AWS for Industries

Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

AWS Innovation Enables Streamlining of Wind Permits

AWS Collaborates with WindEurope and Accenture to Streamline Wind Permitting in Europe

Wind energy is a strategic industry central to Europe’s energy security strategy. Wind already meets 17% of Europe’s electricity demand today¹. The European Commission wants wind to be half of Europe’s electricity by 2050. This move to clean and renewable energy is critical to decarbonise Europe’s economy but the backlog in wind permitting across Europe […]

Why Digital Engineering Requires a Cloud Transformation

Today, designers and manufacturers of physical systems such as aircraft, engines, vehicles, automobiles, satellites, and wind turbines are adopting Digital Engineering practices to improve efficiency, speed, and quality. In our prior blog, we defined concepts including Digital Engineering, Digital Twins, Digital Threads, and Model Based Systems Engineering to provide clarity in our discussions with customers. […]

Stop Strategizing. Start Listening. The secret to happy employees and improved security. (Featuring Koch Industries)

Success for cybersecurity in the manufacturing space requires listening to your employees, from their local expertise to their concerns. To not overcomplicate the day-to-day of your operators, it is crucial to form a holistic security strategy that focuses on OT protection as much as it does on IT solutions. Without this conscious approach, security can […]

Driving network monetization capabilities to create growth

At Digital Transformation World 2022, I had the pleasure to partake in a panel joined by Erlend Prestgard, CEO and Co-Founder, wgtwo and Peter Leukert, CIO, Deutsche Telekom AG. I was able to showcase how at AWS, we intend to combine a layered view on how the transformation from Telco to TechCo and a cloud […]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Ep. 1: Differences between IT and OT security

It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!  In 2003, the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. To recognize this annual tradition, join AWS for a 4-part mini-series highlighting the different ways cybersecurity impacts your industrial landscape, especially since, as Caroline points out, “Over the pandemic, cyber events […]

Assets leave supplier warehouse

How Retailers Can Reduce Inventory Shrinkage With Automated Asset Tracking With Calamp and AWS

The importance of asset tracking Every day, Amazon.com receives millions of shipments from suppliers. A purchase order from Amazon to a supplier typically includes a large quantity of shipping containers, or assets, that will be delivered to various Amazon warehouses at different times. To determine if items are lost or misplaced in the large, complicated […]

Simplifying microelectronics education labs with Ruby Cherry EDA on AWS

University faculty members and non-profit organizations looking to improve the training experience for the next generation of microelectronics engineers face multiple challenges with the computing environment required, both technical and organizational. In this blog we will review these challenges, and how to solve them using ready-made solutions on AWS and how these solutions can scale […]

FSI Services Spotlight: Featuring Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers running workloads on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx for ONTAP) achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we will examine specific guidance, suggested […]

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Making Site Selection Decisions Easy With AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift

Many quick service restaurants (QSRs) and dining brands rely on third-party point-of-interest data to understand if they’re making the right market expansion moves. For example, a QSR looking to place its first location in New York City may want to know the clustering of bars and nightlife venues in Manhattan to set hours of operation […]

Executive Conversations: Proactive Cybersecurity in Healthcare with Shawn Henry, President of CrowdStrike Services

Shawn Henry, President of CrowdStrike Services and Chief Security Officer of CrowdStrike, joins Phoebe Yang, General Manager of Public Sector Healthcare at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to discuss the past, present, and future of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry and society at large, with a focus on how cloud technology can help organizations preempt attacks. […]