AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Category: Announcements

Updates to the AWS MSSP Competency: Deliver Turnkey Security Solutions for Customers

We’re introducing new categories for the AWS MSSP Competency (previously AWS Level 1 MSSP Competency) to help customers easily identify Partners with security expertise based on their unique needs. The new competency categories validate Partners’ abilities to deliver comprehensive security solutions through native AWS services and third-party integrations.

Accelerate Your Public Sector Practice: Updates and Key Partner Programs

Learn about the latest updates announced at AWS Summit Washington, DC, including enhanced Government Competency benefits and new Partner Transformation Program modules. Discover key programs and resources designed to help AWS Partners build, market, and grow their public sector practice—from co-selling opportunities to digital sovereignty solutions.

Q1 2025 AWS Ambassadors Blog

Meet Our New AWS Ambassadors from Q1 2025 and Explore Latest Activities

The AWS Ambassador Program welcomed 19 new AWS experts in Q1 2025 across seven regions. The AWS Ambassador Program is a vibrant worldwide community of technical experts, known as AWS Ambassadors, who are prominent leaders and passionate about sharing their AWS technical expertise. They author blogs and whitepapers, create and deliver public presentations, and contribute to open source projects. Our Ambassadors evangelize AWS via social media and facilitate peer-to-peer learning by presenting at conferences, leading workshops, and hosting user group events.

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Say Hello to 224 New AWS Competency, Service Delivery, Service Ready, and MSP Partners Added in May

We are excited to highlight 224 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in May for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), AWS Service Delivery, 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.

Accelerating Mainframe Modernization: Learn How Partners Are Leveraging AWS Transform

AWS announces the general availability of AWS Transform for mainframe, a new service that accelerates mainframe modernization using specialized AI agents. This blog showcases how AWS Partners are leveraging the service to streamline customer migrations, reducing transformation timelines from years to months while addressing traditional modernization challenges around speed, complexity, and skills gaps.

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Say Hello to 194 New AWS Competency, Service Delivery, Service Ready, and MSP Partners Added in April

We are excited to highlight 194 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in April for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), AWS Service Delivery, 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.

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Building a Cloud Native File System with Cloud Native Qumulo and Amazon S3

This blog explores how Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) on AWS enables organizations to modernize and scale their cloud-based file storage infrastructure. By leveraging AWS’s cloud-native architecture, CNQ ensures compatibility across hybrid environments, providing cost-efficient, high-performance storage solutions for demanding workloads, including AI, HPC, and large-scale data management.

Improving MongoDB Atlas Search Elasticity with Amazon S3

This blog post discusses how MongoDB has enhanced the indexing capabilities of its Atlas Search service by leveraging Amazon S3. The new approach allows MongoDB to significantly reduce the time required to rebuild search indexes, achieving a 14x improvement compared to the previous method. By periodically capturing snapshots of the search indexes in Amazon S3, MongoDB can quickly restore the latest index state during deployments, scaling, and recovery, improving search availability for customers.

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Say Hello to 208 New AWS Competency, Service Delivery, Service Ready, and MSP Partners Added in March

We are excited to highlight 208 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in March for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), AWS Service Delivery, 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.

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Say Hello to 150 New AWS Competency, Service Delivery, Service Ready, and MSP Partners Added in February

We are excited to highlight 150 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in February for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), AWS Service Delivery, 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.