Ardent, a certified AWS partner – what does that mean for you

Ardent is a technology company delivering excellence in data and software engineering for a number of years and has been an AWS (Amazon Web Services) certified partner since 2013. As a recognised Amazon Partner Network (APN) member, we can offer and accelerate clients’ journey to the cloud by leveraging the wide range of powerful technologies on offer. Our engineers have been working with AWS technologies for over a decade to solve complex technical challenges and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Here, we look at what it takes to become part of the APN and ultimately what it means for our clients and any prospective clients that want to get to know Ardent.

What is an Amazon Partner Network?

The Amazon Partner Network is a network of organisations that have demonstrated skills and expertise in AWS technologies. There are three tiers for the APN and they are as follows:

• Select Tier – The first tier is for organisations that have individuals that are trained and certified with AWS technologies and deliver customer service.
• Advanced Tier – The advanced tier is for an organisation with a team of trained and certified technical professionals that have a proven track record of excellent customer service.
• Premier Tier – The highest tier of the three is for the organisations with the most experience that demonstrate leadership in their market. These organisations have expert skills, several partner program validations and have fulfilled multiple projects with a large scale of customers.

Amazon Partner Network requirements

To become part of the Amazon Partner Network, an organisation must fulfil the set requirements by Amazon. The requirements vary for each type of tier that an organisation wants to achieve. We will focus on the Select Tier, as that is the tier Ardent has secured, building a long term relationship with AWS. These are the current requirements for the Select Tier:

• Have 4 accredited individuals in the organisation. Two in technical and two business professionals.
• Two AWS Foundational Certified Individuals
• Two AWS Technical Certified Individuals
• Three launched opportunities
• Pay an annual fee of $2,500 a year

AWS expertise for our clients

Ardent’s highly skilled data and software engineers have been utilising the full range of powerful technologies from AWS. We have worked on a wide variety of projects to deliver excellence to our clients. Here are some of our client success stories highlighting our work with AWS to help customers face challenges and grow their organisations.

Providing insights for businesses to thrive with a 10TB Survey Data Lake  

Saving the bugs, saving the world by digitising bug detection with Cognito AI

Optimising big data queries for a multinational broadcasting company

Ardents AWS services

Whether you have preferred AWS technologies or want our data and software engineers to make the recommendation, we can accommodate that. Our rich experience and in-depth technical expertise in AWS has empowered us to bring innovation to our clients. We work primarily within these three main categories with leading AWS technologies.

AWS Data Solutions

Our engineers have excellent expertise in schema design, data optimisation, handling large scale data lakes with leading technologies such as Redshift, Athena, Lamba, EC2 and more to deliver data solutions which are secure, scalable tailored to your data and organisation.

Explore our data engineering services

AWS Application Solution

We build robust applications employing a range of AWS technologies that are future-proof and scalable.

Explore our software development service

AWS Operational Monitoring and Support

Ardent can provide around-the-clock operational monitoring and support whether that is for your apps or your database to ensure you are consistently operational.

Explore our managed services

If you are looking to employ innovative, world-leading technologies on offer by AWS for your next software or data project, get in touch to find out how we can help.