I recently sat down with Jillian Forde on “The Official AWS Podcast”  to talk about how Totogi’s AWS-first charging-as-a-service solution helped restore mobile connectivity to 23 million subscribers in Sudan during a crisis. For this episode, I’m bringing a condensed version of our conversation to listeners to spread the word on how having a cloud-native solution can mean the difference between complete service disruption and business continuity. Listen now to hear:

• How Totogi's AWS-first architecture helped us restore mobile connectivity in 18 days [03:32];
• Why choosing AWS services like DynamoDB and Lambda over cloud-agnostic solutions was crucial for our success [07:56];
• How the public cloud transforms disaster recovery from an expensive, rarely-tested backup into an efficient, cost-effective solution [13:39]; and
• Why regulated industries need to embrace public cloud now to take advantage of generative AI and stay competitive [16:19].

Links and Resources

• Check out the original, uncut version of my conversation with Jillian Forde on The Official AWS Podcast.
• Learn more about how Totogi Charging-as-a-Service can help you to eliminate your charger’s unused disaster recovery set up to quickly failover when you need it, only paying for what you use.
• Check out our case study on our work with Zain Sudan.
• I also talked about our remarkable work in Sudan with Ali Hussein Kassim, host of Ali Talks Tech in episode 95. Give it a listen!
• Buy Totogi’s Charging-as-a-Service on the AWS Marketplace. Start at $0.01 per month!
• One of my favorite movies about attending a business conference is “Cedar Rapids,” about naive insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) who has never stayed in a hotel, never flown in a plane, and has never left his tiny Wisconsin hometown. Tim meets three veteran attendees (John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock Jr.), who coerce him into a life-altering weekend of wild times and sweet temptation. It’s hilariously awesome!
• Check out this episode on our YouTube channel.
• You can find the transcript for the episode here.

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