9. Six Elite MSPs Selected For AWS Managed Services Program

Amazon Web Services in March named the first six solution providers it certified to offer managed services as part of a new partner program.

The six managed service providers forming the inaugural AWS class were 2nd Watch, Cascadeo, Datapipe, Day1 Solutions, RightBrain Networks and Smartronix. All six next-gen partners demonstrated operational and security mastery to a third-party auditor.

The program was designed to offer enterprise customers a better means of selecting MSPs with the expertise to migrate and manage their workloads in the cloud. Since March, Amazon has provided these partners with guidance in developing their managed services practices.