DEFRA's journey to faster, efficient, and reliable software delivery | AWS Public Sector

DEFRA's journey to faster, efficient, and reliable software delivery | AWS Public Sector


The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has revolutionised its software delivery process by using the AWS Cloud. The Core Delivery Platform, built on AWS ECS and Fargate, reduced environment setup time from months to minutes, enabling teams to focus 90% of their time on solving business problems rather than managing infrastructure. This transformation has dramatically improved delivery speed, reduced costs, and enhanced software quality, setting new standards for government digital services. About AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. AWS in the Public Sector paves the way for innovation and supports world-changing projects in government, education, nonprofit, and healthcare organizations.