AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

In an era where data drives innovation and AI reshapes industries, effective governance and security have become paramount. Recognizing this critical need, AWS has launched a groundbreaking Data & AI Governance and Security partner initiative. This program brings together elite Service and Software partners to tackle the complex challenges organizations face in managing their data and AI assets. Partners joining this initiative gain access to exclusive AWS tools, expertise, and go-to-market support. They also benefit from potential funding opportunities and increased visibility within the AWS ecosystem. For customers, this initiative offers a curated selection of vetted partners equipped with the expertise and tools to navigate the complexities of data and AI governance. By leveraging these partnerships, organizations can build strong foundations for responsible, secure, and innovative data practices while maintaining compliance and ethical standards.

We’re excited to announce the regional 2024 AWS Partners of the Year from Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This year’s award winners have demonstrated exceptional innovation and commitment to customer success. Working side by side with AWS Partners have yielded remarkable results, and we’re excited to build upon these successes as we strengthen our partnerships throughout 2025.

Each year, we honor members of the AWS Partner Network (APN) from around the globe that play key roles in helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on AWS. Announced during a Partner Awards Gala at AWS re:Invent, the 2024 Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of partners whose business models have embraced specialization, innovation, and cooperation over the past year.

By integrating RCPs into their solutions, these APN partners are helping our joint customers to centrally manage and enforce access controls on their AWS resources at scale. This helps customers align with their organization’s security policies and help mitigate the risk of unintended external access. Customers can use these partner solutions to simplify policy enforcement and rapidly operationalize security across AWS resources in their organization.

By Mandar Shete – Senior Principal, Modernization Practice, Infosys By Prabhat Kumar – Senior Principal, Modernization Practice, Infosys By Dhiraj Thakur, Solutions Architect, AWS Infosys In an era where digital transformation is no longer optional but a necessity, regular modernization of technology stacks is crucial for staying ahead. This drive is fueled by the need […]

We are excited to highlight 216 AWS Partners that received new or renewed specializations in October 2024 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.

We’re streamlining the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) process—including extending the renewal period and waiving the FTR for partners that have completed an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review. The AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) helps partners adopt AWS technical best practices specific to their software or solution.

In the last few years, marketers have faced challenges due to changes in traditional analytics tracking, privacy regulations, and tracking limitations by browsers and operating systems. In this blog post, learn the importance of building greater ownership of customer data through zero-party and first-party data, as well as the potential for second-party data partnerships. The combined expertise of AWS and Slalom can help companies navigate this marketing transformation by providing purpose-built solutions and a strategic, customer-centric approach.

This blog post will dive into Amplitude’s latest offering built with Amazon Web Services (AWS), focused on GenAI-powered experiences for customers and unified customer data profiles to help companies unlock the full potential of customer behavioral data, enabling them to make faster, data-driven decisions at scale.

Palo Alto Networks faced challenges processing IoT security data at scale. They partnered with AWS to implement a new architecture using Amazon Redshift. This solution improved data processing speeds and created a dedicated pipeline for device data. Key outcomes included 50% faster API responses, real-time data aggregations, 40% infrastructure cost reduction, and improved system resilience. The new architecture enhanced Palo Alto Networks’ ability to serve customers and explore emerging technologies, reinforcing their leadership in IoT security.