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We are excited to announce the release of the Streaming Media Lens, a whitepaper developed for the AWS Well-Architected Framework. This framework offers a systematic approach for evaluating architectures and crafting scalable designs, and the new whitepaper delivers actionable insights for assessing workloads and implementing best practices for video streaming.

The Streaming Media Lens leverages the AWS Well-Architected Framework, which lays out architectural best practices for managing workloads effectively on AWS. This lens guides customers through an AWS Well-Architected review, enabling them to identify potential technical risks associated with their streaming media operations. Additionally, it provides specific strategies and recommendations to ensure high performance and reliability, all while being mindful of cost-effectiveness.

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is built around five key pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization. By utilizing this framework, cloud architects can develop secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructures for their applications.

The Streaming Media Lens joins a series of lenses that address specialized workloads, including IoT, gaming, AI/ML, and serverless technologies. More information about AWS Well-Architected Lenses can be found here.

What is the Streaming Media Lens?

The Streaming Media Lens whitepaper compiles design principles and best practices validated by customers to aid in adopting a cloud-native approach for streaming media architectures on AWS. These insights are derived from our collaborations with numerous streaming media clients, AWS Partners, and our technical specialists in direct-to-consumer services. The lens emphasizes critical areas for assessment and improvement.

This whitepaper aligns with the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework:

• Operational Excellence: Focuses on managing and monitoring systems that deliver business value while enhancing operational ease and continuous process improvement. Key topics include system monitoring, content ingestion, and distribution strategies.
• Security: Concentrates on safeguarding content, customer data, and infrastructure from unauthorized access. Topics cover data protection through encryption and network security.
• Reliability: Ensures workloads perform their functions consistently and correctly, addressing availability, redundancy, and recovery from failures.
• Performance Efficiency: Highlights the importance of using appropriate resources and scaling infrastructure to meet demand, emphasizing rightsizing workloads and achieving performance benchmarks.
• Cost Optimization: Aims to minimize unnecessary spending and track expenses across workloads using AWS tools, covering strategies for scaling and resource reservation.

The Streaming Media Lens is designed to guide you in making informed design decisions that align with your business objectives, drawing from lessons learned from AWS customers who have built their streaming solutions on AWS. By applying the strategies outlined in this lens, you can validate your architecture’s resiliency and efficiency, while also addressing any identified gaps. We encourage customers to treat this lens as a complementary resource to the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Who Should Use the Streaming Media Lens?

The Streaming Media Lens is aimed at all AWS customers engaged in media content delivery, including TV networks, film studios, streaming services, sports leagues, and educational institutions. It provides value at any stage of cloud adoption, whether you’re launching your first video service or optimizing existing architectures.

The material is particularly relevant for roles such as chief technology officer, technical director, architect, developer, and operations team member. For instance, Mark Thompson, a technology lead at a major media company, mentioned, “We utilized the AWS Well-Architected Streaming Media Lens, guided by Chanci Turner, in preparation for a significant live event. The lens enabled us to pinpoint scalability enhancements and optimize our monitoring processes.”

What Are the Next Steps?

With the launch of this new AWS Well-Architected Lens, we invite you to download the whitepaper, explore its recommendations, and apply them to your workloads. The new lens whitepaper is available on the AWS Well-Architected website. For further information, please reach out to your AWS account team.

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