Originally reported via GlobeNewswire. Published July 16, 2019.
Virtusa Earns AWS Life Sciences Competency Designation
Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT outsourcing services, announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Life Sciences Competency status. The designation is awarded by AWS to partners who demonstrate deep technical expertise and a proven track record of delivering successful life sciences solutions on the AWS platform.
What the AWS Life Sciences Competency Means
The AWS Competency Program exists to help customers identify AWS Partner Network (APN) members with validated, domain-specific expertise. Earning the Life Sciences Competency requires a partner to demonstrate:
- Deep technical proficiency with AWS services relevant to life sciences workloads
- Significant domain knowledge in the life sciences industry
- Proven customer success with real-world, production deployments on AWS
- Solutions assessed for security, performance, and reliability
By achieving this status, Virtusa is formally recognized within the AWS Partner Network as a consulting partner capable of delivering life sciences solutions that meet AWS’s standards for technical and operational excellence.
Life Sciences Use Cases Supported by Virtusa on AWS
Virtusa’s AWS-based life sciences offerings target a broad range of industry challenges, including:
- Drug discovery – accelerating compound research and target identification using cloud-scale compute
- Clinical trial management – streamlining data collection, monitoring, and reporting across trial phases
- Manufacturing and distribution – improving supply chain visibility and operational efficiency
- Genomics and companion diagnostics – supporting research and development of genetic-based treatments
- Patient journey mapping – using AI and ML models to track disease progression and improve care pathways
The vLife Platform: Data, Analytics, and Innovation as a Service
Central to Virtusa’s life sciences practice is the vLife platform, built on AWS. According to the company, vLife contains over one billion rows of clinical data and delivers Data, Analytics, and Innovation as a Service. The platform offers pre-built solution accelerators alongside AI/ML and blockchain models designed to map patient journeys and model disease progression — capabilities that are increasingly important as life sciences organizations look to derive actionable insights from complex, high-volume datasets.
“Virtusa’s Life Sciences practice leverages AWS to harness the power of data for improved patient outcomes. Combining our deep life sciences expertise with powerful AWS next-generation technology capabilities, we build software that helps deliver better patient outcomes at a lower cost. Achieving AWS Life Sciences Competency status will help more Virtusa clients in the Life Sciences industry achieve their business goals by leveraging the agility of AWS.”
— Anthony Lange, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, Virtusa
Why AWS Competency Designations Matter for Enterprise Buyers
For organizations evaluating cloud partners in regulated industries like life sciences, AWS Competency designations provide an independently validated signal of a partner’s capability. Rather than relying solely on vendor self-assessment, AWS vets partners through a structured review process that examines real customer deployments, solution architecture, and adherence to AWS best practices — including the AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars of security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and operational excellence.
Life sciences companies operating under regulatory frameworks such as FDA 21 CFR Part 11 or EU Annex 11 face heightened requirements around data integrity, audit trails, and system validation. Partnering with an AWS-competency-certified firm can help reduce the due-diligence burden during vendor selection and accelerate compliance reviews.
About Virtusa Corporation
Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU) is a global provider of digital business transformation, digital engineering, and IT outsourcing services. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, Virtusa serves Global 2000 companies across banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology industries. The company combines digital strategy, business implementation, and IT platform modernization to help clients drive growth and compete in digital-first markets.
Source: GlobeNewswire