AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog
Category: APN Launches
Updated APN Partner Accreditation Courses Available in More Languages
In order to upgrade in the APN, Consulting Partners must hold a certain number of AWS Accreditations – you can learn more about the requirements per tier here. Last fall, we released updated English versions of AWS Business and Technical Professional, our web-based accreditation courses for APN Partners. Today we’re making them available in six […]
Optimizing SaaS Tenant Workflows and Costs
Designing robust software as a service (SaaS) solutions often requires developers to find new and creative strategies for optimizing their applications. Pouring all your customers into a shared, multi-tenant environment places an even higher premium on identifying opportunities to remove bottlenecks and improve each customer’s experience. The smallest flaw can have a compounding impact that […]
AWS Professional Services Delivery Best Practices Bootcamp
As we see more and more customers going ‘all in’ on AWS, it’s critically important to us that our APN Partners have the ability to deliver high-quality professional services. Our new AWS Professional Services Delivery Best Practices Bootcamp is designed to help APN Partners develop professional services competencies at their firms. In this intensive three-day […]
Don’t Miss the AWS Partner Summit in Singapore on April 29th
The AWS Summit – Singapore is fast approaching, and the day after the Summit represents the start of an exclusive event for APN Partners, the AWS Partner Summit – Singapore! What can you expect at the AWS Partner Summit – Singapore? The AWS Partner Summit – Singapore will be held on Friday, April 29th, […]
Don’t Miss the AWS Partner Summit in Sydney on April 26th
Are you an APN Partner based in Australia? Are you a global company looking to connect with other APN Partners with a regional presence? If you’ve answered yes to one (or both) of these questions, then don’t miss the opportunity to join us in Sydney for the AWS Partner Summit on April 26th! What can […]
“Friends Don’t Let Friends Build Data Centers”
Reflections on the two-year anniversary of Infor going all-in with AWS Two short years ago at the AWS 2014 San Francisco Summit, Infor CEO Charles Phillips stated, “friends don’t let friends build data centers’’ and announced that Infor, a leading provider of industry-specific ERP solutions, was taking a cloud-first development approach and going “all-in” with […]
Architecting Microservices Using Weave Net and Amazon EC2 Container Service
In the past, it was far more common to have services that were relatively static. You might remember having a database server that existed on a fixed IP, and you probably had a static DNS mapping to that server. If this information changed, it could be a problem. However, in the cloud we accept change […]
New on the AWS Enterprise Blog: The Future of Managed Services in the Cloud
As part of his Enterprise Cloud Journey series, Stephen Orban, Head of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, published a piece today on the AWS Enterprise Blog about how managed services have evolved in the cloud. We’ve spoken at length on the APN Blog about the importance of understanding how managed services are different in the cloud, and what […]
Seven Steps to Successfully Prepare For Your AWS MSP Audit
Since the launch of the official AWS Managed Service Program in 2014, more than 50 APN Partners across the world have successfully completed the third-party validation audit established by the MSP team. More and more firms are looking for guidance on what it takes to pass the audit, and become an AWS MSP. Along with the MSP […]
Business Model Transformation on AWS – Wipro, the New AWS Partner Success Story
Today, we’d like to highlight our newest AWS Partner Success Story featuring Wipro, a Global Systems Integrator, Premier APN Consulting Partner, AWS Managed Service Provider, and AWS Life Sciences Competency Partner. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Wipro is a global IT consulting and system integration services firm that develops and implements solutions for enterprises across the globe. […]