"Appian Cloud's combination of low-code development speed and enterprise-grade power makes it the platform of choice for commercial and public-sector organizations around the globe seeking to accelerate their digital transformation through rapid delivery of powerful business applications," said Myles Weber, CIO at Appian. "Our long-standing relationship with AWS is a cornerstone of our ability to deliver fast time-to-market and exceptional business value. Because of this, we are dedicated to continue expanding our footprint with AWS so that companies around the globe can take advantage of our distinctive offerings across all industries."
Appian Cloud is designed to provide several benefits including low startup costs, fast deployment and predictable cost structures, an immense competitive advantage for Appian customers executing digital transformation strategies. Appian uses a low-code development approach to accelerate the delivery of innovative business applications on the web and mobile devices. Together, customers have access to enterprise-grade power, and enhanced speed by building, deploying and scaling powerful business applications all within a secure cloud environment.
Appian Cloud is deployed across a wide variety of industries including financial services, insurance, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, and others. Appian Cloud's global customer roster includes industry leaders such as Enterprise Rent-A-Car, DFW International Airport and the United States Department of Agriculture in the US, John Lewis, MHRA and Punch Taverns in the UK, Australia's Queensland Government and many others around the world.
Appian has worked closely with AWS since 2007, when Appian Cloud was first brought to market. The collaboration with AWS deepens Appian Cloud's worldwide local availability, complementing its existing availability in 10 AWS Regions, including US East (Northern Virginia), US West (Northern California), AWS GovCloud (US), Ireland, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Singapore and most recently, Canada, and the United Kingdom -- with plans to extend into France this year. Local availability is a key success driver for Appian Cloud. Appian Cloud customers around the world include leaders in financial services, insurance, healthcare, life sciences, government, education, transportation and more.
In addressing the security landscape and concerns around the cloud environment, Appian Cloud has an extensive collection of security accreditations, making it a highly trusted platform for rapid application development. Appian is accredited for HIPAA, SOC 2 and SOC 3, The PCI Data Security Standard, G-Cloud 8 Framework and more. In addition, Appian has FedRamp 2.0 certification, a US government-wide program that verifies an established and highly secure environment that has withstood comprehensive audit review, and delivers significant time and cost savings. Appian Cloud also offers reliability with 24?7 system monitoring, and a 99.95% uptime SLA.
