In a previous post on the Public Sector Blog, we covered six key strategies in which Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers AWS Partners to expand their platforms globally to reach more customers while meeting requirements such as data residency and sovereignty. These ranged from using AWS Global Infrastructure to AWS services that make it easier for partners to implement requirements consistently. In this post, we consolidate those steps into a framework that can guide partners to plan for expansion, design their architecture, and deploy their platforms into a new AWS Region while navigating critical decisions.
For effective and efficient global expansion, AWS Partners need to design a flexible platform architecture that can meet the requirements of their users in different geographic regions and industries. These requirements typically fall into three categories: performance, compliance, and resilience. The design is a balance between these three dimensions…
