If the U.S. public sector still believed it had a few more years to migrate operations to the cloud, that impression was quickly dispelled over the course of a few days in March. As a global pandemic forced the closure of schools, offices and retail businesses, public sector officials turned to major technology providers for critical support.

“The COVID-19 crisis showed just how fast organizations can move when missions need to drive decision-making,” said Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, during a virtual presentation in July. “We’ve seen public sector organizations move so fast during this time. In fact, we’ve seen more innovation and movement in the past two to three months than we’ve seen in the past two years.”

During today’s AWS Public Sector Summit Online event, theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, will spotlight AWS’ development of new edge-computing deployment technologies, adoption of cloud-ready solutions to modernize public sector operations, and efforts to support global governments in fighting COVID-19. (* Disclosure below.) 

Livestream of the AWS Public Sector Summit Online event

AWS Public Sector Summit Online is a livestream event, with additional interviews to be broadcasted on theCUBE. You can register for free here to access the live event. Plus, you can watch theCUBE interviews here.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer you various ways to watch the live coverage of AWS Public Sector Summit Online, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube channel. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s events on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE Insights podcast

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

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE during the AWS Public Sector Summit Online event

During the AWS Public Sector Summit Online event, theCUBE will speak with AWS’ Max Peterson, vice president of international sales, Worldwide Public Sector; Vincent Quah, regional head of education, research, healthcare and not-for-profit, APAC public sector; Clive Charlton, head of solutions architecture, Sub-Saharan Africa; and Paul Grist, head of education sales, worldwide public sector.

During the event, theCUBE will also speak with Ian McCrae, founder and chief executive officer of Orion Health; Janine Teo, founder and chief executive officer of Solve Education!; Hugo Richard, co-founder and CEO of Dystech Australia Pty. Ltd.; Aditya Agrawal, founder of D4DInsights LLC and senior program advisor at Digital Earth Africa; and Kate Goodall, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Halcyon House

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the AWS Public Sector Summit Online event. Neither AWS, the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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