AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Category: Foundational (100)

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How to Build a Startup Go-To-Market Motion with the AWS Global Startup Program

With a better understanding of how to build intentional sales plays throughout the funnel, partners in the AWS Global Startup Program can identify areas of growth and success through a joint partner plan. This post provides a blueprint on how to collaborate with AWS to plan and execute a joint go-to-market motion with the AWS Global Startup Program, an invitation-only, GTM program for early- to mid-stage software startups that have raised funding, achieved product-market fit, and are ready to scale.

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Announcing 2023 AWS Partner Award Nominations

The 2023 AWS Partner Awards honor partners who have demonstrated outstanding results and innovation with the use of AWS products and solutions. AWS Partners can self-nominate themselves to be considered across a select number of AWS Partner Award categories. Award submissions will be reviewed by a third-party and selected with special emphasis placed on customer success use cases presented in the nomination form. All nominations must be submitted by 11:59 PM PDT on August 17, 2023.

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Accelerating Public Health Data Modernization with AI-Powered Document Processing from Quantiphi

Many public health agencies and laboratories still fax their test results and frequently change the format of those documents. Quantiphi’s Jim Keller speaks with AWS about the benefits of QDox, an intelligent document processing solution that leverages AI to recognize the document type, extract information, and deliver the output in the desired format. Quantiphi is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner that’s a category-defining analytics, machine learning, and cloud modernization company.

Scale Your Software and Services with AWS Marketplace

Customers are increasingly purchasing software and services in AWS Marketplace to take advantage of added efficiencies, cost savings, and flexible payment and terms. As we continue to transform the AWS Partner experience, we’re focused on scaling AWS Marketplace to help you drive greater customer value. In this post, we share key operational and self-service enhancements we’ve made to help you scale your offerings in AWS Marketplace, while lowering your operating costs and accelerating time-to-close.

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Start Your Learning Journey with the Right Roadmap from AWS Training and Certification

To help break down barriers and develop your cloud skills, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has created several methods to guide you on the correct learning journey, including learning plans, courses with different training styles, and a curated list of our most popular courses amongst AWS Partners. In this post, explore what training resonates with the thousands of partners already learning with AWS Partner Training and Certification.

How Snowflake Optimized its Virtual Warehouses for Sustainability Using AWS Graviton

Snowflake aspires to be a leader in environmental sustainability, and its goal is to provide the best data cloud with the lowest carbon footprint on the planet. Learn how Snowflake reduced its carbon emissions footprint and improved performance efficiency by transitioning virtual warehouses to AWS Graviton-based instance types. This enabled Snowflake to reduce the carbon intensity of workloads, so it can meet customer demand sustainably even as compute requirements continue to grow.

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Say Hello to 176 AWS Competency, Service Delivery, Service Ready, and MSP Partners Added or Renewed in May

We are excited to highlight 176 AWS Partners that received new or renewed designations in May for our global AWS Competency, AWS Managed Service Provider (MSP), AWS Service Delivery, and AWS Service Ready programs. These designations span workload, solution, and industry, and help AWS customers identify top AWS Partners that can deliver on core business objectives. AWS Partners are focused on your success, helping customers take full advantage of the business benefits AWS has to offer.

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5 Stages to Building a Successful Partner Practice with AWS

Over the years working with AWS Partners, we have learned that having a focused AWS practice helps partners be more successful in supporting our evolving mutual customer base. Learn how a dedicated AWS practice can be essential in getting the most out of your AWS Partner Network (APN) involvement, especially if your organization is on the Services Path. We’ll describe the five stages of a successful partner practice and offer insights into how to optimize your APN resources and benefits.

AWS Specializations Help You Find the Right Partner for the Right Job

With more than 100,000 AWS Partners across the globe, how do you find the right partner for the right job? AWS Specializations help customers find a short list of trusted cloud partners with diverse expertise. Learn about the four programs that provide technical validation based on AWS services, workloads, use cases, industries, and managed services: Service Delivery, Service Ready, Competency, and Managed Service Provider (MSP).

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Accelerate Time to Market for AWS IoT Applications with AWS ISV Partners

If your organization requires a faster time to market for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, AWS Partners have flexible, pre-built solutions to help reduce risk while building the foundational elements that are required to deploy an IoT solution at scale. Businesses interested in deploying an IoT solution should carefully consider which AWS Partner will best fit their organization’s needs, keeping in mind a few key elements, including capabilities, tenancy, security and compliance, migration, and pricing.