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AWS Partners, July 31 is closer than you think.   Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) foundational for funding benefits and future partner performance discussions. If you are driving AWS revenue, you need to be able to prove it. That includes an AWS Marketplace listing, account linking, and proper tagging.   The good news is MontyCloud just launched a new AWS PRM capability that helps remove the spreadsheet pain.   ✔️ Automate tagging ✔️ Track influenced revenue ✔️ Gain visibility across accounts ✔️ Generate reports for AWS reviews   Less manual work. More credit for the revenue you create.   Now is the time to get ahead of it and we're happy to help. Learn more about PRM here: https://lnkd.in/gSvKywSc   #AWS #AWSPartners #MSP

AWS Partners, the July 31 deadline is approaching fast, and this is not just another program update. Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) is becoming the foundation for how AWS evaluates performance and allocates funding. If you cannot clearly prove the revenue you influence, you risk leaving dollars and credibility on the table. As both a business stakeholder working with AWS and a marketer focused on pipeline, this directly impacts how funding is secured, programs are scaled, and revenue contribution is recognized. In short: no visibility = no credit = less investment. To stay competitive, you need AWS Marketplace listings, account linking, and consistent tagging, but doing this manually does not scale. MontyCloud’s AWS PRM capability automates the heavy lifting and goes beyond PRM by connecting revenue visibility to pipeline growth, smarter investments, and scalable go-to-market execution. The partners who act now will lead the next funding cycle. Learn more ⤵️ #AWSPRM #CloudOps #MontyCloud Amazon Web Services (AWS)

PRM is one of those things that seems simple on paper… until you actually try to operationalize it. Most AWS Partners I talk to aren’t struggling with generating revenue—they’re struggling with proving attribution in a way that AWS recognizes. That’s where things break down: Inconsistent tagging Gaps between Marketplace and direct deals Manual reporting that doesn’t scale The reality is, if your data isn’t clean, your impact doesn’t exist (at least not from AWS’s perspective). What I like about what MontyCloud is doing here is that it treats PRM as an operational problem, not a reporting problem: Automating tagging at the source Normalizing visibility across accounts Making AWS reviews a byproduct, not a fire drill With July 31 coming up, this isn’t something you want to scramble on late. If you’re an AWS Partner, it’s worth taking a look at how you’re handling PRM today—because “we think we influenced it” won’t hold up in a funding conversation. #AWS #AWSPartners #MSP

AWS just rewired the MSP incentive model. Not a flat reward for hitting a revenue tier. A sliding payout that accelerates with your growth rate. The faster you scale managed services revenue year over year, the more you earn on that incremental revenue. That's worth pausing on. Most MSPs I know are engineered for retention — protect the base, minimize churn, renew on schedule. That's not wrong. But this incentive isn't for the MSP that's holding steady. It rewards the one that can accelerate delivery across a growing book of accounts without headcount growing at the same rate. The ceiling isn't the incentive. It's the operational model behind it. If you submitted your 2026 Proof of Management, now is a good time to map where your delivery engine breaks under load — because that's where the incentive dollars stop. The MSPs who capture this aren't just growing. They're operating differently. Cheers. Learn more about DAY2 → montycloud.com/day2 #AWS #MSP #CloudOps

Amazon Web Services (AWS) just introduced a new MSP Incremental Growth Incentive and it changes the game for Partners focused on growth. This isn’t your typical flat-rate reward. The faster you grow managed services revenue year over year, the higher the payout on incremental revenue. In other words: AWS is rewarding acceleration, not just maintenance. That means MSPs have a real opportunity to earn more by: ✅ Expanding revenue inside existing accounts ✅ Bringing on new managed customers ✅ Scaling delivery without adding headcount ✅ Operationalizing growth across every AWS customer At MontyCloud, we help MSPs build the operational engine behind that growth so you can optimize, operate, and monetize at scale. Because incentives are great… but only if your business is built to capture them. If you submitted your 2026 Proof of Management, now’s the time to ask: Are we positioned to maximize this? Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g8dYVn5p #AWS #MSP #CloudOps

AWS Partners — the July 31st PRM deadline is right around the corner. If your team is still figuring out how to get compliant, where to begin, or simply doesn't have the bandwidth to tackle it. MontyCloud just dropped something worth checking out. They've rolled out a new AWS Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) capability that handles the heavy lifting: automated tagging across all accounts, clear visibility into attributed vs. unattributed spend, and reporting that's audit-ready out of the box. Want to learn more? Get in touch with me or MontyCloud team below

This week, we launched MontyCloud’s AWS Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) capability. Amazon Web Services (AWS) PRM is changing how partners track and prove the revenue they influence. What used to be manual, inconsistent, and hard to scale is now becoming a requirement. We built this to solve that problem. MontyCloud automates tagging across every account, tracks attributed versus unattributed spend, and delivers audit-ready reporting without the operational overhead. PRM should not be a scramble before the July 31st deadline. It should be built into how you operate. Interested in how it works? Book time with us: https://lnkd.in/gETNaHWd

💰 A client came to us with a $12,000/month AWS bill. Here's what we found. (Names and numbers slightly changed for privacy — but the lessons are real.) They were a growing SaaS company. Their cloud bill had doubled in 12 months. They assumed it was "normal growth." We ran a 5-day audit. Here's what we uncovered: 🔍 DISCOVERY #1: $2,800/month on unused dev environments Old test environments spun up months ago, never deleted. Running 24/7. FIX: Automated shutdown schedules + tagging policy. 🔍 DISCOVERY #2: $1,500/month on oversized instances Production workloads running on m5.2xlarge — when m5.large would handle peak load easily. FIX: Rightsizing based on 30 days of actual usage data. 🔍 DISCOVERY #3: $900/month on old snapshots Thousands of EBS snapshots from 2+ years ago. No retention policy in place. FIX: Lifecycle policies + automated cleanup. 🔍 DISCOVERY #4: $2,000/month lost to missed Reserved Instance discounts Steady workloads running on on-demand pricing. FIX: Shifted predictable workloads to 1-year RIs. FINAL RESULT: $12,000/month → $5,200/month 💸 $81,600 saved per year. And performance? Unchanged. The lesson: Your cloud bill is probably not what it should be. You just don't know it yet. Want us to audit yours? DM us or visit merge2cloud.com #CloudCostOptimization #FinOps #AWSSavings #CaseStudy #Merge2Cloud