<a href="https://convergedigest.comwp-content/uploads/2015/03/aws-managedproviders.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://convergedigest.comwp-content/uploads/2015/03/aws-managedproviders.png" class="wp-image-34752" height="206" width="320" /></a>Amazon named the first six companies to be admitted into its new AWS Managed Service Partner program: <ul> <li>2nd Watch</li> <li>Datapipe</li> <li>Smartronix</li> <li>Cascadeo</li> <li>Day1 Solutions</li> <li>RightBrain Networks</li> </ul> To become an approved member of this program, partners must pass an independent audit of their AWS Managed Service capability. <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/</a>