Cloud Streaming | Managed Cloud

Improved Toll Operations and Reduced Cloud Costs with Cloud Data Streaming

Summary

The Philippines’ largest toll road operator worked with Stratpoint to launch a fully electronic toll collection system. By integrating AWS and Confluent for real-time data streaming, the project improved toll barrier response times from 10 seconds to 0.5 seconds and reduced monthly Cloud costs by 33%. 

Background

The largest toll road operator and developer in the Philippines sought a partner with expertise in data streaming and Cloud management to support the launch of a fully electronic toll collection system for a major expressway project. To achieve this, the company partnered with Stratpoint for its expertise in AWS and Confluent Cloud, becoming the pioneer user of Confluent in the Philippines.

Challenge

  • Global talent shortage of skilled and quality developers and limited AWS capabilities of in-house team hindered the company’s vision of providing a seamless toll experience for customers
  • Delays in transaction processing due to latency between platforms affect seamless toll operations for over 30,000 vehicles daily
  • Building and managing a centralized and real-time data system in the Cloud to maintain customer satisfaction

Solution

Stratpoint, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and Confluent expert, onboarded Cloud engineers to build, connect, and integrate the client’s toll collection in the Cloud through AWS and Confluent.
 

  • Infrastructure set-up on AWS for an event streaming platform with Confluent
  • AWS Landing Zone creation
  • Development of API services to manage data transmission between platforms
  • 24/7 monitoring, cost optimization, and automation of best practices
  • Implementation of Instance Scheduler to ensure “as-needed” Cloud usage 

    Outcome

    Toll barrier opening improved from 10 seconds to 0.5 seconds
    Near real-time data streaming provided customers with an accurate view of their load balance
    33% reduction in monthly Cloud spend
    24/7 monitoring minimized downtime
    Positioned the client as an innovator in tollway operations and Confluent technology in the Philippines

    Technologies used

    • AWS: VPC, Route53, CloudFront, Web Application Firewall, API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, RDS Proxy, RDS Aurora, RDS Standard, S3, CloudFormation, Guardrails, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SecurityHub
    • Confluent