AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Category: APN Launches

How to Prepare Your Business and Technical Teams on AWS

Erik Farr is a Partner Solutions Architect (SA) with the AWS Partner Network (APN).  My Amazon Web Services (AWS) journey started in late 2012, when I opened a cloud consulting practice at a firm that was an AWS Partner Network (APN) Premier Partner. As an APN Partner, I found AWS training courses and certifications invaluable, […]

What Does it Mean to be a Next-Generation Managed Service Provider?

AWS, Sumo Logic, and three AWS Managed Service Partners (Smartronix, Logicworks, and Day1 Solutions) came together at the AWS Loft in NYC last week for an interactive discussion with customers around the Next Generation of Cloud Delivery and Management. Cloud managed services play an increasingly important role as customers look to migrate and manage workloads on […]

Active Directory Single Sign-On (SSO) on AWS with Bitium

Bitium, an APN Technology Partner, offers an enterprise-grade solution for single sign-on, application and user management, password management, directory integration, and security and compliance.  By utilizing the Bitium software as a service (SaaS) solution, we are going to demonstrate the integration of Microsoft Active Directory (AD) logins with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Management Console […]

Discover Exclusive New Content and Webcasts on the AWS Partner Portal

We like to think of the APN Portal as a central hub for APN Partners. Through the Portal, you have exclusive access to a wealth of resources: business and technical content, on-demand videos, AWS Training & Certification resources, marketing resources, the Customer Opportunity Submission tool, AWS Partner Program-specific resources, and more. Any member of your firm […]

Meet Chef, Datapipe, Pegasystems, Smartronix, and Software AG – AWS Partner Success Videos

Through the end of 2015, we’ll be publishing a number of new AWS Partner Success videos that highlight the success that some of our top Consulting and Technology Partners have found working with the AWS Partner Network. You can find all of our AWS Partner videos here, and today I’m excited to highlight the videos we’ve released this week, featuring Competency […]

Running SQL Server Linked Servers on AWS

Scott Zimmerman is a Partner Solutions Architect with AWS. In this post, I’ll demonstrate how to set up SQL Server linked servers on Microsoft Windows Server in Amazon EC2. Linked servers allow you to join tables between database servers and distribute queries through stored procedures and views across servers, without even needing to change your […]

New Training Class for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Exam

If becoming an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional is on your 2016 resolution list, our new full-day training workshop can help you prepare. The Solutions Architect—Professional certification validates the advanced technical skills and experience needed to design and deploy cloud architecture on AWS. The new AWS Certification Exam Readiness Workshop provides an overview of the […]