websites from modular components

• Technology

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Why Amazon Web Services for NL?

• Features and costs!

• Global deal Amazon with Reed Business Information (UK, US, NL).

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What we did…

Project EPiServer: October 2011

Project AWS: September 2012

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EPiServer migrations - stats

• First site launched in February 2012

• 30 sites migrated in 2012 / Q1 2013

• Time to market ~4 weeks per site

• More than 500.000 articles

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EPiServer migrations - stats

Added to the scope: Elsevier.nl

• 17 times faster!

• 4 times less expensive!

• New theme within the platform

• Fully responsive

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AWS migration - stats

105 sites migrated in 6months

0% additional resources for project

69% cost reduction

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Benefits EPiServer

• Quicker time-to-market

• Significant improvements for team and end-users

• Knowledge sharing

• Less content

• Reduced cost

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Benefits AWS

• Cost effective and scalable platform for hosting services

• Improved transparency of internal recharge model

• Scale fast!

• Downsize fast!

• High availability hosting for all websites

Cost effective Transparent

Scale & downsize fast

High availability

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What’s next - AWS

• Optimize reserved instances vs standard instances

• Self-service center for developers

• Setup Auto Scaling

• AWS marketplace

• High availability ??

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The EPIServer & AWS Journey

• Lower Cost Base

• Flexibility

• Faster time to market

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