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Dispelling the top 8 cloud myths holding back Canadian public sector IT transformation

This post addresses eight common misconceptions about cloud computing held by Canadian public sector organizations. It covers cloud security, cost savings, value beyond expenses, and cloud providers’ investments in Canada. The insights shared will equip public sector leaders to make informed decisions and leverage cloud computing’s potential.

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Discover the AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure located in Canada

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Cloud Infrastructure is a secure, extensive, and reliable cloud platform, offering more than 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. When you want to distribute your applications globally, closer to your end users with single-digit millisecond latency, AWS offers the cloud infrastructure you require, whenever and wherever. In this post, we examine the part of the Global Cloud Infrastructure located in Canada and discuss the architecture of its AWS network backbone connectivity.

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How AWS can enable the Government of Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy

The potential of open data to transform governance and public services is immense, but realizing this potential requires overcoming common obstacles. In this post, we will explore best practices and solutions for Canadian public sector organizations seeking to use the cloud for open data, specifically examining how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can enable open data success.

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Track application resiliency in public sector organizations using AWS Resilience Hub

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Resilience Hub provides you with a single place to define your resilience goals, assess your resilience posture against those goals, and implement recommendations for improvement. In this post, we discuss how we can track the resiliency of software applications and infrastructure using AWS Resilience Hub to provide “always available” services and monitor changes to the application availability.

Public Sector Customers Excited About the New AWS Region Announcements

To kick off the New Year, the AWS Worldwide Public Sector team is excited about the announcement of our new region in the Republic of Korea and the preannouncement of the Canada region last week. The AWS Cloud operates 32 Availability Zones within 12 geographic Regions around the world, with 11 more Availability Zones and […]