Jeff Kratz welcomes the public sector audience in Ottawa, Ontario and highlights the importance of innovation and transformation for digital government.
7. No Up-Front
Capital Expense
Pay Only for
What You Use
Self-Service
Infrastructure
Easily Scale
Up and Down
Improve Agility &
Time-to-Market
Low Cost
Every transformation is different
8. The AWS Canada
(Central) Region has
2 AVAILABILITY
ZONES that are
each made up of
one or more discrete
data centres
AWS Cloud operates
43 AVAILABILITY
ZONES within
16 GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS and has
the largest footprint
globally serving
millions of customers
This region
represents a
significant AWS
investment : in the
MANY MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS
AWS data centres in Canada draw
from a regional electricity grid that
is 99% POWERED BY HYDRO
POWER
9. TWO MAJOR USERS of the AWS
Canada Region in Montreal – both
Salesforce and Workday are leveraging
the Region in 2017 to expand their in-
country footprint
TENS OF THOUSANDS
of AWS customers
20. AWS is Architected for Government
Security Requirements
Certifications and accreditations for
workloads that matter – Compliant Solutions
AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config –
Call logging and configuration
management for governance and
compliance
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• Log, review, alarm
on all user actions
• Browse-and-query
database of current
and previous state
of cloud resources
MTCS
21. With AWS, Security Is a Shared
Responsibility
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Customers concentrate on systems and apps while AWS manages infrastructure.
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• Facilities
• Physical security
• Compute infrastructure
• Storage infrastructure
• Network infrastructure
• Virtualization layer (EC2)
• Hardened service endpoints
• Rich IAM capabilities
• Network configuration
• Security groups
• OS firewalls
• Operating systems
• Application security
• Proper service configuration
• AuthN and account management
• Authorization policies
More secure and
compliant systems
than any single entity
could normally achieve
on its own
Security expertise is a scarce resource; AWS oversees the big picture, letting your security team
focus on a subset of overall security needs.
23. Transformation to the Cloud – Call to Action
Take Action
• Open a free AWS account @ https://aws.amazon.com/free. (Note: Please use your work e-mail address.)
• Ask your AWS account manager or an AWS consulting partner to schedule an overview, service deep dive
and/or demo.
• Take advantage of online resources @ https://aws.amazon.com. Whitepapers, videos, service documentation
and more.
• Identify a key workload and conduct a Proof of Concept. We can help with scoping and planning as well as
delivery.
• Look into AWS Training & Certification @ https://aws.amazon.com/training/. Free online resources plus formal
courses.
• Ask AWS or an AWS consulting partner to conduct a free workshop for your organization:
‒ Cloud Discovery & Adoption
‒ Security & Compliance
‒ Architecture Jumpstart or Well-Architected Review
‒ Portfolio Assessment & Prioritization
• Consider an AWS Support plan @ https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/. Access to skilled technical
resources 24x7.
• Remember: It’s still Day One!