Learn how one of our key customers Reed Business Information has used EPiServer and AWS to enable CMS deployments quickly and cost-effectively. Tom von Gessel, Reed Business Information

1. 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
105sites migrated in 6months
0%additional resources for project
69%cost reduction
0
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40
50
60
70
80
NovDec Jan Feb Mar April may June
Sites
To do Solid
Actuals Solid
To do Liquid
Actuals liquid

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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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