AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Nader Nanjiani
Nader Nanjiani is a technology marketing leader with more than 20 years of product marketing experience at Fortune 500 companies. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Nader leads the solutions marketing of storage, compute, open data, and analytics services into the public sector segment. He has also co-authored two books—one on collaboration and another on e-learning—and secured a patent on a game application. Nader completed his graduate studies at Harvard University and Syracuse University.
Building a data lake at your university for academic and research success
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, only 60 percent of college students receive a degree within six years. Universities—like Portland State University (PSU) and Oklahoma State University (OSU-OKC)—are using data lakes for analytics and machine learning to improve academic achievement by helping students reach their educational goals faster. Read on for how institutions use Amazon S3 for data lakes.
Learn how to set up remote working, learning, and call centers with AWS Cloud Champion
For community organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions seeking to support a distributed workforce, citizenry, or student body with cloud capabilities, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has developed an online virtual booth to highlight remote work, learning, and call center use cases for the public sector. Learn how to connect your remote employees, constituents, or students on AWS by playing the AWS Cloud Champion: Virtual Workplace Interactive Challenge.
Announcing AWS Cloud Champion: An online, gamified tutorial on working, teaching, and engaging remotely
AWS announced the launch of a preview version of an online gamified tutorial, “AWS Cloud Champion: Virtual Workplace Interactive Challenge,” that highlights cloud capabilities available for online meetings, cloud-based contact centers, and virtual desktops. The tutorial is presented as a 3D, virtual tradeshow experience, which includes kiosks and an AWS avatar that guides you through a self-directed path, explaining applicable AWS services in a concise and engaging format.