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Announcing the New AWS Education Competency

On-demand compute, storage, and database services help higher education, K-12 and research IT teams build secure environments for mission-critical applications, freeing them to focus on student success. As more educational institutions move to the cloud, it is important for our customers to be able to identify specialized APN Partners to assist them in this segment.

We are pleased to announce the AWS Education Competency, a recognition of the highest bar for AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners who provide solutions to meet the needs of education customers. AWS Education Competency Partners have demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success providing specialized solutions aligning with AWS architectural best practices to help support teaching and learning, administration, and academic research efforts in education.

Customers can now explore partner solutions across:

Teaching and Learning: Solutions that bring innovative teaching and learning technology to help educators adapt to new standards, personalize learning, and deliver new and exciting digital learning experiences to students. Solutions in this category include, but not limited to: Learning Management Systems; Content Management Systems; and Virtual Classroom.

Administrative and Operations: Solutions that assist educational institutions operate efficiently both on-campus and online. Technology that empowers educational institutions to gain better visibility into IT operations and assist with regulatory requirements. Solutions in this category include, but not limited to: Analytical Solutions; Resource Management Systems; Student Information Systems; and Facilities Management Systems.

Congratulations to the following APN Partners who have achieved the AWS Education Competency designation:

APN Consulting Partners:

  • Cloudmas
  • DLT Solutions
  • Enquizit Inc.
  • Infiniti Consulting Group
  • ITEra
  • Northbay
  • REAN Cloud

APN Technology Partners:

Teaching and Learning

  • Alfresco
  • Blackboard
  • D2L
  • Echo360
  • Instructure
  • Remind

Administrative and Operations

  • Acquia
  • Ellucian
  • Preservica
  • Solodev
  • Splunk
  • TechnologyOne

Learn more about this program and our APN Partners here.