Author: Kathryn Martini

With more than 100,000 AWS Partners across the globe, how do you find the right partner for the right job? AWS Specializations help customers find a short list of trusted cloud partners with diverse expertise. Learn about the four programs that provide technical validation based on AWS services, workloads, use cases, industries, and managed services: Service Delivery, Service Ready, Competency, and Managed Service Provider (MSP).

We are excited to introduce new AWS GameDay partner benefits for AWS Partners in several of our differentiation programs. AWS GameDay League is made up of teams from global partner companies who compete against each other in hands-on technical challenges to build new cloud skills capabilities and have fun while doing so. AWS GameDay Quests Development Kit (QDK) gives partners the ability to integrate their products with real-world scenarios to be leveraged as repeatable, lead-generating events with customers.

In the data and analytics world, many customers have learned how expert AWS Partners can help them rethink and modernize their data architectures, or migrate and manage data warehouses, data-driven applications, and governed data lakes on AWS. To set your data and analytics business apart, it’s important to leverage the AWS Partner Network (APN) and our various differentiation programs. Whether you are just beginning to build or expand your AWS-based business, we offer programs to help you succeed.

AWS Service Delivery Partners pass a high technical bar in order to participate in the AWS Service Delivery Program. To achieve this designation, we validate APN Consulting Partners who have deep expertise with specific AWS services, such as AWS Lambda. Once in the program, AWS Service Delivery Partners receive core program benefits that increase visibility with customers, offer chances to engage with AWS service teams, and provide access to deeper learning events and opportunities related to AWS services.