When Amazon Web Services, more commonly known as AWS, planted their flag on Australian soil 13 years ago, cloud computing was still emerging. Today, it powers almost everything we do day to day; consumer banking, enterprise platforms as well as systems tied to national security. AI adoption accelerates across Australia and New Zealand, the question is no longer whether the cloud can scale fast enough, but whether trust, resilience, and governance are keeping pace. ​Recently, I attended a closed door ANZ press briefing with AWS Australia and New Zealand Vice President and Managing Director, Rianne Van Veldhuizen, and Director of Solutions Architecture APJ, Nam Je Cho at their annual re:Invent ...