Tag: government

Our new Canada (Central) Region is now available. AWS customers in Canada and the northern parts of the United States can choose this Region for fast, low-latency access to the suite of AWS infrastructure services. A few highlights for public sector customers in Canada: The new Canada (Central) Region is carbon neutral. The new AWS […]

This week, more than 100 million students in over 180 countries will participate in the Hour of Code hosted by Code.org and powered by Amazon Web Services. Developing strong computational thinking skills is important to every student to prepare them for careers in today’s innovation-driven economy. During last year’s event, over 200 billion lines of […]

As AWS re:Invent 2016 wraps up, check out the AWS Public Sector Month in Review for November featuring the recent content published for the education, government, and nonprofit communities. Read on to see what happened this past month: All – Government, Education, & Nonprofits New Office in Bahrain Opening to Build an Ecosystem to Jumpstart […]

It’s safe to say the Internet of Things (IoT) has arrived. We know that the technology is here and that it can make an impact. But how do we move beyond just the surface implications of IoT? How do we put it to use in the public sector and derive real value from it? At […]

  The AWS Public Sector Month in Review below features the content published for the education, government, and nonprofit communities in October. Let’s take a look at what happened in October: All – Government, Education, & Nonprofits Whiteboard with an SA: AWS Direct Connect Ohio Region Launch Accelerating Sustainability, Economy, and Citizen Services Busting the […]

We held our first NIST Workshop, titled “Architecting for FedRAMP High and NIST Workloads in AWS GovCloud (US),” where customers gained hands-on experience with our AWS Quick Start tools, learned how to automate compliance in AWS GovCloud (US), and discovered partner solutions from Telos and Trend Micro. Through workshops and other AWS resources, you can […]

Let’s talk about cloud security. Naturally, federal leaders are concerned about the implications of cloud for their applications and the data within them, so security is a top-of-mind issue. Compound that with compliance and regulatory pressures, and you have a recipe for federal IT stress. Broadly, the phrase “cloud security” refers to the cloud versions […]

In this brief whiteboarding video, learn how to establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS with AWS Direct Connect. Todd Gagorik, AWS Solutions Architect, shows you how you can establish private connectivity between AWS and your datacenter, office, or colocation environment with AWS Direct Connect. In many cases, this can reduce your […]

Check out the AWS Public Sector Month in Review featuring the content published for the education, government, and nonprofit communities in September. Let’s take a look at what happened this past month: All – Government, Education, & Nonprofits Whiteboard with an SA: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Whiteboard with an SA: AWS Code Deployment Whiteboard with […]

In February of 2014, it was announced that the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) would receive the records of outgoing governor Rick Perry, the longest serving governor in Texas State history, who served from December 2000 to January 2015. This was the first transfer of electronic records to the State Archives, and needed […]