AWS Public Sector Blog
In case you missed it: July 2020 top blog posts round up
In July 2020, the AWS Public Sector Blog covered artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for education, best practices for moving your research workflows to the cloud, and more.
For more blog highlights from this month, you can also check out The Brief. Featured stories on this month’s The Brief include: “How Portland State University accelerates student degree completion through machine learning,” “Announcing Amazon Alexa India EdTech Skills Challenge 2020 finalists and winners,” “’Alexa, how will these skills impact education?’ Vote for your favourite skill in the EMEA Alexa EdTech Skills Challenge,” and “Five ways nonprofits can reduce the burden associated with fundraising activities.”
Announcing the winners of the 2020 AWS Public Sector Partners Awards
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Public Sector Partners leaned into innovation and customer obsession to deliver amazing results, especially in the time of COVID-19. In light of these significant contributions, we are excited to announce the winners of the 2020 AWS Public Sector Partners Awards. Read more about the winners.
Helping the Australian government innovate securely in the world’s most secure cloud
The rapid acceleration of digital transformation has raised expectations for efficient and effective engagement with service providers. Many expect the same engagement with government agencies as they do from consumer services such as video-on-demand, ecommerce, and online food delivery. In Australia, the government is prioritising delivering services through technology in a fast and secure way. The CSCP was closed in March 2020 and the ISM was updated to remove the requirement to select services from the Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL). However, the discontinuation of the CSCP does not alter Amazon Web Services (AWS) commitment to help Australian Government agencies innovate rapidly and securely. Read more.
When considering a move to the cloud, many organizations struggle with a common problem: the migration bubble. This bubble is formed when organizations are covering expenses for their current on-premises infrastructure while incurring new costs for a cloud migration. But what if you could use that legacy hardware to your advantage? These cost-savings strategies can help free up budget resources and accelerate your journey to the cloud. Read more.
Five things to consider when moving your research workflows to AWS
Research is done differently in the cloud than in an on-premises lab. Research labs looking to move computational research to the cloud should start with their workflows. There are common themes across computational research workflows that researchers should consider as they begin to move their research workflows to AWS. Read more.
Chesterfield County Public Schools uses machine learning to predict the county’s chronic absenteeism
Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) in Virginia uses machine learning on AWS to predict the county’s rate of chronic absenteeism in high schools. CCPS includes 64 schools and over 63,000 students. They started with a high-impact project that would use data the school system was already capturing about its students to tackle predicting chronic absenteeism. Read more.
Check out what you missed on the blog in May and June, and stay updated on the latest AWS news for the public sector by reading the AWS Public Sector Blog.