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This is the 17th AWS Competency designation earned by Slalom, which is a two-time recipient of AWS Partner of the Year awards for system integrators. The AWS Competency verifies that Slalom’s media and entertainment services follows architectural and operational best practices, is being actively used by customers in production environments, and customers advocate for these services.

“Slalom is proud to achieve the AWS Media & Entertainment Competency, which recognises our industry expertise and success in delivering value for our customers in this space,” said Anthony Marquardt, General Manager of Global Industry at Slalom. “We are committed to helping media and entertainment organisations achieve their business transformation goals by leveraging AWS for its breadth of services, agility and speed.”

The media and entertainment industry is evolving as companies reinvent how they create content, optimise media supply chains, and compete for audience attention across streaming, broadcast, and direct-to-consumer platforms. The types of content that people want to consume are changing, with growing demand for more engaging experiences. The AWS Media & Entertainment Competency recognises Slalom for helping customers address these changes by modernising their highest-priority workloads and streamlining the production and distribution of engaging content for their audiences.

Achieving the AWS Media & Entertainment Competency differentiates Slalom as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member with validated expertise and proven customer success delivering transformative media workloads for companies ranging from established global studios, streamers, and production companies to those nascent in their cloud journey. Slalom’s team of industry experts deliver end-to-end solutions on AWS that can drive meaningful impact, including in data and analytics, advertising and marketing technology, media supply chain, and content production. Recently, Slalom signed a three-year strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to accelerate building industry-specific solutions to jointly meet customer needs, including solutions for media and entertainment.

“It’s really quite simple,” said Aaron Atkins, Slalom Senior Sales Executive focused on media and entertainment. “With AWS, Slalom has helped many media and entertainment leaders accelerate content production, reduce subscriber churn, and leverage analytics to identify cost savings.”

AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions for organisations ranging from startups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify AWS Partners with deep industry experience and expertise.