Case Studies | Retail

Enabling a scaling auctions platform on AWS

SPP Support Engagement

About

A Retail business working with Cloud Combinator on AWS. The client is anonymised at their request.

Challenge

The engagement centred on three focus areas.

Scaling a young platform with confidence

Having launched roughly a year earlier and now starting to scale, the client needed an AWS foundation and support model that could grow with demand, so that increasing usage did not translate into operational risk.

Bringing AI into the auction experience

The platform's roadmap points toward richer, more automated auction experiences. Amazon Bedrock provides a route to add generative AI capability without the client having to build and operate its own model infrastructure.

Accessing AWS expertise and simplified commercials

As a lean, fast-moving company, the client wanted expert AWS support and a single, accountable commercial relationship rather than the burden of managing everything in-house.

Solution

SPP

Engaged through the AWS Solution Provider Program

Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock available for generative AI features

~1 year

Platform maturity at the start of the engagement

By the numbers:

  • SPP - Engaged through the AWS Solution Provider Program
  • Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock available for generative AI features
  • ~1 year - Platform maturity at the start of the engagement
Changes

Cloud Combinator established the client on the AWS Solution Provider Program under a formal partner agreement, giving the client an accountable route to AWS support, commercial management and AI capability as it scales.

  • Accountable support route — A single, managed relationship for AWS support and commercials, removing the overhead of an in-house cloud support function.
  • AI-ready foundation — Access to Amazon Bedrock positions the platform to add generative AI into its auction experiences when the roadmap calls for it.
  • Room to scale — An AWS footing suited to a platform moving from early traction into growth, with expert guidance available as demand rises.
  • Partner-backed enablement — Delivery is underpinned by Cloud Combinator's status as an established AWS partner, giving the client confidence in the support behind them.

With the Solution Provider Program relationship in place, the client is well positioned to scale its platform on AWS and to bring generative AI into its auction experiences, with Cloud Combinator on hand to support each step of that growth.

AWS Stack

Amazon Bedrock

For generative AI capability within the auction platform.

AWS Solution Provider Program

For managed AWS support and consolidated commercials.

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