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Addressing the intersection of climate change and health with new Halcyon fellowship: Apply now

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2017, AWS has worked with Halcyon to support talented social entrepreneurs around the world through the Halcyon Incubator. “Entrepreneurs, when provided with the right tools and resources, can solve many of the world’s most pressing issues,” said Dan Barker, managing director of the Halcyon Incubator. “We

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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders.

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Accelerating India’s digital future: MeitY empanels AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) Region for government workloads

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2017, AWS India became the first global CSP in India to receive full empanelment for its cloud service offerings after the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region completed MeitY’s STQC (Standardization Testing and Quality Certification) audit. Examples include initiatives such as the development of Co-WIN , which has supported more than 2.20

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

These incentives standardize processes and motivate behaviors that achieve the objectives of these initiatives in a way that can be sustained over time. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invested in the development of Prozorro, which is estimated to have saved Ukraine’s government $6 billion since 2017.

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Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

Reprogramming the City

London firm Boano Prišmontas developed a modular structure for a project that repurposed railway arches and can be used in other marginal spaces in the city to create temporary affordable workspaces. The project’s value lies in its nomadic, temporary and sustainable approach.

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AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP) expands to help AWS Partners accelerate their cloud business

AWS Public Sector Blog

Developed in collaboration with our partners, the two TTMs currently available to partners are the Cloud Enablement Engine (CEE) and the CFO Cloud Conversations (CCC). If you are interested in learning more about TTMs, please speak to your AWS Partner Development Manager or contact AWS.

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to supporting Japan’s digital transformation (DX) ambition by helping Japanese customers modernize IT and innovate securely at pace, driving sustainable economic growth. We are also focused on helping our customers meet their sustainability goals with cloud technology.