AWS Marketplace
Omdia study: how the media and entertainment industry uses cloud marketplace solutions
In the past two years, use of media has changed considerably. Media production companies had to accelerate their adoption of cloud-based infrastructure and technologies to support the shift to home consumption and remote work. As this shift occurs, media providers are looking to diversify revenue streams to take better advantage of consumer spending for entertainment. […]
Unified authorization for AWS with Styra Declarative Authorization Service: EKS Edition
Implement EKS Guardrails with Open Policy Agent and Styra DAS How do AWS users control which people and machines can perform which actions within their custom applications and within the stack of development tools needed to build and run those applications? Take, for instance, Kubernetes: users of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) need comprehensive controls […]
How to successfully list a container solution in AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace is a curated digital software catalog that enables AWS customers to easily find, buy, test, and deploy third-party software. Software usage is billed alongside customer AWS bills, with flexible pricing options across both Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) and upfront contracts. Sellers curious about selling in AWS Marketplace frequently ask me these questions: Will my target […]
How to meter usage for subscriptions when using SaaS Quick Start
AWS Marketplace now enables sellers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and Consulting Partners (CPs) to complete the AWS Marketplace SaaS product API integration in as little as 10 minutes using SaaS Quick Start. In this blog post, I will show how to meter usage for both subscriptions and contract with consumption while using SaaS Quick Start. […]
How interoperability improves the healthcare experience
Healthcare information technology is used today more widely than ever. It supports roles across the healthcare landscape, including health administration, patient experience, practitioners, and third-party service providers. It simplifies tasks as varied as medical record keeping, care collaboration, and patient education. But specific technologies vary, and that is a challenge for the industry. Each solution […]
Understanding open finance’s impact on financial services
Open finance is a relatively recent development in the financial technology (fintech) space. The Financial Conduct Authority in the UK defines open finance as “an opportunity to build on the concept of open banking and allow consumers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access and share their data with third-party providers.” This transformation is […]
Remote workspace technology solves workflow challenges in media and entertainment with AWS Marketplace solutions
Audiences’ continued move to streaming content is pushing industry players to allocate large budgets to the creation of new content. Statista recently reported that Netflix’s 2022 content spending is estimated to be 17 billion USD, while Disney’s comes in at 33 billion USD. This push brings an unprecedented demand for visual effects (VFX) work. However, […]
CyberArk Identity as SSO for AWS Control Tower
Migrating to the AWS cloud has enabled many organizations to reduce costs, innovate faster, and deliver business results more effectively. As you expand your AWS infrastructure, you require multi-account governance strategies as well as implementation of best practices to your expanded environment. AWS Control Tower implements AWS best practices to establish a well-architected, multi-account baseline […]
Automate Tigera Calico Cloud and EKS clusters integration using AWS Control Tower
Migrating to the cloud has enabled many organizations to reduce costs, innovate faster, and deliver business results more effectively. However, as businesses expand their cloud infrastructure, they must adopt robust monitoring strategies to keep an eye on operations, performance, reliability, security, and costs in their expanded environment. Having a multi-account strategy is a best practice […]
AWS CloudFormation template guidelines for AMI-based products in AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace gives sellers the option to list to list AMI-based product with AWS CloudFormation templates. Sellers, as Consulting Partners (CP) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), use the templates to define a cluster or distributed architecture for the product. Customers then deploy the solution by using CloudFormation templates, saving time and avoiding errors in the process. In this post, I’ll provide you with the CloudFormation template requirements for listing AMI-based products with CloudFormation templates in AWS Marketplace.