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Generative AI as a force for good in facilitating cyber-resiliency in public sector organizations

The­ Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo – powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and part of the AWS Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program – collaborated with the City of San Diego and the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) to create ‘My eCISO,’ a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based application that propels public and private organizations on a path to cyber resiliency. This post explores the technology behind My eCISO and its implications for organizations looking to protect against attacks.

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HolonIQ improves decision-making for executives with Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Bedrock

HolonIQ is a global education intelligence platform that has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform how governments, institutions, and companies access and utilize critical information. By harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies, HolonIQ is empowering decision makers in the education, climate tech, and health sectors with instant access to comprehensive, trustworthy data and research. Read this post to learn more.

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Japan’s Digital Agency accelerates government cloud migration with AWS generative AI–powered architecture reviews

In September 2021, Japan took a leap with the establishment of its Digital Agency and the creation of the government cloud. With the goal to build a society in which no one is left behind by improving convenience, health, and happiness through digital technology, Japan’s Digital Agency represents the nation’s bold commitment to digital innovation across government and society. In June 2024, two cloud engineers from the Digital Agency, Kazuma Takeda and Shinichi Nishihata, shared their process and learnings at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit Japan, the largest AWS learning event in the country. For those who were unable to attend or watch virtually, this post summarizes their presentation.

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Médica Panamericana revolutionizes medical exam prep with AWS generative AI

Editorial Médica Panamericana is a leading biomedical publisher with more than 2,500 titles across 23 Spanish-speaking countries. Their 25,000-plus authors have developed trusted and world-class content for more than 70 years. Médica Panamericana, in partnership with BinPar, is constantly innovating to provide its readers the best possible experience. For example, Médica Panamericana recently applied generative artificial intelligence (AI) from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its exam preparation resource, PROMIR. Read this post to learn more.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. They strive to improve the human condition in innumerable ways, yet they cannot raise capital like a commercial organization, so they have to make the most of the resources they have. They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. Even with these constraints, nonprofits aspire to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, and often, they use innovative IT architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to do it.

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Concerts for Carers uses AWS Fargate, Amazon Aurora to deliver ticketing and events platform at any scale

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, while frontline workers were under immense pressure, three experienced live event professionals wanted to thank all of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) workers and paid care workers. They combined their extensive experience and knowledge to launch the not-for-profit charity Concerts for Carers, whose mission is to promote the mental health and well-being of all NHS workers and paid caregivers and to provide them with free tickets to live events in the UK as an ongoing gesture of thanks. This post highlights how they’ve used Amazon Web Services to meet their mission.

The role AWS is playing in Prosper Africa Tech initiatives

The Prosper Africa Tech for Trade Alliance is a collaboration uniting leading American and African tech companies behind the mission of accelerating e-commerce and digital trade in Africa. The recently announced collaboration between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Choppies, a leading supermarket chain in Botswana, exemplifies the Alliance’s model of impact-oriented public-private partnerships. This post highlights the AWS-powered deployment of Choppies’ state-of-the-art Farmer’s app across its supplier network.

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Accelerating data processing for IRCC with Amazon EC2 instances

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) faced a significant challenge: the need to perform complex fuzzy string matching across two different datasets. IRCC embarked on a transformative project that redefined its data processing capabilities and showcased the power of cloud computing in overcoming substantial data challenges. Instead of dealing with months of undifferentiated heavy lifting activities, IRCC successfully used Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances to complete the work in a only few days. Read this post to learn more.

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SoftwareOne boosts developer efficiency and streamlines code reviews using Amazon Bedrock

SoftwareOne, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner and a global provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions, addresses code review challenges with its automated solution, SummarAIze, powered by the generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) capabilities of Amazon Bedrock. This post provides an overview of SoftwareOne’s approach to building SummarAIze and its impact on the software development process.

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Streamlining digital transformation in German healthcare with AWS

Healthcare organizations worldwide are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) and partner solutions to modernize, transform, and innovate their businesses. Ensuring the availability and security of critical applications is paramount. For example, two renowned German medical facilities, Fachklinikum Mainschleife and Max Grundig Klinik, needed to modernize their IT infrastructure to comply with stringent regulatory requirements outlined in the country’s Law for Accelerating the Digitalization of Healthcare (DigiG). Reliable and compliant service offerings from AWS enabled the medical facilities to provide reliable access to essential systems.