Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics, helping millions of people in the fight against serious illnesses. In 2014, Amgen implemented a solution to offload ETL data across a diverse data set (U.S. pharmaceutical prescriptions and claims) using Amazon EMR. The solution has transformed the way Amgen delivers insights and reports to its sales force. To support Amgen’s entry into a much larger market, the ETL process had to scale to eight times its existing data volume. We used Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EMR, and Amazon Redshift to generate weekly sales reporting metrics.
This session discusses highlights in Amgen’s journey to leverage big data technologies and lay the foundation for future growth: benefits of ETL offloading in Amazon EMR as an entry point for big data technologies; benefits and challenges of using Amazon EMR vs. expanding on-premises ETL and reporting technologies; and how to architect an ETL offload solution using Amazon S3, Amazon EMR, and Impala.
Duration: 42:31
Publisher: Amazon Web Services
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