Category: Enterprise Strategy

The University of Pittsburgh Athletics Department wanted to know more about its fans, so it looked for an innovative solution and turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS). By focusing on fan behavior and seeking out trends in ticket sales, the department hoped to answer questions surrounding team loyalty and how they could stay competitive. This post provides an overview of the powerful solution Pitt Athletics built to engage with and sell to its fanbase.

Renaissance Learning is a global leader in the pre-K–12 education technology (EdTech) space. Renaissance delivers its products to 16 million students across the world, and its digital solutions are used in more than one-third of US schools and 100-plus countries. As part of its cloud consolidation strategy, Renaissance migrated DnA, its standards-based assessment creation and administration solution, from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to Amazon Web Services (AWS). After migration, Renaissance realized performance, scalability, and security improvements, all while reducing cloud spend by 30 percent.

The right cloud technology leads to more sustainable IT and business operations. As a foundation for innovation, the cloud supports the delivery of sustainable products, services, and business models, and gives organizations the opportunity to transform themselves with sustainability at the core of their operation. The scope of the cloud’s role in sustainability is highlighted in a recent series of AWS Institute masterclasses and summarized in this blog post.

Cloud computing represents a transformational leap forward. But despite this advancement, many organizations still procure resources using methods suited for on-premises data centers, not cloud solutions. To fully harness the cloud’s potential, organizations should shift their mindset and adopt procurement processes that let them successfully evaluate options and choose the best solution. Read this blog post to learn more.

Karsun Solutions, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, modernizes legacy enterprise systems to elevate the capabilities of its government agency customers. Karsun has created a modernization platform called ReDuX, which uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered by Amazon Bedrock. This blog post provides an overview of Karsun’s approach, which enables enterprises to successfully transition their business functions from a mainframe to microservices on AWS.

State and local government organizations and education institutions tend to adopt cloud services at a lower rate for a few reasons: a lack of cloud awareness and technical skills, a shortage of IT workers, and financial considerations. If you’re encountering any of these obstacles, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a tailored event that can help accelerate your cloud journey. AWS is rolling out the 2024 AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days (AWS Learning Days) series to give you exposure to the possibilities of the cloud. Read this blog post to learn more.

Healthcare authorities and providers use state-run controlled substance databases (CSDs) to track prescriptions and identify patients for substance abuse. CSDs help evaluate treatment options, screen patients who may be at risk for drug abuse problems, and make informed decisions about prescribing medication. This post explains how healthcare authorities can leverage CSD data to enhance their decision-making processes within business operations by using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the federal government’s 10 legacy systems most in need of modernization cost about $337 million a year to operate and maintain, which accounts to a $2.4 billion spend on legacy systems by 2030. Read this blog post to learn how organizations can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) to maximize value as they evaluate their mainframe modernization strategy.

Idaho deputy controller Josh Whitworth, who leads the state’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) modernization efforts, believes in looking beyond what legacy applications were designed to do decades ago to see the solutions of tomorrow. That view has helped Whitworth and his team transform Idaho’s back-office infrastructure and related processes. Read this blog post to learn how Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped Idaho modernize its ERP.

In 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Health Equity Initiative as a three-year, $40 million commitment to help solve gaps in health equity. Today, AWS is announcing an additional $20 million in funding for the program, bringing the company’s total commitment to $60 million in cloud credits and technical expertise. Read this post to learn more.