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Providing equitable access to NASA’s Earth science data archive

Providing equitable access to NASA’s Earth science data archive

In this blog, learn how NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) is migrating over 170 petabytes of Earth science data to AWS to provide equitable access to researchers worldwide, eliminating the “data fortress” problem while achieving significant cost efficiencies through intelligent tiering, serverless architecture, and economies of scale. The post also details how NASA made over 6,000 Earth Science collections visible in the Registry of Open Data on AWS, enabling seamless discovery and analysis for the broader AWS user community.

MARS-E to ARC-AMPE: Guide for state Medicaid agencies on AWS

MARS-E to ARC-AMPE: Guide for state Medicaid agencies on AWS

This post is for two audiences. The first is agencies already running MARS-E-compliant workloads on AWS that are looking to map their existing posture onto the new framework. The second is agencies planning a migration from on-premises infrastructure where ARC-AMPE will be in scope from the first day.

Modernizing border control with digital arrival cards on AWS Cloud

Modernizing border control with digital arrival cards on AWS Cloud

Learn how Somapa Information Technology PCL (SomapaIT), an AWS Partner, chooses Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud to implement DAC systems because of its global footprint, security, high availability, and scalability.

How NWS forecasters use generative AI for innovative storm reporting

How NWS forecasters use generative AI for innovative storm reporting

Learn how the Generative AI Innovation Center and Amazon Web Services (AWS), the NWS has developed a proof of concept (POC) to assist with extracting weather and geolocation information from text and images so it can verify the information against scientific data and give forecasters an early start as they document impacts.

How the University of São Paulo is transforming how researchers access greenhouse gas data for the Amazon rainforest with AWS

How the University of São Paulo is transforming how researchers access greenhouse gas data for the Amazon rainforest with AWS

Learn how researchers in the University of São Paulo Research Center in Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI) greenhouse gas (GHG) program saw an opportunity to develop a system that enabled close monitoring of the forest using data systems and data spaces in the cloud. They created Digital Amazon, a distributed data space network with open access that integrates CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions data collected by the university with other data sources to support critical and timely climate action and intervention in the Amazon Forest.

How NTU FRESH is using AWS to build predictive food safety at scale

How NTU FRESH is using AWS to build predictive food safety at scale

In this post, we walk you through how FRESH is translating cloud-enabled analytics into practical tools that support resilient, trusted food systems, starting with a deep dive into dynamic shelf-life modeling. Specifically, we detail how AWS services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), AWS Glue, and Amazon SageMaker AI are used to build and train predictive models.

How healthcare organizations are advancing innovation while meeting digital sovereignty requirements with AWS

How healthcare organizations are advancing innovation while meeting digital sovereignty requirements with AWS

Healthcare is entering a new era. Advances in AI, data analytics, and cloud computing are creating opportunities ranging from accelerating drug discovery and enabling precision medicine to helping clinicians detect disease earlier and spend more time with patients. As healthcare organizations embrace these technologies, they face an equally important responsibility: safeguarding some of the world’s […]

Campaign reporting transformation at Boise State University Foundation

Learn how the Boise State University Foundation transformed quarterly Microsoft Excel reports into real-time dashboards using Amazon Quick, a 780-fold improvement that fundamentally changed how leadership makes decisions. It extracts actionable insights from a decades-old legacy system while supporting a major comprehensive fundraising campaign.