Cognosante Strengthens Cloud Solution Offerings, Earns Amazon Partner Network (APN) Status

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cognosante, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and BPO services to healthcare organizations, announced that it has achieved membership within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as a Consulting Services partner. The completion of this partner status further strengthens Cognosante's role as a trusted government healthcare partner offering expertise in enterprise-scalable and secure solutions, and demonstrates its ability to define, design, architect, develop, deploy, and sustain complex solutions within the AWS Commercial and Government clouds (GovCloud). 
 
Through a combination of personnel training and the operationalization of Amazon solutions for large, enterprise customers, Cognosante has demonstrated cloud hosting expertise and engagement with AWS Commercial and GovCloud as the backbone of many services it develops and maintains. "This new status with the AWS Partner Network truly empowers Cognosante to utilize AWS Commercial and GovCloud services. Cognosante is now equipped to address the specific regulatory and compliance requirements of US government agencies in working to move highly sensitive information into the cloud," said Erick Peters, Chief Technology Officer, Cognosante. "We have been working with AWS solutions for some time and are proud to have reached this proven partner milestone, which allows us to provide even more robust enterprise security, reliability, and scalability."
 
In order to achieve this valued partnership, Cognosante invested in formally training personnel across numerous AWS focus areas including architecture, technology design, and business service delivery alignment. Cognosante also implemented a full-production nationwide support center for one of its largest federal customers, as well as a dynamic health interoperability solution for secure real-time health information exchange.
 
About Cognosante

Cognosante is a leading provider of consulting, technology, and BPO services to healthcare organizations, specializing in Health Reform initiatives. The company has more than 25 years of experience working with 48 states and the Federal government to assist its clients in developing, managing, and executing complex healthcare information programs and infrastructures. Its expertise includes health insurance marketplaces, enrollment reconciliation, healthcare standards, modular system integration, health informatics, Medicaid, health information exchange, and fraud, waste, and abuse.  Please visit www.cognosante.com for more information.