This document outlines an AWS symposium on government, education, and nonprofits held from June 24-26, 2014 in Washington, DC. It discusses how AWS can help organizations innovate through agile infrastructure, data-driven insights, and experimentation. Case studies are presented on New York City projects like digital wayfinding and a hurricane restoration portal that were supported by AWS cloud computing. The symposium promoted how AWS enables faster response, more efficient use of resources, and a culture of innovation for government agencies.

1. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Data Driven Innovation
Frank DiGiammarino
Cordell Schachter
frankdig@amazon.com
CSchachter@dot.nyc.gov

2. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Data Driven Innovation
Frank DiGiammarino
Innovation and Global Expansion
AWS World Wide Public Sector

3. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
• Our ability to respond is constrained by rigidity.
– Organizations lack speed, agility, reach, and efficiency.
● Rigid Hierarchies
● Mandates and Oversight
● Competition for Fixed Pool of
Resources (Budget, HR)
● Unclear accountability and
fragmented processes
● Inability to redeploy resources to
mission critical areas
OVERSIGHT
RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF XYZ
Government in the Industrial Era…

4. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
We are in a New Era…

5. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Source: “Can Government Work Like OpenTable?”
The Collaborative Era
New ModelOld Model

6. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
The Data for Change
Data

7. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Outcomes Can’t Afford to be Slow
Add New Dev Environment
Add New Prod Environment
Add New DR Environment on East Coast
Add 1,000 Servers for Enrollment
Remove 1,000 Servers after Enrollment
Deploy 1 10,000 Core HPC Cluster
Shut down 1 10,000 Core HPC Cluster
AWS:
Infrastructure in minutesOld World:
Infrastructure in weeks
Everything changes with this kind of agility
The Technology for Change

8. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
A Culture of Innovation:
Experiment Often and Fail Without Risk
On-Premises
Experiment Infrequently
Failure is Expensive
Less Innovation
Experiment Often
Fail Quickly at a Low Cost
More Innovation
$ Millions
Nearly $0
The Technology for Change

9. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
IT Transformation Using Amazon Web Services

10. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
DrupalCon Denver 2012

11. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Mobile First Development
RESPONSIVEFULLY

12. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
DOT’s Award-Winning IT Systems Supported by AWS
• Digital Wayfinding - iRideNYC.info
Best of New York City 2013
• Sandy Restoration Portal
Best of New York 2013
Information Week Top 10 Government IT Innovator 2013
Digital Govt. Achievement Award 2013

13. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Digital Wayfinding Makes Transit Performance
Data Accessible

14. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Sandy Restoration Portal Makes Emergency
Condition Data Available

15. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Accomplishment Data Made Administrative
Narrative Accessible

16. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Citibike System Resiliency

17. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Ask a Child…

18. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Transformation: GIS/Mapping
The Goal:
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is a Singapore
government entity focused on optimizing land
resources for economic and social development
The Challenge:
Get more out of traditional GIS and mapping
technology.
The Result:
The development of an AWS-hosted “Common Map”
displays their data relating to specific locations,
making it relevant to their constituents’ lives.

19. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
If Not Now…
“Unless we purposefully turn our eyes to
look at something that interests us as
individuals, we shall literally see nothing in
the world, and we shall understand nothing
in the real world unless we remember that
we freely choose the direction in which to
look.” – Stuart Hampshire

20. AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium
Washington, DC | June 24, 2014 - June 26, 2014
Thank You
Frank DiGiammarino
Cordell Schachter
frankdig@amazon.com
CSchachter@dot.nyc.gov