Flexibility, cost-savings, and innovation: Kellogg School of Management chooses AWS

The article discusses how the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University migrated their research data to a cost-effective and flexible solution on the AWS Cloud, resulting in significant savings and improved availability for researchers.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The need to replace an aging on-premises SQL server hosting research datasets
• Key criteria for the new solution: cost-effectiveness, user experience, maintainability, flexible storage, and future-readiness
• The decision to create a data lake on AWS using Amazon S3 and Amazon Athena, with support from the AWS team
• Benefits achieved: 90% cost savings, improved data availability, easier maintenance, and potential for AI/ML capabilities
• The seamless transition for researchers, who can continue querying data with minimal changes
• Plans to further leverage AWS for AI/ML and obtain additional AWS certifications