Amazon Web Services (AWS) gives local authorities the tools and flexibility to build modern digital services so they can innovate on behalf of citizens using secure, cost-effective cloud services.
Across the UK, councils are using data to inform where resources are needed, automating manual processes, and using artificial intelligence to facilitate the delivery of core services.
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Transport for Greater Manchester Turns to Crimson Macaw and AWS for Valuable Insights into Public Transport Passenger Activity
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) turned to Crimson Macaw to migrate analytics to the AWS Cloud to gain insights into light rail passenger activities. TfGM manages the largest tram network in the UK. The Crimson Macaw solution runs on an AWS infrastructure powered by AWS Lambda, Amazon Simple Queue Service, and Amazon Simple Storage Service. Read more here
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How governments can benefit from open source solutions to solve common challenges
Governments have similar problems and are not in competition so using technology that others have developed and made freely available via open source to transform essential services makes sense. To make open source solutions easier to find for governments, Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently created an online repository: Open Government Solutions. This provides everything from policy templates for spend controls to open-source code and digital services developed by governments.
“Open source tools allow governments to gain access to the best thinking and tools that are available and then quickly customize them to meet the needs of citizens,” explained Tomicah Tilleman, from the New America Digital Impact and Governance Initiative. “It’s a way of responding far more quickly and far more efficiently to the very demanding challenges that public servants are facing.” How can governments use open source solutions from their peers? Read more here
A public data lake for COVID-19 research and development
The AWS COVID-19 data lake is a centralized repository of up-to-date and curated datasets focused on the spread and characteristics of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). This data lake contains pre-processed, curated, and publicly-readable data, ready for analysis by anyone and many of which is sourced through AWS Data Exchange. Read more here