With its AWS Cloud-based border-control solution, ITS can guarantee high availability for its kiosk applications. “We have virtually 24/7 uptime for our border-control solution in all the airports that we operate in across North America, because of the reliability we get using AWS,” says Schucroft.

In addition, ITS can provide solid security for its applications. “We use many of the security certifications Amazon has in place, and that gave U.S. Customs and Border Protection a lot of confidence,” says Schucroft.

The organization is also able to ensure application uptime while rolling out system updates. Schucroft says, “Using AWS CloudFormation templates, we can seamlessly refresh our virtual servers and test images before we push them out to production. As a result, we can deploy updates with zero downtime to our customers.”

By relying on different AWS regions to support its border-control platform, ITS has the disaster-recovery capabilities it needs. “Our solution is distributed to airports all over North America, and we are confident we can provide service to all those airports in the event of a disaster because of our AWS disaster-recovery architecture,” says Schucroft.

ITS also has the agility to quickly add virtual servers as needed. “Using AWS, we can quickly deploy new virtual servers, which will help us scale as our solution continues to expand to other airports,” says Schucroft. “And when we roll out a new feature that takes up a lot of bandwidth, we can easily launch another application server to stabilize traffic.”

Additionally, ITS benefs from the support provided by TriNimbus, which includes proactive monitoring and support services. “TriNimbus went above and beyond in helping ITS get this solution up and running. They did a fantastic job,” says Schucroft. “We look forward to working with them as we expand the solution to more airports and add new application features and other services.