Category: Best Practices

The journey from open source project to profitable business presents unique challenges in today’s technology landscape. While traditional software companies directly monetize their code, open source founders face the complex task of balancing community engagement with commercial viability. AWS has developed a comprehensive framework to support open source projects through this transition, bridging the gap between open source software and enterprise solutions. Through the AWS Global Startup Program (GSP), AWS provides critical support in two key areas: developing enterprise-ready offerings and executing comprehensive go-to-market strategies. This can include technical expertise, dedicated architectural support, and market acceleration with the AWS Marketplace. The program helps startups create managed services that make open source technology simpler, more stable, and secure while maintaining community trust.

AWS Marketplace announces AI Agents and Tools, offering hundreds of agent solutions including pre-built agents, agent tools, and professional services to help enterprises adopt and govern autonomous systems. Partners can now leverage new API-based and container-based delivery methods to package and scale their AI agent solutions directly to AWS customers.

AWS Specialization badges now include categories, allowing Partners to better showcase their validated expertise and helping customers more easily identify Partners with specific capabilities that match their business needs. The new category listing feature is seamlessly integrated into the “Create New Badge” process within Badge Manager in AWS Partner Central.

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.

Transitioning to I/O-Optimized storage mode for Amazon Aurora has proven to be a game-changer for Very Good Security (VGS), leading to substantial cost savings without any negative repercussions. In this blog post, learn the steps VGS took to identify the right database candidate, transition to Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized storage and review the result after the transition.

BMC’s HelixGPT, combined with Amazon Web Services, can transform IT operations by reducing Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) and enhancing decision-making processes.

Organizations shouldn’t have to choose between protecting sensitive data and driving innovation. That’s why DataMasque, an Advanced AWS Technology Partner, is raising the bar on data privacy with automated masking solutions that transform how businesses handle sensitive information. By replacing real customer data with high-fidelity synthetic data, teams can develop, test, and analyze with confidence – all while maintaining regulatory compliance. Available on AWS Marketplace, DataMasque’s seamless integration with AWS services empowers customers to innovate faster while keeping sensitive data secure.

Life sciences manufacturers face challenges in maintaining consistent production operations while meeting strict regulatory requirements. Many customers need to run their Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) on-premises, but still want to benefit operationally from using managed cloud services and maintaining a consistent software stack across their on-premise and cloud environments. AWS Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and AWS services into virtually any on- premises, colocation, or edge location for a consistent hybrid experience.

GYTPOL helps maintain continuous CIS compliance for Amazon EC2 instances through lightweight agents and AWS Security Hub integration. The solution provides real-time monitoring and flexible remediation options to address security misconfigurations across production servers, critical applications, and test environments. This comprehensive approach ensures security best practices are followed while allowing organizations to meet their benchmark goals without disrupting business operations.

Based on Knowit’s ADAM guide, this blog post provides practical insights and strategies for achieving GDPR compliance in AWS environments, including essential frameworks for managing compliance obligations and leveraging AWS features and services. The post outlines a structured seven-step approach to systematically assess and document GDPR compliance while emphasizing the importance of understanding data controller and processor roles, encryption requirements, and cross-border data transfer considerations.