Our customer, one of Europe’s leading stock exchanges, has earned recognition for its innovative approach in trading equities, bonds, derivatives, and digital assets. Historically operating with isolated data silos, they embarked on a mission in 2010 to create a centralized, trustworthy data repository with robust governance to support its growing business. The central data engineering team plays a mission-critical role by managing master data, transaction transparency, and regulatory compliance for agencies like BAFIN, ESMA, and FINMA, serving customers across Europe. This effort supports the company’s growth trajectory from managing 350,000 instruments in 2010 to a projected 2.6 million by 2025.
Our customer faced several operational and technical hurdles that necessitated a fundamental IT transformation, including:
Apps Associates, leveraging AWS cloud services, enabled our customers to transition from on-premises systems to a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient IT framework. The key transformation components included:
Apps Associates, leveraging AWS cloud services, enabled our customers to transition from on-premises systems to a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient IT framework. The key transformation components included:
AWS’s global infrastructure improved its ability to manage sudden business demands, providing stable platform operations with uninterrupted failovers.
Our customer confidently navigates regulations while leveraging AWS for its mission-critical application infrastructure. Disaster recovery tests validated readiness to maintain security and auditability under BAFIN, ESMA, and FINMA guidelines.
AWS’s capabilities allowed them to execute faster analytics and optimize application performance to align with volatile financial market demands.
Moving away from hardware-dependent, costly legacy systems eliminated frequent upgrades and maintenance cycles. AWS managed services decreased IT operating costs by approximately 30%.
AWS provided its customer with increased visibility into its core applications, enabling better planning, faster issue resolution, and optimized performance. By leveraging AWS’s partner ecosystem, they gained access to experts like Apps Associates, who brought specialized cloud and industry vertical knowledge.
“Working with Apps Associates was super smooth. They didn’t shy away from issues—no matter the time of day.”
“An intended failover in production can now be automated and completed in just minutes. On-premises, this would have taken several days.”
Through a strategic partnership with Apps Associates and AWS, the customer modernized its IT infrastructure, reducing technical debt and achieving exceptional availability, scalability, and compliance. This transformation enabled our customer to meet market demands, handle growing volumes of financial data, and maintain its position as a trusted and forward-thinking leader in the European stock exchange sector. This case serves as proof of Apps Associates’ expertise with AWS in delivering value-driven cloud migration solutions tailored for complex and regulated environments.
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