New partner programs unveiled at AWS re:Invent, 2013

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, introduced new programs-solution competencies and partner benefits-for its AWS Partner Network (APN) program at AWS re:Invent, 2013 being held in Las Vegas. In addition, AWS announced 22 Premier Consulting Partners 2014, recognizing partners that provide superior customer service and expertise in building and migrating customer solutions on AWS. Also came up the announcement that the AWS marketplace now features more than 1,100 different software products pre-configured for the AWS Cloud across 24 different categories that customers can purchase with a single click.

With the rapid adoption of AWS across industries and various sizes of organization, customers are increasingly asking for partner solutions in areas such as value-added software, established business applications, developer tools, and consulting expertise to help them deploy and manage mission-critical workloads on the AWS cloud. The AWS Partner Network (APN) program, which provides technical, business and marketing support for the AWS partner ecosystem, has grown to more than 8,000 technology and consulting partners worldwide. Similarly, since the beginning of the year, the number of products available in the AWS Marketplace has increased 71%, and hours of usage of AWS marketplace products has increased by more than 700%.

"The growth of the AWS Partner Network and AWS marketplace continues to accelerate as customers actively seek partners with the products and expertise to help them take advantage of the AWS cloud," said Terry Wise, director, Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, AWS speaking to DQ Channels. He continued, "Our partners are critical to helping customers run their applications on AWS, and we will continue to invest in delivering the programs, tools and training to help our partners grow their cloud businesses, differentiate their offerings, and drive success for our joint customers."

AWS grants APN Competencies to Consulting Partners who have attained proficiency in a specific specialization or use case. Today, AWS introduced three new competencies for partners including Microsoft Exchange, SAP, and Oracle applications on the AWS cloud.