AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Brandi Steckel
Brandi Steckel is a state and local government Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), helping public sector customers accelerate cloud adoption and modernization. She specializes in building strategic relationships and aligning AWS solutions to agency missions and priorities. Brandi has led AWS Marketplace sales and adoption initiatives, developed nationwide capture management practices, and managed federal, state and local, and education program teams.
Whose contract is it anyway? How AWS Marketplace works
IT marketplaces offer a new way of approaching software procurement. In the case of AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is not a software reseller but the marketplace provider. And software vendors, channel partners, and professional services providers are all sellers within AWS Marketplace. Read this post to learn more about how AWS Marketplace contracts work.
AWS Marketplace announces new cooperative contract available through OMNIA Partners
AWS announced a new nationwide cooperative contract for AWS services, including AWS Marketplace, through OMNIA Partners. The Software Marketplace and Related Cloud Services cooperative contract is available to OMNIA Partners participating agencies, including state and local government agencies, public and private K12 school districts, and higher education organizations.
Whole-of-state cybersecurity: Three procurement considerations for the public sector
With a growing focus on cybersecurity and available grant funding, many states are planning to protect state agencies, cities, counties, and schools. At the state and federal levels, programs are funded to support these efforts. State and local government (SLG) agencies now have procurement questions to ask and decisions to make to maximize governance and security, simplify vendor management, and accelerate the overall process within a heavily regulated procurement environment. Learn three important considerations for public sector procurement of cybersecurity solutions, as well as best practices from AWS for leveraging these new cybersecurity programs.