Amazon bets on tie-ups with government departments to boost cloud presence

Amazon Internet Services is looking to strengthen its market position by providing cloud computing and allied services across government departments and Indian public sector companies through its AWS (Amazon Web Services) platform.

According to Rahul Sharma, President – Public Sector, India and South-Asia, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd is looking to tap specific impact areas such as skilling, healthcare, livelihood and inclusion programmes.

It has already worked with State governments (through its partner network) in Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra and on different citizen-centric governance schemes. Even the Centre’s common service centres are on the AWS cloud platform.

“We have seen good growth in India and it continues to be a focus area for us,” he told BusinessLine. Sharma did not share the India turnover or growth numbers.