Case Study: Askey Computer Corporation achieves scalable, reliable, and cost-saving smart-city infrastructure for Taipei Main Station with Amazon Web Services

Askey Computer Corporation - Customer Case Study

Askey Computer Corporation, an ASUS-owned maker of IT and network-communication products based in Taipei, was tasked by the city to modernize Taipei Main Station as ridership grows. The challenge was to deliver a location-aware smartphone app that integrates with digital displays and CCTV, supports real-time traveler information and emergency messaging, and runs on a high-performance infrastructure that can scale up and down with passenger flows.

Askey chose AWS for its managed services and reliability, building the solution with Amazon EC2, Elastic Beanstalk for auto-scaling, API Gateway, Amazon Kinesis (collecting data from 5,000 beacons), AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3. The system provides real-time navigation, transit and parking updates, emergency alerts, and usage data for planners, while delivering the needed scalability and reliability and cutting management overhead—requiring one IT administrator instead of an estimated 15 (about a 93% staff/cost saving).

Askey Computer Corporation

KJ Liu

Head of Smart City Integrated Solutions