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AWS Public Sector Month in Review – October

  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 […]

Automating Compliance: Architecting for FedRAMP High and NIST Workloads in AWS GovCloud (US)

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 […]

Busting the Myths about Storing Data in the Cloud

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 […]

Whiteboard with an SA: AWS Direct Connect

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 […]

AWS Public Sector Month in Review – September

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 […]

Texas State Library and Archives Commission Turns to the Cloud to Launch Texas Digital Archive

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 […]

Improve Operations and Increase Efficiencies with the AWS Cloud

State and local government customers are leveraging the AWS Cloud for a variety of government operations every day. From elections and city planning to digital libraries and payment systems, government customers are recognizing efficiencies, flexibility, and cost savings made possible through cloud technology. Cloud technology is helping governments innovate for and with citizens. Check out […]

AWS Public Sector Month in Review – August

Here is the first edition of the AWS Public Sector Month in Review. Each month we will be curating all of the content published for the education, government, and nonprofit communities including blogs, white papers, webinars, and more. Let’s take a look at what happened in August: All – Government, Education, & Nonprofits 2016 GovLoop […]

U.S. Department of State Awards Enterprise-Wide IoT Platform and Applications Contract to C3 IoT, Running on AWS GovCloud

C3 IoT™ announced that the U.S. Department of State awarded the company a multi-year contract up to $25 million to provide the C3 IoT enterprise application development platform. In collaboration with AWS, C3 IoT , an Advanced Tier APN Partner, will deploy the C3 IoT Platform™ and software applications on AWS GovCloud (US), an isolated AWS region […]