AWS Public Sector Blog
Tag: digital transformation
Embracing diversity and generative AI to transform Latin America: Insights from AWS executive Andrés Tahta
Andrés Tahta, managing director for Latin America public sector industry sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS), is an inspirational trailblazer who has devoted his career to uniquely solving tough problems with the power of technology. In the sixth episode of the AWS Behind the Cloud vodcast series, host Sarah Storelli interviewed Tahta about how generative AI is driving new levels of productivity and insights, and transforming offerings to foster continued innovation in Latin America.
How using cloud technology can help your organization meet sustainability goals
The right cloud technology leads to more sustainable IT and business operations. As a foundation for innovation, the cloud supports the delivery of sustainable products, services, and business models, and gives organizations the opportunity to transform themselves with sustainability at the core of their operation. The scope of the cloud’s role in sustainability is highlighted in a recent series of AWS Institute masterclasses and summarized in this blog post.
New AWS legacy transformation solution guide to identify, manage, and reduce legacy technology risk
To support public sector organizations looking to remediate legacy concerns, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has created a solution guide for legacy transformation. This comprehensive solution guide will enable public sector organizations to reduce the risks and costs of managing legacy systems while lowering their IT carbon footprint by moving to the cloud.
Indiana DOC works with Mi-Case to fast-track offender management system launch on AWS
In 2021, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to Mi-Case, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, to replace its legacy systems managing case data across the state’s corrections facilities. The project kicked off in February 2021 and the new web and cloud-based offender management system (OMS) went live in May 2023. Read this blog post to learn why implementations like it routinely take several years and why this project was different.
Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Institute, and Public Digital today announced the recipients of the Future of Government Awards 2023. The awards champion practitioners, teams, and leaders who transform people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.
Transforming education globally through generative AI: Insights from AWS executive Valerie Singer
In the fifth episode of the AWS Behind the Cloud vodcast series, host Sarah Storelli interviews Valerie Singer, general manager of global education at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Watch and listen to learn more about Singer’s journey and discover her insights on how generative artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in education around the world.
Digital health in Asia Pacific: Making services more sustainable
Spending on healthcare per person in the Asia Pacific region is now 80 percent higher than it was in 2009. Citing a recent report commissioned by the AWS Institute, this blog post identifies potential benefits, such as cost savings of USD 21.6 billion if all nine countries studied in the report transition their hospital IT to the cloud.
Democratizing generative AI to inspire diverse innovation: Insights from AWS executive Dave Levy
Dave Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector (WWPS), is an inspirational trailblazer who has devoted his career to helping customers realize technology’s potential for transforming their organizations and fulfilling their missions. In the fourth episode of AWS Behind the Cloud, I sat down with Dave
The top 5 challenges of public service transformation
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Transformation team (GTT) has taken more than 5,000 senior public sector officials in 23 countries through its executive education program. Using participant feedback, GTT has identified five common digital transformation challenges that public sector leaders face and published a new series about the challenges. Read this blog to learn more.
Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023
At this year’s re:Invent conference, AWS is introducing Innovation Talks, which are deep dives hosted by AWS thought leaders. Dave Levy, vice president of AWS worldwide public sector, is hosting the session, “Empowering citizens through digital innovation” and will be joined by speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Covered California, and Singapore’s Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG). Read this blog post to learn more about these featured customers.