From 911 to city hall: CentralSquare and AWS surpass 1,000 cloud deployments, modernizing public sector operations at scale

This article announces that CentralSquare Technologies and AWS have exceeded their Cloud 1000 initiative goal, deploying cloud infrastructure to 1,065 public sector agencies, with 1,003 already live.

• Public safety agencies led adoption with 628 deployments including 911 dispatch and records management
• Public administration agencies accounted for 437 deployments covering billing and permitting systems
• Architecture uses Landing Zone Accelerator, multi-Availability Zone deployments, and automated failover
• CJIS compliance built in with encryption, network isolation, and comprehensive audit logging
• Terrebonne Parish maintained 911 operations during hurricanes using cloud resilience
• Best practices: Well-Architected foundation, design for resilience, prioritize security, phased approach

CentralSquare's Cloud 1000 initiative demonstrates that large-scale cloud migration is viable for government agencies without compromising security or reliability, enabling faster innovation and eliminating costly backup facilities.