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Amazon gave us full training classes, and they are well benched on AWS.

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Amazon is very proactive, but they are a little too much. It is like they are data drug dealers but...

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Amazon has competition in the market. Epic is neck and neck with them and fighting them everywhere....

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Some companies are healthcare companies. Amazon has yet to become a healthcare company because the...

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We have learned a lot in the last couple of years with AWS. We have learned that the cloud is a good...

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We have most of our EHR and most of our major integration tools in AWS. AWS is doing what it is...

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Amazon is a great partner. They seem to be committed to continuing things and making sure that we...

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If Amazon delivers on what we have seen so far and what has been promised, we will be extremely...

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Amazon has kept us updated on things that are happening, like changes and new things that we should...

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With AWS, we are basically buying a data center in a box. Amazon is able to provide data center...

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AWS has a marketplace where we can sign up for things, like a firewall. Those things will then turn...

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We went with AWS because one of our other vendors had a relationship with Amazon. That made things easy....

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Relationship, Operations

I would definitely tell someone to not be afraid to use AWS. Overall, we have been really happy with...

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CIO

Operations

Based on what I have heard, Amazon has a great training program for AWS and a ton of tools. There...

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The contracting piece with AWS is painful. I think that is because Amazon doesn't have a...

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Loyalty, Relationship

I'm pretty happy with AWS, and we are excited about our partnership with Amazon.

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Value

Amazon could market their stuff a little more. There were certain things that were unknown until we...

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If we can deploy technology into the cloud pretty seamlessly, that is a big deal. We don't want to...

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Loyalty

I chose AWS for analytics and web apps, not for infrastructure. I wanted access to the latest tools...

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Relationship, Operations

Because Amazon is a giant enterprise, their proactiveness is through their support and partnership...

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Operations, Product

It is a little too early to claim any real big success with AWS. The ReadOnlyAccess environment was...

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Loyalty, Relationship

In comparing Microsoft and Amazon and how they compete, we saw that Amazon could not afford to give...

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Loyalty

AWS was the obvious fit for us. We wanted a partner who would engage with us, and Amazon had their...

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Loyalty, Relationship

Amazon’s support has been amazing. They have been great so far. The vendor was certainly proactive...

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Relationship, Product

In terms of strengths, Amazon’s knowledge and expertise in the area have been wonderful to work...

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VP/Other Executive

Product

So far, AWS has proved tried and true. I haven't heard of any issues with it not performing. In our...

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Product, Value

The transition to the public cloud has been amazing so far. Speed and reliability are at the top of...

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CIO

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Amazon has been a fantastic partner. The person who reaches out is very proactive and preemptive,...

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CIO

Operations

During the onboarding experience, Amazon made the right engineering talent available at the right...

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Relationship, Operations, Product

Amazon helps set up the environments so that we can come in and basically carve out the...

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Loyalty, Product

AWS' functionality is hitting everything that we need. My primary indicator on that is going to be...

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Loyalty

When we revisited going to the cloud, there had been rapid developments in the public cloud space...

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CIO

Value

Amazon does avoid charging us for every little thing, unlike some vendors. That is a pleasant surprise....

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Loyalty

We selected AWS because of the ease of working with Amazon and the size and scale of their...

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Loyalty, Operations, Product

During and since the migration to the public cloud, it has been great to have an alternate...

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Loyalty

The reason we moved our Epic environment to the public cloud was physical geography. Having...

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Operations, Product

The performance of AWS has been the biggest, most pleasant surprise, and other than some of the...

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty

We are likely to leave AWS. We use AWS and are happy with it, but we are looking for a more...

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

There is not a lot of ongoing training. We could serve the training ourselves if we went online, but...

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VP/Other Executive

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Amazon has been supportive of us. We have a dedicated customer service representative. We have been...

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Culture, Value

AWS has always been reliable, and the pricing has always been good for us, but it is difficult to...

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VP/Other Executive

Product

Another vendor provides a deeper analytical platform. AWS has all these analytical tools, and I'm...

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

I wouldn't characterize our relationship with the vendor as a partnership. We are a customer, and we...

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Manager

Product

AWS was pretty far ahead years ago; now, the playing field is a little more evened out. Amazon...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

We service a lot of analysts and data scientists who are actually working on specific use cases with...

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Manager

Loyalty

Amazon has started doing more managed services. They tend to release stuff and let the users do QA...

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Manager

Operations, Product

With AWS, we were able to get things going in a super short amount of time. We had the whole thing...

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Manager

Product

With AWS, there are always specific little technical obstacles, but I haven't encountered anything...

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Manager

Value

I'm very satisfied with Amazon’s pricing model, but I spend a lot of time looking at the costs. A...

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Loyalty, Product

With AWS, there is a general movement toward data-driven decisions. That is a differentiator in the...

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Manager

Relationship

The quality of Amazon’s support depends on who we get. Some people are very good, and some people...

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Manager

Operations

We are very hands on, so it is not like I needed a lot of meetings with Amazon during onboarding....

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Manager

Culture

Amazon reaches out, but they are really trying to sell us something new or bring things to our...

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Manager

Product

We use a lot of tools in AWS along with many other products and services. Inside the warehouse, we...

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Manager

Value

Amazon charges for everything that we use. I don't think that is unfair. I can't say the cost is too...

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Manager

Relationship

Amazon has their own road map, regardless of whether it has my needs. They do their own thing.

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VP/Other Executive

Product

AWS is just better at integrating communication between the health record and outputs of the...

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship

The vendor is really good about helping their partners get through approval processes to use the AWS...

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VP/Other Executive

Product

The user interfaces are tough. AWS requires a lot of coding, and the interfaces need work. They are...

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VP/Other Executive

Value

AWS has options for long-term storage of large amounts of data, and that provides a lot of value.

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Product

We use CloudFormation a lot, and it is AWS native. There are some times when the system is a little...

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Value

For the cloud, we pay for what we use, so essentially Amazon charges us for everything we use. What...

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Value

I feel like Amazon is always innovating. For example, a few years ago the introduction of Transit...

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Operations, Product

We are trying to launch a file server. With us having certain things on-premises instead of in the...

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Relationship

Sometimes there are things that Amazon can't provide, but for the most part, our representatives...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

Teams need people who are knowledgeable about AWS. I am not sure whether just using the AWS...

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CIO

Loyalty, Product

We have had no problems with AWS. We are perfectly happy to keep it. We moved to AWS with the backup...

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CIO

Operations, Product

The interoperability is good, and this is where it is hard to tell who dropped the proverbial ball...

May 2024
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CIO

Loyalty, Value

AWS is not cheap. The jury is still out a bit. The question is whether the value and nimbleness will...

May 2024
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CTO

Relationship

Amazon is prompt whenever we reach out to them for support. They also give us a lot of great...

Feb 2024
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CTO

Relationship, Product

The only downside to the system is that there are always constant changes, so it is really hard for...

Feb 2024
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CTO

Culture, Value

Amazon's charges are pretty fair. AWS is our biggest budget line item because we host a lot with the...

Feb 2024
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CTO

Relationship

Amazon will sometimes upgrade our services for us if we don't upgrade by their deadline. They have...

Feb 2024
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CTO

Operations, Value

In terms of training, Amazon has certifications that we have to pay for, but the vendor doesn't have...

Feb 2024
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CTO

Relationship

Amazon tends to not have too many interactions with their customers. They send out alerts...

Feb 2024
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