A 2023 Forrester survey reveals that four out of five media and entertainment (M&E) decision-makers say it is important that their organization uses cloud-based technology solutions. This same survey also reports that 40 percent do not feel their organization is prepared to compete with its current cloud infrastructure. These findings illustrate the importance the M&E industry places on cloud adoption while also indicating challenges. M&E leaders seeking to deliver personalized, reliable, high-quality content are finding cloud solutions can help by enabling efficient and cost-effec ..read more

Challenges in direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming models have media and entertainment (M&E) business leaders seeking innovative solutions to remain competitive. These challenges include tough profitability margins, pipeline integration complexities, and technology skillset limitations. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace hosted a webinar to examine how M&E organizations use cloud solutions to cut costs and deliver engaging experiences. Urban Edge Network (UEN) participated in the webinar to share how they brought content from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) to the ..read more

As healthcare organizations embrace innovative cloud solutions, concerns around security, privacy, and compliance take center stage. Healthcare leaders face unique challenges in maintaining the integrity of patient data while adhering to stringent industry regulations.  I recently led a webinar to explore how healthcare organizations are handling data security and compliance. Machinify Chief Information Officer David Levinger joined me, to share how his organization embraces cloud technology without compromising patient privacy or data security. This post highlights key takeaways from Mac ..read more

A 2022 Forbes report found that 78 percent of US adults prefer to bank using a mobile app or website. Lenders are eager to satisfy their customers’ online banking preferences but face challenges in digitally transforming the loan application process. These challenges include entrenched manual processes, legacy systems, and a need for deeper personalization in digital interactions. We recently led a webinar to explore how financial service organizations use cloud solutions to overcome these challenges. Industry leaders from KeyBank joined me to share how KeyBank transformed its mortgage operati ..read more

Viewership for subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services in the US surpassed cable and broadcast TV for the first time in 2022. The streaming market is expected to continue increasing at an 11 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next 5 years. SVOD platforms face unprecedented media supply chain challenges as their content libraries and customer bases grow. From improving video ingest, version control, retrieval, and editing to distributing secure and reliable content to multiple platforms, cloud solutions can help. I recently hosted a webinar to explore how media and enterta ..read more

Financial services organizations must be agile and innovative to remain competitive. Industry leaders are increasingly looking to the cloud for solutions that provide the seamless and instantaneous payment experience customers expect along with secure payment processing. Security is top of mind as banks, lenders, insurers, fintechs, and other financial service providers embrace cloud solutions. Leaders face unique challenges balancing innovation, efficiency, and security in a heavily regulated industry.     Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace recently hosted a webinar to exami ..read more

We heard from our customers using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) that they needed to have a simpler way to discover, procure, and install operational tools to optimize their production clusters. Until October 2023, you can discover Amazon EKS add-on from AWS Marketplace and create an active subscription for the product on the AWS Marketplace console by opening it in a new browser tab. In this blog post, we are  happy to share that Amazon EKS users can now easily discover as well as procure third-party add-ons from within the Amazon EKS console, replacing the need to open t ..read more

In today’s fast-paced digital transformation landscape, businesses are constantly seeking ways to optimize their software delivery processes, embrace DevOps methodologies, and foster agility to stay ahead of the competition. While the cloud presents opportunities for innovation and running your applications at scale, you can experience long build times, protracted continuous integration (CI) waiting periods, and a cumbersome developer experience, resulting in slow development and testing cycles. Additionally, organizations face the dilemma of providing adequate cloud access to engineers during ..read more

AWS Marketplace Professional Services help customers find and get professional services from trusted providers to manage third-party software running in AWS or to build on AWS. Whether you need help with deploying new services, migrating applications, or supporting existing applications, AWS Marketplace connects you with AWS Partners with professional services that can help. ISVs use professional services in AWS Marketplace to sell implementation or premium support services for their products to optimize customer experiences. ISVs also want to give channel partners the ability to resell t ..read more

Renewing customer agreements in AWS Marketplace provides a trusted opportunity to continue to grow your business, align for scale, and accelerate deals. Building a renewals strategy to maximize customer and revenue retention is critical for your continued growth. To support this, AWS Marketplace has launched two new seller features that help create an effective renewals approach. These features support your renewals planning strategy and your SaaS contract and contract with consumption (CCP) renewals private offer process. The first new feature is the agreements and renewals dashboard. This se ..read more