AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Nonprofit
Solving Problems with Open Data Imagery: Q&A with DigitalGlobe and HOT
This week at SatSummit, DigitalGlobe, Inc. announced a push for open data imagery to solve challenging problems that involve location, mapping, and intelligence. We spoke with Kevin Bullock, Director of Business Development at DigitalGlobe and Cristiano Giovando, Director of Technology of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Check out the below Q&A to learn about what they […]
Healthcare and the Cloud: Futureproofing the U.S. Healthcare System
From minor regulatory adjustments to landmark reforms, state and local Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies are constantly adapting to changing requirements to provide vital benefits for the citizens they serve. Policy changes or initiatives to improve social and clinical outcomes often require a modernization of systems to manage eligibility determination, benefits enrollment, claims adjudication, […]
The Intersection of Technology & Social Good: Nonprofits Dedicated to Helping Others
As we all try to keep focused on our New Year’s Resolutions, here’s some inspiration from some of the nonprofits who use the AWS Cloud for social good. These organizations focus their efforts year-round for the betterment of people around the world. Whether they fight for the environment, work to achieve medical breakthroughs, preserve the […]
Amazon Web Services and the National Science Foundation Spur Innovation in Big Data Research
The AWS Research Initiative (ARI) brings Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) together to spur innovation in Big Data research. Under the program on Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA) a total of $26.5 million will be funded by NSF […]
Bringing Girls Who Code to re:Invent 2016
AWS was proud to help sponsor the 2016 Girls Who Code (GWC) Summer Immersion Programs for 1,500 high-school aged girls. To enable their work, AWS built a custom curriculum for the Girls Who Code teams to learn and build their projects in the cloud. At the conclusion of the seven-week program, students formed small teams […]
Spotlight on London: Londoners use the AWS Cloud for their daily life and work
Amazon Web Services has a strong commitment to the needs of our customers across sectors in the UK. That’s the driving reason why we recently launched a new Region in the London area. Learn more about the new Region here. Cities like London are quickly embracing innovation and developing new ways for engaging and serving […]
Calling All Data Scientists to Help Improve Cancer Screening Technology
Two out of every five people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes and the number of new cancer cases will rise to 22 million globally within the next two decades, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). And as research organizations work to find a cure, the same technology behind […]
2016: A Year of Innovations (powered by the cloud)
Two thousand sixteen saw global moments impacted by the cloud: presidential elections, treating virus outbreaks, and even handling traffic after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series! As the headlines took note of how these events impacted the lives of people across the globe, cloud computing was working behind the scenes to keep these technology […]
Top Five Blog Posts from the AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofit Blog for 2016
Thank you all for reading our blog this past year! From veterans and researchers to educators and engineers, our customers are changing the game in the public sector with the cloud. To end the year and ring in 2017, we have compiled the top five most-read blog posts from 2016. Cloud Transformation Maturity Model: Guidelines […]
What’s New for AWS Storage & Ingestion Services from re:Invent 2016
We hope you have had a chance to catch up on the security and compute services announced at re:Invent. Next up, we have the re:Invent updates on storage and ingestion that will benefit our public sector customers. AWS Snowball Edge – Petabyte-scale Data Transfer with On-Board Compute AWS Snowball Edge is our newest 100TB data […]