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Customer Case Study: Time to Say Dubai Modernizes and Secures Their Consultation Platform with AWS

July 11, 2025 Comments Off on Customer Case Study: Time to Say Dubai Modernizes and Secures Their Consultation Platform with AWS

Client Name: Time to Say Dubai
Country: UAE
Client Website URL: Time to Say Dubai
Sector: Consultation

Executive Summary

Time to Say Dubai is a consultation platform helping individuals who wish to travel, start businesses, or find job opportunities in Dubai. As their operations scaled, they needed a secure, production-ready, and automated cloud infrastructure. With Atomic Computing’s expertise, they migrated their workloads to AWS, deployed a secure landing zone using AWS Control Tower, and launched a resilient WordPress-based application on EC2.

Key infrastructure components, including networking and foundational EC2 and RDS environments, were provisioned using AWS Service Catalog, enabling secure, standardized, and governed deployments.

Additionally, the platform introduced a smart chatbot powered by Amazon Lex to guide users on employment opportunities in Dubai. This chatbot is secured and delivered via a CloudFront distribution with Lambda@Edge for bot protection. These enhancements allowed Time to Say Dubai to align fully with AWS best practices and operate efficiently at scale.

Introduction

Time to Say Dubai specializes in providing consultation services to people planning to travel, launch businesses, or secure jobs in Dubai. Their expanding client base and growing service demands required a modern, cloud-native infrastructure that could scale, remain secure, and reduce operational overhead.

Atomic Computing was engaged to deliver a production-grade environment, establish governance, and enhance the platform’s usability, security, and scalability.

Challenges

Before partnering with Atomic Computing, the client faced key challenges:

  • Non-Production-Ready Setup: Their environment lacked high availability, automation, and robust security controls.
  • Governance & Security Gaps: The client needed a structured cloud framework aligned with AWS best practices.
  • Manual Deployments: Absence of automation made infrastructure changes error-prone and time-consuming.
  • Ineffective Scaling: Growing demands were difficult to meet with the existing architecture.
  • No Chatbot Security: Their job-finding chatbot required enhanced protection from malicious bots and scraping attempts.
  • Fragmented Information Sources: Users struggled to find accurate data across numerous government and travel websites.
  • Language Barriers: Non-English and non-Arabic speakers found it difficult to access or understand procedural information.
  • Limited Job Search Automation: Job listings lacked real-time updates and personalization.
  • Lack of Standardized Provisioning: Infrastructure components such as EC2, RDS, and networking were being deployed manually, leading to inconsistencies, security gaps, and operational risks.

Solutions Provided by Atomic Computing

1. AWS Control Tower Landing Zone

A secure and governed multi-account AWS environment was deployed using Control Tower, ensuring centralized logging, policy enforcement, and long-term scalability.

2. Production-Ready WordPress App on EC2

The client’s core consultation platform was launched on a well-architected EC2 instance with WordPress, configured for performance, reliability, and cost optimization.

3. Service Catalog-Based Infrastructure Provisioning

Atomic Computing built and published a set of curated AWS Service Catalog products to provision the client’s base infrastructure. This included VPCs, EC2 instances, RDS databases, IAM roles, and security groups—ensuring standardized, secure, and repeatable deployments across environments.

4. Well-Architected Framework Review and Remediation

Atomic Computing conducted an AWS WAFR and remediated 100% of the identified High-Risk Issues (HRIs), aligning the platform with AWS’s five pillars of architecture.

5. Amazon Lex Chatbot Integration

An intelligent chatbot, powered by Amazon Lex, was integrated into the platform to help users find job listings and opportunities in Dubai. It improved user experience and reduced manual workload on customer support.

6. CloudFront Distribution with Lambda@Edge Protection

To safeguard the chatbot and static assets, the team implemented CloudFront and Lambda@Edge functions that block unwanted bots, rate-limit requests, and maintain fast, secure user interactions.

Results and Benefits

  • 100% HRI Remediation

Successfully addressed all critical risks identified in the AWS Well-Architected review.

  • Secure, Scalable Architecture

The new infrastructure supports production-scale traffic with governance and automation.

  • Job-Finding Chatbot

Users benefit from an Amazon Lex-powered chatbot, available 24/7, to discover employment options in Dubai

  • Bot Protection at the Edge

Lambda@Edge protects chatbot and user data from malicious bots, improving security and performance.

  • Faster Time-to-Market

Developers can now deploy EC2, RDS, and VPC configurations on demand through Service Catalog, accelerating innovation and reducing delays.

  • Improved User Experience
    The platform’s performance, availability, and functionality now match the client’s business goals and customer expectations.
  • Standardized, Self-Service Infrastructure via AWS Service Catalog

Infrastructure provisioning became fast, secure, and repeatable using curated Service Catalog products, significantly reducing manual intervention and errors.

Conclusion

Time to Say Dubai successfully transitioned to a modern, production-ready AWS environment with the help of Atomic Computing. From application hosting and governance to infrastructure automation and intelligent chatbot deployment, the solution ensures long-term scalability, security, and performance. The project empowered the client to focus on growing their consultation business with confidence.

About Atomic Computing:
Atomic Computing is a leading provider of cloud solutions and services, specializing in helping businesses leverage AWS to achieve their strategic objectives. With a focus on innovation and customer success, Atomic Computing delivers tailored solutions that drive growth and efficiency

This case study demonstrates the power of AWS and the expertise of Atomic Computing in transforming cloud infrastructure for enhanced performance, security, and scalability.