#11: AWS Happenings

A pair of stories about the cloud giant land at No. 11 in our countdown.

First, “engagement principles” might not sound super exciting, but when they impact thousands of partners, you want to know about them.

Now-former head of worldwide channels and alliances Doug Yeum exclusively told Channel Futures that “we are posting them publicly to ensure transparency as well as to reconfirm AWS’ commitment to our partners. We also want prospective partners to understand these principles as they make decisions to partner with us.”

Two of them revolve around security and “customer obsession.” Get the details and find out the other two principles here.

Meantime, another smokin’ hot AWS story was our post on Stephen Orban taking over as AWS Marketplace head. The seven-year veteran of the company said he would “work backward from the customer with a long-term view, and build what they need.”