March 31, 2025
Optimizing a Cloud Environment With Scalable AWS Solutions
See how CDW’s Elastic Engineering solution helps organizations scale efficiently, deploy faster and keep their operations running smoothly.
The power of automation and expertise
45%
of organizations rely on managed service providers to extend their in-house IT capabilities1
47%
of organizations say increasing scalability and flexibility is key to keeping pace with shifting market demands2
How can growing businesses keep their cloud environments ready for anything?
A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
Leveraging Elastic Engineering for Scalable Cloud Deployment
A fast-growing AWS Premium Managed Services client needed a way to keep up with rising user demand. With limited internal resources, deploying new environments quickly and consistently was a challenge. That’s when the client turned to CDW for a more agile, repeatable solution.
THE TURNING POINT
Automating Deployments With AWS CloudFormation
CDW’s Premium Managed Services team got to work using Elastic Engineering to build a scalable, automated solution. Key components included:
- AWS CloudFormation to ensure Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for repeatability
- Amazon ECS on Fargate and Amazon RDS to support scalable API access utilizing AWS API Gateway
- Automation and DevOps methodologies to streamline deployment and testing
- Managed AWS Services onboarding to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
THE RESULTS
Standardized Rapid Deployment
By leveraging CDW Elastic Engineering and Managed Services, the client built a cloud environment designed to grow with its business.
Here’s why it worked:
- Rapid, repeatable deployments kept new environments launching smoothly as demand increased.
- Optimized resource allocation ensured high performance while managing costs effectively.
- Robust cloud security and compliance maintained resilience at every stage of growth.
- Scalable partnership expansion led to new opportunities, including an Azure Managed Services engagement.
What’s next?
CDW continues to support the client’s growth, helping the business scale its cloud environments without sacrificing performance or security. With Elastic Engineering, the client can respond faster to new demands and fully realize the potential of these cloud investments.
Sources:
1 TierPoint, “2025 Technology and IT Modernization Report,” 2025
2 Rackspace Technology, “The 2025 State of Cloud Reports,” 2025