As the cloud market continues to expand in both the public and private sectors, Amazon Web Services Inc. remains the market leader with the broad spectrum of tools and solutions available through its platform. As an increasing number of organizations recognize the cloud’s utility and competing providers, such as Microsoft and IBM, expand their market share, how does AWS plan to maintain its position at the top and convert its commercial success to the public sector?

Looking to answer these and other questions, SiliconANGLE is at AWS Public Sector Summit 2018, currently underway in Washington, D.C., with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. TheCUBE coverage will begin on Wednesday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET and end on Thursday, June 21, at 1:00 p.m. ET. (* Disclosure below.)

The rate of cloud adoption has steadily climbed since the explosion of digital transformation compelled businesses across all industries to modernize offerings and processes. 2017 saw AWS adoption increase from 57 percent to 64 percent, and competitors like Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud also saw significant growth.

Surging adoption has boosted Amazon’s cloud business, with a first quarter revenue increase that exceeded analyst estimates at 49 percent. In April, AWS reported sales at $5.44 billion, making up 11 percent of Amazon’s revenue for the quarter — a notable increase from the 8.5 percent it comprised just the quarter before. Despite recent Microsoft gains in the cloud market, AWS maintains a significant lead among competitors in public and private markets.

While much of the outward focus in IT cloud support has so far been around optimizing the private enterprise, government cloud spend is currently outpacing the industry average. National governments spend an average of 22 percent of their IT budgets on cloud, where private companies average a cloud spend rate of 20.4 percent. A recent survey found that the government ranks digital transformation as a higher priority than any other industry, with its need for improved data analytics as the most likely driver.

Despite the imminent need for greater data processing capabilities, security and privacy issues — as well as concerns around compliance and vendor lock-in — impede the rapid adoption efforts private companies can more easily take advantage of. Potential risks in migration, misuse and unsecured mobile endpoints all present major threats to sensitive government data.

Amazon’s early start in the cloud has given it an advantage in discovering and fulfilling the needs of organizations new to digitization.

“Amazon’s growing presence in Washington is in step with their continued business growth,” said John Furrier, an analyst with Wikibon (owned by the same company as SiliconANGLE). Even with its market superiority, Furrier maintains the company will face new challenges as it expands into government cloud. “AWS knows it needs to be more proactive against established tech giants with decades of D.C. lobbying experience,” he said.

Will AWS be successful in disrupting the entrenched government processes and maintaining its market lead amidst growing competition and the diverse needs of the public sector? All this and more will be explored at this years AWS Public Sector Summit.

Keynote speakers at AWS Public Sector Summit include Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services; Pamela C. Dyson, chief information officer at The Securities and Exchange Commission; Tom Soderstrom, IT chief technology and innovation officer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Rob Meyerson, senior vice president at Blue Origin; Taylor Carol, co-founder at GameChanger and chief evangelist at ZOTT; Dr. Swaine Chen, senior research scientist, infectious diseases, at Genome Institute of Singapore; and Sean P. Roche, associate deputy director of digital innovation at the Central Intelligence Agency.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer you various ways to watch all of theCUBE interviews that will be taking place at AWS Public Sector Summit, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s event on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE’s dedicated website and Ustream

All of theCUBE’s exclusive interviews from AWS Public Sector Summit 2018 will be available on theCUBE’s dedicated website.

You can also watch all the interviews on the dedicated Ustream channel.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from AWS Public Sector Summit, which runs from June 20-21, will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at the AWS Public Sector Summit

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE include AWS Public Sector Summit keynote speaker Taylor Carol. Other guests include Jeff Valentine, chief product officer at CloudCheckr; Stewart McLaurin, president at the White House Historical Association; John Wood, chairman and chief executive officer at Telos; Gus Hunt, managing director at Accenture; Barry Russell, general manager at Amazon Web Services Marketplace & Service Catalog; Sh Salman Al Khalifa, chief intelligence officer at Bahrain Information Authority & eGovernance; and Craig Atkinson, chief executive officer at JHC Technology.

TheCUBE’s lineup also includes Steve Grewal, chief technology officer of Cohesity; Bret Dennis, product management and client success at Heliocampus; Hardik Bhatt, smart cities vertical lead at AWS; Vincent Quah, head of education, nonprofits and health in APAC, at AWS; Todd Osborne, vice president of alliances and channels at New Relic; Scott Drossos, president at Infiniti AWS; Doug VanDyke, director of U.S. federal and nonprofits at AWS; and Max Peterson, vice president of international sales, worldwide public sector, at AWS.

(* Disclosure: Some segments on SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE are sponsored. Sponsors have no editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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