Tag: AWS re:Invent

Finding the most qualified and experienced partners can be time-consuming for retailers, and may not always lead to the best partners for their cloud adoption journey. To assist retailers with this search, the APN launched the AWS Retail Competency. This designation helps retailers find top APN Partners with highly specialized solutions and consulting practices that offer retail technology and services that are powered and vetted by AWS.

First responders, public safety agencies, disaster response organizations, hospitals, schools, and cities are facing a growing number of challenges in resiliency planning. With the new AWS Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency, AWS customers can identify top APN Consulting Partners that can identify, build, and implement technology offerings that improve organizational capacity to prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies and disasters.

AWS Immersion Day workshops are day-long, in-person workshop that AWS Solutions Architects created to help customers learn how to best leverage the AWS platform to unlock business potential and meet key objectives. With APN Immersion Days, we are providing APN Partners with a repeatable model, reusable content, and automated tools that will help APN Partners deliver successful technical workshops for their customers.

We are thrilled to be in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2019 and our annual Global Partner Summit, meeting and connecting with APN Partners from around the world. This year’s conference provides APN Partners with great opportunities to connect, collaborate, and discover. APN Partners will be busy all week attending breakout sessions, chalk talks, and hands-on trainings to learn how the APN program can help their business build, market, and sell their AWS-based offerings.

All of us at Amazon Web Services and the AWS Partner Network (APN) are excited to meet and connect with APN Partners from around the globe at this year’s conference. To help you prepare, we’ve rounded up a number of things to check out while you are in Las Vegas for re:Invent the week of December 2-6. Learn how to leverage AWS technologies to serve your customers, and how APN programs can help you build, market, and sell your AWS-based offerings.

AWS re:Invent 2019 is almost here and reserved seating is now live. For APN Partners attending this year’s Global Partner Summit, you can find all of the partner-related sessions in the re:Invent catalog by selecting “Partner” under the Topics filter on the left side of the page. Learn how to leverage AWS technologies to serve your customers, and discover how the APN can help you build, market, and sell your AWS-based business.

Is your company joining the up to 65,000 expected attendees at AWS re:Invent 2019? Enhance your conference experience and drive lead generation through sponsorship—an exclusive opportunity for APN Partners and select AWS enterprise customers. Whether you’re a startup focused on lead generation, a GSI seeking high-touch C-level engagement, or a technology partner looking to educate a targeted audience on a new product feature, there are sponsorship opportunities that align with your goals.

For APN Partners that have earned an AWS Competency, we offer specific benefits that help you increase visibility and engagement with AWS teams and customers. Five key areas of AWS Competency benefits include: Increased visibility with go-to-market (GTM) activities; Access to Market Development Funds (MDF) and discounts; Demand-gen and customer acquisition; Unlock benefits for business development and support; Exclusive access to event-specific benefits.

Our team was especially proud to represent the AWS Partner Network (APN) at the sixth annual Global Partner Summit, held in Las Vegas during AWS re:Invent 2017. Global Partner Summit included a keynote by Terry Wise, Vice President of Global Alliances, Ecosystem, and Channels, as well as dozens of breakout sessions over two days featuring business and technical topics to help you grow your AWS-based practice.

The Global Partner Summit at AWS re:Invent 2017 provides members of the APN opportunities to connect, collaborate, and discover. The keynote presentation on November 27 was emceed by Terry Wise, Vice President, Global Alliances, Ecosystem and Channels. Here are a few tweets from Terry’s keynote at the Global Partner Summit. You can follow along on Twitter throughout re:Invent by following @AWSreInvent, @AWS_Partners, @AWScloud, and the #reinvent hashtag.