{"id":8769,"date":"2020-01-15T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T06:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.151.235.32\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2021-03-03T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:00:25","slug":"why-purchase-from-value-added-aws-reseller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renovacloud.com\/en\/why-purchase-from-value-added-aws-reseller\/","title":{"rendered":"Why purchase from an AWS Solution Provider?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As an AWS Advanced Partner and AWS Solution Provider Renova Cloud offers comprehensive services to help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud. For many of our customers, we not only provide robust Managed Cloud Services, we also resell Amazon products and services.\u00a0 Why purchase from an AWS Solution Provider? What are the advantages? With an AWS Solution Provider, who owns the account? These are all great questions and the subject of today\u2019s blog post.<\/p>\n

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1. Who owns your Account?<\/h3>\n

Ownership is commonly misconstrued part of the arrangement.\u00a0 When Renova Cloud resells Amazon Web Services as an AWS reseller, our customer \u201cowns\u201d the account.\u00a0 At Renova Cloud we work hard every day to earn our customers\u2019 trust and confidence and thereby, their business.<\/p>\n

Our pricing model for Managed Cloud Services is designed to leverage the advantages of cloud computing\u2019s consumption model \u2013 pay for what you use. Renova Cloud customers who purchase AWS through us have the right to move their account to another MSP or purchase directly from AWS too.<\/p>\n

Let’s put the word \u201cown\u201d in quotes because it is subject to different interpretation.\u00a0 Some will see the ownership issue as a vendor lock-in issue, some as an intellectual property concern and still others a liability and security requirement.<\/p>\n

With Renova Cloud’s Managed Cloud Services consumption model you are not locked-in to Renova Cloud as your AWS reseller or MSP. AWS Accounts and usage purchased through us belong to the customer. Not to Renova Cloud, and therefore any intellectual property contained therein is the responsibility and property of the customer.\u00a0 Additionally, as the account owner, a customer\u2019s AWS accounts use a shared responsibility model.\u00a0 With regards to liability and security, however, our role as an MSP can be a major benefit.<\/p>\n

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2. How does Managed Cloud Services work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Often MSP\u2019s \u201cgovern or manage\u201d the IAM credentials for an AWS account to ensure consistency, security and governance.\u00a0 We use the words govern or manage and not \u201cown\u201d as it is important to understand that the customer still has the right to take back the credentials and overall responsibility for managing each account. Which is the opposite of lock-in.\u00a0 So why would a customer want their MSP to manage their credentials? \u00a0The reason is pretty simple; similar to a managed data center or colocation facility, you own the infrastructure. But you hire experts to manage the day-to-day management for increased limits of liability, security and enhanced SLA\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Simply put, if you, as a customer, want your MSP to carry the responsibility for your AWS account and provide service level agreements (complete with financial repercussions). You are going to want to make sure administrative access to the environment is limited with regards to who can make changes that may impact stability or performance.\u00a0 As a Renova Cloud Managed Cloud Services customer, allowing us to manage IAM credentials also comes with the benefit of our secure & compliant processes. Often our security controls exceed the capabilities of our customers.<\/p>\n

In addition, as we on-board a Managed Cloud Services customer, we often will audit their environment and provide best practice recommendations.\u00a0 These recommendations are aligned with the excellent AWS Well Architected framework<\/a> and help customers achieve greater stability, performance, security and cost optimization.\u00a0 Our customers have the option of completing the remediation or having Renova Cloud perform the remediation.\u00a0 Implementing best practices for managing user access along with leveraging cutting edge technology results in a streamlined journey to the cloud.<\/p>\n

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3. Why purchase from an AWS Solution Provider?<\/h3>\n

So now we have addressed the question of who owns the account! So why customer would want to procure AWS through a partner? First, see our blog post regarding Cloud Cost Complexity<\/a>.\u00a0 Second, buying AWS through Renova Cloud as an AWS partner, or AWS reseller, comes with several immediate advantages\u00a0<\/span>including a <\/span>15 Hours Free Support Package <\/b>as well as:<\/span><\/p>\n