AWS Public Sector Blog

Category: Public Sector

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Maximizing EC2 Spot Instance reliability for Nextflow on AWS Batch with Memory Machine Batch

AWS partners with providers of innovative solutions such as MemVerge, an AWS Partner Network (APN) Advanced Technology Partner, whose Memory Machine Batch (MMBatch) technology complements AWS Batch by providing advanced checkpointing capabilities for EC2 Spot Instances. In this post, we look at how MemVerge’s technology can overcome the challenges of interrupted pipelines by enabling pipelines that were interrupted mid task to start from where they left off, regardless of Spot Instance reclaims. We’ll also show how MemVerge’s Batch Viewer and proven best practices empower researchers to visualize their workloads, identify bottlenecks, and apply smart strategies that make their pipelines more efficient, resilient, and cloud-optimized.

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How AWS helps public sector organizations successfully exit their data centers

Successfully managing a data center exit requires careful planning and experienced advisors. AWS can help you evaluate your current environment and assets, build a comprehensive business case, customize a migration strategy for your facilities, hardware, and IT workloads, maximize the value of your existing assets, and address other unique data center challenges. Read this post to learn more.

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How Poland’s Post Bank accelerated digital transformation while maintaining regulatory compliance on AWS

By migrating their electronic banking system to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Post Bank reduced application deployment time from 2 hours to only 10 minutes, decreased CPU utilization by 40 percent, and dramatically improved system reliability—all while maintaining full compliance with Poland’s stringent financial regulations. This transformation story demonstrates how financial institutions can use AWS Cloud technology to become more agile and efficient without compromising security or regulatory compliance.

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Democratizing quantum resources: University of Michigan and AWS collaborate on a remote access quantum testbed

The University of Michigan is breaking new ground in quantum technology accessibility through an innovative collaboration with AWS. This partnership aims to transform the university’s QREAL (Quantum Receiver Enhanced by Adaptive Learning) platform funded by the National Science Foundation into a cloud-accessible quantum testbed. Read this post to learn more.

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Build next-gen AI agents: AWS empowers partners with AWS Partner Transformation Program’s new agentic AI module for public sector

The AI revolution has entered an exhilarating new phase, and AWS is empowering partners to lead this transformation. Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our new agentic AI module within the AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP), designed to accelerate partners’ capabilities in building autonomous AI solutions. This strategic initiative comes at a crucial time, as number of enterprise applications incorporating agentic AI continues to surge, presenting unprecedented opportunities for innovation in the public sector and beyond.

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Securing Amazon Q Business Web Experiences with AWS Amplify and AWS WAF

Public sector agencies often need to provide information and services to citizens without needing authentication. At the same time, these agencies must make sure that their digital services remain secure, compliant, and reliable. Amazon Q Business embedded web experiences, when integrated with AWS Amplify, offer a powerful solution for delivering AI-powered conversational interfaces to unauthenticated users while maintaining robust security controls. This post explores how public sector organizations can use Amazon Q Business anonymous web experiences within AWS Amplify applications to enhance citizen services while implementing security best practices.

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Generative AI in EdTech: 5 pitfalls to avoid for long-term success

Today’s education technology (EdTech) leaders face intense pressure to “do something with AI.” Fear of missing out has created a mentality where companies rush out AI features without understanding what problems they’re solving for their users. At AWS, we work closely with EdTech leaders navigating the generative AI landscape, and we’ve seen these patterns emerge repeatedly. Based on our experience collaborating with EdTech organizations across the education spectrum, we’ve created a list of five common pitfalls that derail generative AI efforts and the strategic approaches we recommend to avoid them.

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QS announces Project Cerebrum: A self-sustaining knowledge ecosystem powered by AWS

QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)—a global leader in higher education analytics, insights, and services—unveiled a groundbreaking prototype called “Project Cerebrum” at the annual “Back to School” Summit in New York. Built in collaboration with AWS, Project Cerebrum introduces a new frontier in AI-powered knowledge management: a self-sustaining, agentic knowledge ecosystem that learns, adapts, and grows with the global higher education and workforce landscape.

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How the City of Atlanta transformed its Department of Customer Service with Amazon Connect

The City of Atlanta worked with AWS and AWS Partners to modernize its contact center using Amazon Connect. By moving away from a patchwork on-premises system and toward a unified, cloud-based platform, the city improved its service delivery, increased scalability, and built a more resilient foundation. Read this post to learn more.