Category: Announcements

The 2026 AWS Partner Awards honor partners who have demonstrated outstanding results and innovation with the use of AWS products and solutions. AWS Partners can self-nominate themselves to be considered across a select number of AWS Partner Award categories. Award submissions will be reviewed by a third-party and selected with special emphasis placed on customer success use cases presented in the nomination form. All nominations must be submitted by 11:59 PM PDT on August 14, 2026.

We are excited to highlight 184 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in June for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), and AWS Service Delivery 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.

AWS has launched the Partner-Led Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) motion, extending its $1 billion investment in agentic AI deployment to strategic consulting partners. This new capability builds dedicated, AWS-credentialed engineering teams within leading partners to deliver production agentic systems in days, not months, using a reusable delivery harness that compounds expertise with every engagement, ensuring customers achieve real outcomes on real data under real governance.

New agentic capabilities in AWS Partner Central support you at every stage of your selling journey—from identifying the right leads to getting real-time insights and support on every deal you share with AWS. Learn how to build a stronger pipeline, accelerate deal progression, and get real-time qualification on every opportunity.

We’re expanding agentic capabilities in AWS Partner Central that get you ready to sell in days—from automated profile setup and AWS Marketplace listing creation to streamlined Foundational Technical Review validation. Now you can now unlock badging, benefits, and funding faster.

We’re announcing the Amazon Connect Customer Competency, helping customers find validated Partners who can migrate legacy contact centers and build AI-powered customer experiences on Amazon Connect. Benefits include $50K in Marketing Development Funds, AWS Migration Acceleration Program funding, and dedicated co-selling support to accelerate customer transformations.

Customers are shifting toward outcome-based engagements—and they’re willing to pay a premium for Partners who can prove results. We’re introducing the Business Value Realization (BVR) motion, which provides Services Partners with funding, enablement resources, and specialized support to lead post-sales customer success.

We are excited to highlight 169 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in May for our global AWS Competency 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.

We’re excited to announce the regional 2026 AWS Partners of the Year from Latin America. This year’s award winners have demonstrated exceptional innovation and commitment to customer success. Working side by side with AWS Partners has yielded remarkable results, and we’re excited to build upon these successes as we strengthen our partnerships throughout 2026.

We are excited to highlight 158 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in April for our global AWS Competency program. 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.