Topic — Cloud Operations
Cloud Operations
Public-sector institutional perspective on cloud operations across cloud infrastructure and CMS operations. Curated articles from the eWay Corp insights archive.
22 articles
Preparing Public-Sector Teams for Cloud Migration: Five Things That Actually Matter
Cloud migration in public-sector institutions is more about people than technology. The migrations that succeed share five operational practices around team preparation. The migrations that struggle skip them.
Amazon EC2 for Public-Sector Workloads: When and Why It Fits
Amazon EC2 is the foundation of most public-sector AWS adoption, but the structural fit depends on the workload pattern. For institutional applications requiring traditional server runtimes, EC2 with appropriate operational discipline is the right answer.
AWS Cloud Computing in 2020: Why the Pandemic Year Accelerated Public-Sector Adoption
The 2020 pandemic year accelerated public-sector cloud adoption by years. AWS specifically benefited from the procurement and operational characteristics that fit pandemic-era institutional needs.
AWS Cloud Hosting for Public-Sector Workloads: An Architecture Reference
AWS hosting decisions for public-sector workloads come down to four architectural patterns. Picking the right one is mostly a function of compliance posture, traffic profile, and operational ownership.
AWS Continuity of Government IT: How CGIT Supports Institutional Resilience
AWS launched the Continuity of Government IT program at re:Invent 2022 with a tiered approach to operational resilience. For agencies whose continuity planning is dominated by paper documents rather than tested operational reality, the program is structurally useful.
Why AWS Consulting Partner Status Matters for Public-Sector Procurement
AWS Consulting Partner status is sometimes treated as a marketing badge. For public-sector procurement, it is a procurement signal: documented competency, named accountability, and a defined relationship between the customer's contracting officer and the cloud provider's partner organization.
AWS GovCloud Explained: What It Is, Who Uses It, and When It's the Right Choice
AWS GovCloud is the isolated AWS region for federal workloads with FedRAMP High, ITAR, or DoD compliance constraints. The structural question for agencies is whether the workload actually requires GovCloud, or whether commercial AWS regions with appropriate configuration are the right fit.
AWS in Higher Education: Operating Patterns That Actually Hold
AWS adoption in higher education has matured past the early-experiment phase. The institutions getting durable value from AWS share specific operating patterns: account governance, identity through the campus IdP, cost discipline, and workloads aligned to actual institutional priorities.
AWS for Higher Education: What Institutions Actually Use It For
Higher education AWS adoption falls into three workload categories: institutional websites and applications, research computing, and student-facing learning platforms. Each has its own operational pattern, compliance posture, and procurement path.
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