Interested in reaching government, education, or nonprofit customers around the world? Begin your journey through the AWS Partner Network by joining the AWS Public Sector Partner Program. We enable partners to accelerate their business growth on AWS through alignment with our public sector sales, marketing, partner, and bid teams; designation as a public sector partner in our APN Partner Solutions Finder; and eligibility for further unique benefits and differentiation programs.
- Log into the APN portal and select the “View My APN Account”
- Scroll to “Program Details”
- Find “AWS Public Sector Partner Program” in the list and select “Apply”
Identify your public sector solution and receive an ‘Authorized Public Sector Partner’ APN logo.
Feature your company in the APN Partner Solutions Finder as a government, education, and/or nonprofit solution provider and list your contract vehicles and socio-economic status to stand out to prospective customers.
Develop a business plan to expand your public sector customer base and become eligible for additional APN partner funding benefits.
Access self-service public sector marketing campaigns to co-brand and promote your AWS solution through APN Marketing Central.
Achieve recognition of your specialized skills by validating your solution through the Government and Education Competencies, AWS GovCloud (US) Skill, and/or AWS Solution Provider programs.
Build your partnership with our sales, solution architect, marketing, bid and proposal teams to expand your AWS public sector expertise.
| Requirement | Amount |
| APN Standard Tier or Above |
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| AWS Certifications- Associate Level | 2 |
| Public Sector Practice Customer References | 2 |
| Public Sector Practice Web Page |
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| AWS Go-To-Market Plan with PDM approval | |
| Requirement | Amount |
| APN Standard Tier or Above | |
| Public Sector Practice Customer References | 2 |
| Products in General Availability on AWS |
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| Public Sector Practice Web Page |
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| AWS Go-To-Market Plan with PDM approval | |
"Smartronix is privileged to be part of the AWS Public Sector Partner Program. Since 2009, Smartronix has delivered mission-critical solutions on AWS for our government customers. This designation reflects our strong commitment to support the transformation efforts of our government clients achieving real value in cloud solutions,” Said Robert Groat EVP, Technology and Strategy. “AWS has provided foundational technologies that enable our customers to save money, deliver innovative citizen centric services, and achieve the highest levels of security for critical government workloads.”
“Participation in the AWS Public Sector Partner Program will take one of our most important strategic relationships to the next level,” said Jeff Ray, President and CEO of Ellucian. “AWS cloud infrastructure helps our solutions reach their full potential with the security, extensibility, scalability, and availability that colleges and universities demand. Through our close work together, Ellucian and AWS are changing the way higher education achieves student success – and we look forward to accelerating and building on the tremendous impact we are having on campuses the world over.”
“Working with the AWS team has been a truly collaborative experience. They’ve opened doors for us, shared unique growth opportunities and industry-leading tools” said Mike Reid, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SmartSimple. “Having access to the services of the world’s most trusted cloud service provider has enabled us to offer best-in-class security and technology applications, giving our clients’ peace of mind. AWS has been a great partner, and they’ve been integral to helping us build our brand as we continue to grow. SmartSimple became an AWS Advanced Technology Partner more than 2 years ago. Since then we’ve been awarded statuses as an AWS SaaS Partner, Government Competency Partner, and are now honored to be recognized as a Public Sector Partner.”
Join the AWS Public Sector Partner Program to become eligible for additional opportunities to expand and differentiate your public sector business with AWS. As a global growth program, the AWS Public Sector Partner Program offers support and differentiation for partners around the world that serve government, education, and nonprofits entities. As your practice grows, differentiate your business by validating your solution and achieving one or more of these distinctions within this program:
The AWS Solution Provider Program enables qualified AWS Solution Providers to resell AWS services as part of their technology solutions. The program is designed for APN Consulting Partners who have built their AWS practice to include value-added solutions, services, or support, such as professional services and management of customer AWS deployments. AWS Solution Providers that are members of the AWS Public Sector Partner Program and have an AWS practice focused on the public sector (government, education, and nonprofit customers) may be eligible to resell AWS services to those customers in addition to their commercial customers.
To learn more about becoming a Public Sector Solution Provider, please connect with your Public Sector Partner Development Manager. If you don’t have a Public Sector Partner Development Manager, send a request to aws-publicsector-partners-engage@amazon.com.
AWS GovCloud (US) is designed to let US government agencies and commercial entities use cloud computing for sensitive workloads while meeting regulatory and compliance needs. Access to AWS GovCloud (US) is only granted to US persons and the region is managed solely by US persons, on US soil. The AWS GovCloud (US) Skill Program identifies and showcases APN Consulting Partners with experience in architecting, operating, and managing workloads in AWS GovCloud (US) and APN Technology Partners with software products that are available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. Once your organization gains experience in the region, showcase that expertise by completing a technical review to achieve the AWS GovCloud (US) Skill distinction.
The AWS Competency Program is designed to highlight APN Advanced Tier Partners who have demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success in specialized solution areas.
AWS Government Competency partners provide solutions to—and/or have deep experience working with—government customers to deliver mission-critical workloads and applications on AWS. Achieving the Government Competency indicates a strong overall AWS practice, proven success with customers, and a high-level of technical readiness. Note this competency is global and suitable for partners experienced working with government in any country. In the US, it is not specific to AWS GovCloud (US) but may include work within the region.
AWS Education Competency partners have demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success providing specialized solutions aligning with AWS architectural best practices to help support teaching and learning, administration, and academic research efforts in education.
