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Six best practices for building resilient higher-education applications on AWS

Over the past five years, a world-renowned higher education institution has partnered with AWS and AWS Partner EPI-USE to modernize its most critical applications. The result: a serverless, multi-Region, and secure architecture built with the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) that transforms how the institution delivers technology services. This modernization effort revealed six essential best practices that any higher education CIO, CTO, or enterprise architect can implement to strengthen institutional resilience and future-proof their technology infrastructure.

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Building national foundation models

This post examines real-world examples of successful national AI programs, explores the hidden economics that make AWS Cloud infrastructure essential, and discusses why cultural sovereignty matters as much as technical capability. Whether you’re planning a national AI strategy or evaluating infrastructure options, these lessons from global leaders will help you avoid common pitfalls and focus resources where they matter most.

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Government efficiency through AI-driven IT modernization with AFS and AWS partnership

Federal agencies are at a pivotal juncture in their technological evolution. Legacy systems, some dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, continue to power essential government services while facing a challenge: the retirement of the workforce that understands and maintains them. Rebecca Wetherly, director of worldwide public sector global system integrator partners at AWS recently sat down with Denise Zheng, chief AI officer at Accenture Federal Services (AFS), to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) and modernization can help agencies navigate this transition while improving service delivery to citizens.

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The 8th R: When cloud migration becomes business reinvention

Traditional cloud migration approaches followed the established 7 Rs: Rehost, Refactor or re-architect, Relocate, Repurchase, Replatform, Retain, and Retire. However, we now see the emergence of an 8th R, Reinvention, which is transforming government agencies into dynamic public value engines. Read this post to learn more.

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Simplify external SAML identity provider integration with Amazon Cognito user pools using automated metadata extraction

Public sector organizations and technology vendors across industries—from healthcare and education to public safety and citizen services—struggle with complex identity integration requirements when deploying applications across multiple facilities and jurisdictions. This post demonstrates how organizations can eliminate integration delays using an automated metadata extraction solution built on AWS that provides self-service access to Amazon Cognito user pools metadata through a serverless REST API.

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A guide to reducing waste and improving efficiency with AWS

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced an innovative OneGov agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide up to $1 billion in savings for cloud adoption, modernization, and training for federal agencies. In alignment with this announcement are solutions to reduce waste and improve efficiency. To help organizations accelerate these initiatives and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), this guide outlines practical strategies for optimizing technology spend while improving operational efficiency