Category: Foundational (100)

We are excited to introduce the Partner Initiative Funding (PIF) template in the AWS Partner Funding Portal (APFP), enabling AWS Partners to easily self-access their agreement and any initiative funds without relying on their AWS partner manager. The template unifies and standardizes the different funding experiences into one template, and provides funding transparency throughout the funding cycle. This improves the overall funding process time for partners by having a configurable workflow.

Developing a sustainable and effective co-sell program with AWS demands a comprehensive understanding of your AWS collaboration objectives, and a keen focus on empowering your sales team to effectively work with AWS stakeholders. Sales teams that are well-informed about AWS’s culture, sales and GTM stakeholders, and sales processes can co-sell more efficiently, especially when equipped with resources such as pitch decks, call scripts, and case studies. Learn more about the “Co-Sell Development Framework.”

AWS customers are accelerating their digital transformation, simplifying procurement, and optimizing costs by using AWS Marketplace to discover, procure, provision, and manage third-party software, data, and services all in one place. Explore some of the reasons customers choose to finance AWS Marketplace purchases, how financing works, and how AWS Marketplace Customer Financing can help customers and AWS Partners get started with financing.

Accenture recently announced an extension of its strategic collaboration with AWS to help clients leverage the value of foundational models and generative AI for faster business transformation. Learn how Accenture is working with AWS to help clients leverage Amazon Bedrock, utilizing the most advanced foundational models, such as Amazon Titan, and deploying industry-leading technologies like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Inferentia, alongside other AWS AI services.

In the era of 5G, telecommunication services providers (telcos) are under pressure to find new ways to build, operate, and monetize networks while delivering new and greater value to customers. We’re excited to introduce the AWS Telecommunications Competency, which helps telcos find validated partners offering consulting services in key telecom solution areas, including Operations Support Systems (OSS), Business Support Systems (BSS), Communications as a Service (CaaS), Mobile Networks, and Media & TV.

We are excited to highlight 178 AWS Partners that received new or renewed designations in August for our global AWS Service Delivery, AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), and AWS Service Ready programs. These designations span workload, solution, and industry, and help AWS customers identify top AWS Partners that can deliver on core business objectives. AWS Partners are focused on your success, helping customers take full advantage of the business benefits AWS has to offer.

In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, security remains a concern for organizations of all sizes. As the threat landscape evolves, so do the solutions that address these challenges. The AWS Security Competency for ISVs aligns partner cyber security offerings to the needs of AWS customers, which is why the program now includes the “Data Security Posture Management” use case in the Data Protection category, and the “Temporary Elevated Access Management” use case in the Identity and Access Management category.

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that enables developers to build interactive video experiences across many verticals, including retail, esports, fitness, and live events. It reduces the barrier to entry for companies seeking to create live-streaming experiences for their websites or applications. Learn how AWS Partners in the APAC region are helping customers accelerate their journey to AWS with Amazon IVS.

Channel Partners are increasingly transacting through AWS Marketplace to deliver greater value to their customers, with benefits like simplified procurement and consolidated billing. As a result, preferred Channel Partners are experiencing benefits like accelerated deal closure, expanded reach, and optimized costs. Learn how AWS is investing in an enhanced AWS Marketplace experience, and how Channel Partners can build on AWS to expand their customer reach and accelerate sales.

Version 1 is a leading AWS Partner across the UK and Ireland and specializes in the migration, optimization, and running of complex enterprise workloads on AWS. An AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, Version 1 has collaborated with AWS for more than 10 years and was one of the first AWS consulting partners in Europe. Learn about Version 1’s rich history of delivering successful AWS technology solutions to organizations around the globe and why the firm was named 2022 AWS Migration Partner of the Year – EMEA.