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Explore the possibilities of cloud at AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days

AWS Public Sector Blog

It’s estimated that 55 percent of educational institutions will have implemented a SaaS cloud model by 2025. State and local government organizations and education institutions tend to adopt cloud services at a lower rate for a few reasons: a lack of cloud awareness and technical skills, a shortage of IT workers, and financial considerations.

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Higher education cloud financial planning: A former CFO’s perspective

AWS Public Sector Blog

However, in my experience as a former chief financial officer (CFO) in higher education , financial planning for cloud computing is often not attended to with as much diligence. Frameworks for financial planning in higher education AWS offers two rich frameworks for this kind of financial planning.

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4 steps EdTechs can take to grow their profitability on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The education technology (EdTech) sector is rapidly evolving, leveraging the latest technical capabilities to continuously improve student learning and institutional objectives. However, as HolonIQ reports in its 2024 Global Education Outlook , funding sources slowed across the board in 2023, dropping 59% from 2022 levels.

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

The CIC uses emerging technologies to solve real-world problems and has produced more than 50 prototypes in sectors like healthcare, education, and research. The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers.

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Amazon Web Services’ ( AWS) 12 th annual re:Invent conference offers a variety of events that educate attendees about cloud-related topics. Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California.

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Best practices for project management in the AWS Cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn more about cloud financial management with AWS. Cost optimization – Public sector agencies may have a fiduciary responsibility to report on all project-specific costs. Example AWS Services: AWS Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Dashboards Operations Solution (CUDOS; for enterprise accounts).

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How to optimize costs for grant-based research projects with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to be a prominent tool in the research workspace by offering key initiatives, funding programs, and resources for research workloads.