AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Migrating Applications to SaaS: A Minimally Invasive Approach

The software as a service (SaaS) delivery model is very compelling to many organizations. Agility, market responsiveness, shared infrastructure costs—they all represent an opportunity for businesses to transform their approach to how they build, operate, and monetize their products. The reality, however, is that these same organizations often have a significant investment in their existing […]

Oracle Database Encryption Options on Amazon RDS

Follow an AWS expert’s research on various encryption options such as Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Oracle Native Network Encryption (NNE), as well as SSL options on Amazon RDS. This post explains how Amazon RDS supports Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL. If you’re an architect or a developer, this will help you plan and configure storage and network encryption on Amazon RDS. You should be aware of the need to encrypt data at rest and how Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL can help you achieve your encryption goals.

Amazon EC2 Now Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) enables you to take advantage of the scale, performance, and elasticity of AWS. With Amazon EC2 support for SQL Server 2016, released by Microsoft on June 1, 2016, you can benefit from the high-availability, advanced analytics, and security features of SQL Server 2016, while leveraging […]

Learn About the New AWS Government Competency

We continuously hear from customers about the different areas in which they’d like help identifying the right AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners to help address their business needs on AWS. The AWS Competency Program is one of our most effective avenues to help customers connect with APN Partners who’ve demonstrated proven success in specialized solution […]

Why Sponsor AWS re:Invent 2016?

Sponsorship at AWS re:Invent 2016 is one of the best opportunities for you to drive business with 24,000++ of the industry’s leading business and technology decision makers.  Each year we work toward breaking the sponsorship status quo by offering our sponsors with impactful benefits at a competitive price.  With an 85% sponsorship retention rate YOY […]

Swinging for the Fences (but Aiming for the Cloud)

The following post is a guest post from our friends at AWS Premier Consulting Partner and launch AWS Migration Partner Accenture. By Anthony Harris, Principal Director, Accenture AWS Business Group Cloud Transformation Services Offering Lead & Chris Wegmann, Managing Director, Accenture AWS Business Group and AWS Practice Lead In the 1988 film Bull Durham, Kevin […]

New AWS for Windows qwikLABS and New Training Page

Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you build, scale, and manage Microsoft applications in the cloud quickly, easily, more securely, and cost-effectively. Customers get value in running Microsoft applications on AWS in a myriad of ways – from meeting compliance requirements, to improving their security posture, becoming more agile, and reducing costs, just to name a […]