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Last Week for City on a Cloud Applications: Deadline is May 12
The 2017 City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge will remain open for entries until Friday, May 12– so there is still time to apply! Through the competition, AWS helps local and regional governments, schools, and districts innovate by simplifying IT workloads that they struggle with and depend on every day, such as Geographical Information Systems […]
Advice from City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge Winner: Appriss Safety
Are you a technology partner implementing a program or service on behalf of a government or school district? Winners will receive up to $50,000 in AWS promotional credits to help achieve their mission with the cloud. Click here to apply today (the nomination takes around five minutes)! The City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge closes […]
Dream Big for Your Students: Apply to the City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge
New to the City on the Cloud Innovation Challenge this year, we are opening the competition to school districts who are using the cloud to enrich learning, help teachers reach more students, and improve school or district operations. Districts and schools can now submit applications for a chance to receive AWS promotional credits to start […]
SXSW Update: A Q&A with the City of Austin’s Mayor
With SXSW kicking off in Austin, we had the chance to speak with the City of Austin Mayor – Steve Adler – about the second annual Mayors Track and how technology helps Austin remain a wonderful place to live and visit. Austin values diversity, creativity, the entrepreneurial spirit, the natural environment, and a laid back […]
Heading to SXSW? Everything Mayors Need to Know Before Austin
Motivated on behalf of their citizens, mayors across the country are looking to be more agile and continue to innovate to make cities smart, connected, and sustainable. In many ways, mayors look to solve problems and overcome challenges through the use of new technologies, like connected intersections, gunshot detection, water quality monitoring, and energy management. […]
AWS Launches the Fourth City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge; Opens Contest to Schools
AWS launched the fourth City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, a global program recognizing how local and regional governments are innovating on behalf of their citizens around the globe. New to the competition this year, we are opening the competition to school districts who are using the cloud to enrich learning, help teachers reach more […]
City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: Partners in Innovation and Cloud Innovation Leadership Award Winners
Last week we highlighted the 2016 City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge Award Winners. We showcased the five winners for the Best Practices Award and the five winners for the Dream Big Award. In addition, Appriss, GRIDSMART, OpenDataSoft, SmartProcure, and Utility, Inc. were this year’s Partners in Innovation Award recipients, recognizing applications that solve local […]
City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: Dream Big Award Winners
At our AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, DC, we announced the winners of the third City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, a global program to recognize local and regional governments and technology companies that are innovating for the benefit of citizens using the AWS Cloud. In a previous post this week, we highlighted the […]
City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: Best Practices Award Winners
We announced the winners of the third City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, a global program to recognize local and regional governments as well as technology companies that are innovating for the benefit of citizens using the AWS Cloud, at our AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, DC. Winners of the four categories, Best Practices, […]
Congratulations to the 16 Winners of the Third Global City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge
Today, we announced the winners of the third City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, a global program to recognize local and regional governments and developers that are innovating for the benefit of citizens using the AWS Cloud. Fifteen winners were selected by a panel of worldwide experts based on the impact of their solution, likelihood […]