AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog
New AWS Solution Space Launches with 10 Customer-Ready Solutions
AWS Solution Space allows AWS Competency Partners to showcase customer-ready solutions based on architectures validated by AWS. These are quick, cost effective, repeatable solutions meant to create new business leading to production workloads. Customers can also request AWS support for launching each solution. At launch, we are featuring 10 customer-ready solutions: 5 for Big Data, 3 for Machine Learning, one for Security, and one for End User Computing.
How to Ingest TBs of Data into Splunk with AWS Serverless Applications
At AWS re:Invent 2017, we introduced the AWS Serverless Application Repository that enables AWS customers to easily discover, deploy, and publish serverless apps for data processing, stream processing, Internet of Things (IoT) device data telemetry, and more. The Splunk AWS Serverless Applications are available from the AWS Lambda console and allow customers to ingest TBs of data into Splunk. Check out the Splunk serverless apps that are open-sourced to dive deeper, including the underlying AWS SAM template.
Enterprise-Wide Data Asset Discovery, Analytics, and Governance on the AWS Cloud
As a leader in enterprise cloud data management, Informatica accelerates AWS data management for data warehouse modernization, data lakes, data migration, and data cataloging. Informatica is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner and holds the AWS Big Data Competency. Informatica’s Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) Quick Start deploys the artificial intelligence-powered data catalog on the AWS Cloud and enables organizations to discover and catalog assets from data sources across the enterprise.
Innovations in Backup and Restore, AWS Lambda Monitoring, and Natural Language Generation
We see many AWS Partners doing great things and innovating on the AWS Cloud. Veeam is bringing backup technology to the cloud; IOpipe helps you get better insight into your AWS Lambda functions; and Narrative Science uses machine learning to generate auto reports from your big data. These are just a few of the innovations being driven by members of the AWS Partner Network (APN), the global partner program for AWS that is focused on helping you build a successful AWS-based business.
Featured AWS Training Courses for APN Partners – January 2018
This month, we are highlighting some of the newest Partner Training courses, including training for both business and technical professionals. Browse our digital training catalog at aws.training and get access to 100+ free digital courses. They are generally 10 minutes long and designed to help build foundational knowledge for dozens of AWS services and solutions. Partner Central credentials are required to access these courses.
Cadence Uses Dome9 Arc for Security and Compliance Automation
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. selected Dome9 Security, an APN Advanced Technology Partner, to provide network security management and automated compliance. The Dome9 Arc platform has a deep visualization tool, Dome9 Clarity, which provides a granular view of customers’ AWS Cloud assets. Dome9’s efforts provide Cadence with many benefits, including lower costs and accelerated time-to-market for products.
50% Discount on AWS Certified Security – Specialty Beta Exam
The AWS Training and Certification team is hosting a new beta for our AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam. This exam will only be available January 15 – March 2, 2018. It validates knowledge of effectively securing the AWS platform and covers incident response, logging and monitoring, infrastructure security, identity and access management, and data protection. We are offering the beta exam at only $150 USD—a 50% discount—until March 2.
ClearScale Implements Large AWS Data Lake to Help C4ADS with Data Analysis
The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) is a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. that provides data-driven analysis and evidence-based reporting on global conflict and transnational security issues. Because their analysts must comb through extensive records from different sources, it became increasingly difficult to make use of all the data. ClearScale, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, implemented a large data lake on AWS to make the data more user-friendly for C4ADS analysts.
Say Hello to 7 New AWS Competency Partners Added in December
The AWS Competency Program admitted seven new APN Partners in December—spanning workload, solution, and industry designations. The AWS Competency Program provides customers with highlighted APN Partners that have demonstrated technical proficiency through an AWS Technical Validation and proven customer success in specialized solution areas. Please join us in welcoming our newest AWS Competency Partners.
The Most Viewed APN Blog Posts in 2017
Take a look at the most popular APN Blog posts in 2017. Our goal with this blog is to share with you timely news, updates, technical solutions, and more from AWS and the AWS Partner Network specifically. Our content reaches a wide base of APN Partners and customers globally and through high-quality content we drive awareness of the maturity and influence of the AWS Partner community. Thank you for reading!