AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Category: APN Launches

2015 APN Program Guide Available on the APN Portal

We’ve made a number of changes to the APN Program in 2015. As our APN Partner ecosystem continues to grow, we continue to invest in, develop, and expand on a number of resources available to APN Partners, including APN Partner Programs, AWS Training and Certification for APN Partners, APN Partner benefits, APN Marketing resources and additional go-to-market […]

Integrating a Modern Big Data and Analytics Platform with AWS Services: Looker and Mortar

The AWS platform enables companies across verticals to perform big data analytics and meet the challenges of the increasing volume, variety, and velocity of digital information. We work with a number of APN Partners who provide customers with value-added services and solutions that are deployed on the AWS platform, which then take the possibilities of […]

New and Updated Technical Content – Now Available on the APN Portal

This morning, we added and updated a number of pieces of technical content for APN Partners to the APN Portal. All of the content added today has been written by our AWS Partner Solutions Architect (SA) team, who work closely with APN Partners on a day-to-day basis. New Documents Added: Best Practices for Running Oracle Database on Amazon Web […]

The Value of AWS Professional Services for APN Partners

Guest post by Todd Weatherby, Director of AWS Professional Services Worldwide  Hello APN Partners! I’m excited to share with you an update about the AWS Professional Services team.  We set up the AWS Professional Services team almost three years ago in response to requests from APN Partners and enterprise customers for help with implementation of the AWS […]

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment Now Available for APN Partners

We continue to add exclusive content on the APN Portal for APN Partners, and today we’re excited to announce the availability of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment for APN Partners. What’s Covered in this Quick Start Reference Deployment This Quick Start Reference Deployment includes architectural considerations and […]

Coming Together for AWS Customers: Cloudnexa, AppDynamics, Sumo Logic and Trend Micro

We work with a diverse APN Partner ecosystem who often come together to enrich their own services and solutions on AWS and develop dynamic offerings for end customers. Today, we’d like to tell you about four APN Partners, Cloudnexa (a Premier APN Consulting Partner) and Trend Micro, AppDynamics, and Sumo Logic (Advanced APN Technology Partners) […]

Content Additions and Updates on the APN Portal

The APN Portal is an online resource that is exclusive to APN Partners. Through the Portal, APN Partners can access a number of resources including marketing resources, the newly updated Opportunity Submission Tool, the APN Partner Webinar Library, and a wealth of business and technical content.  We have a number of teams across AWS who contribute […]

Take the New AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional Beta Exam – Closes December 21

Guest post by Maureen Lonergan, Director of Training & Certification, AWS On Friday, November 7 we announced the availability of our new certification for the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. DevOps practices increase IT efficiency for your business, allowing you to respond more quickly to your customers by providing stable, secure, and predictable IT environments. […]

Simplified RI Payment Options for APN Partners

Yesterday, we announced a change to the Reserved Instance (RI) offerings, intended to simplify the RI model for our APN Partners and AWS Customers. What’s New for APN Partners?  We have a new 1-year, No Upfront payment option that does not require an upfront payment and provides a substantial discount (typically about 30 percent) compared […]

APN Updates – International

The global APN ecosystem has grown substantially in the last 12 months, and a good portion of that growth comes from our international APN Partner presence. We strive to provide APN Partners around the globe with the specific support they need to successfully grow their AWS-based business. To that end, we’ve added, and plan to continue […]