Kong has been enhancing its collaboration with AWS to improve user experiences by offering Kong Konnect through AWS Marketplace, which simplifies the purchasing and deployment processes for customers using Kong in the AWS cloud. This strategic partnership has led to increased growth in joint solutions, awareness, and adoption of Kong's offerings, marking significant year-over-year growth in the Kong on AWS business. Kong Konnect's availability on AWS Marketplace allows customers to swiftly procure and implement the service, and a Forrester Consulting study highlights the efficiencies and cost savings achieved by organizations using AWS Marketplace for software procurement. Moreover, Kong is offering a free trial of Kong Konnect Enterprise through AWS Marketplace until the end of October. Furthering architectural flexibility, Kong has also collaborated with AWS to validate Kong Gateway's functionality on EKS Anywhere Bare Metal, allowing EKS clusters to run on on-premise bare-metal servers. As a result, Kong has been recognized as an AWS launch partner for this service, underscoring the partnership's role in accelerating digital transformation and application modernization initiatives.