EPAM Receives 2025 AWS Global Innovation Partner of the Year
Rhea-AI Summary
EPAM (NYSE: EPAM) was named Innovation Partner of the Year – Global in the 2025 Geography and Global AWS Partner Awards announced at AWS re:Invent on December 2, 2025.
The award recognizes partners delivering end-to-end cloud services—assessments, architecture, migration, deployment and ongoing cloud management—focused on measurable business outcomes. EPAM highlighted co-built AI-enabled solutions published on AWS Marketplace, including EPAM AI/RUN for AWS Migration and Modernization, which uses AI insights and automation to accelerate and de-risk migrations and modernization.
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- Named AWS Innovation Partner of the Year – Global on Dec 2, 2025
- Published AI-enabled solutions on AWS Marketplace
- EPAM AI/RUN launched for AWS migration and modernization
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News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, EPAM gained 1.35%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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EPAM gained 1.8% while peers were mixed: KD (-0.91%), PSN (-1.39%), G (+1.98%), EXLS (+1.84%), GDS (+2.26%). The move appeared more company-specific than sector-wide.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 09 | AI product launch | Positive | +2.1% | Launch of seven production-ready AI agents on Google Cloud Marketplace. |
| Dec 02 | Cloud partner award | Positive | +1.4% | Recognition as Innovation Partner of the Year – Global by AWS. |
| Nov 13 | Cloud AI award | Positive | +0.2% | Microsoft Innovate with Azure AI Platform Partner of the Year award. |
| Nov 06 | Earnings and guidance | Positive | +4.4% | Q3 2025 beat with raised full-year revenue and EPS outlook and new buyback. |
| Oct 28 | AI testing launch | Positive | -0.3% | Launch of Agentic QA, an AI-native software testing solution. |
Across recent positive news on AI initiatives, cloud partnerships and strong earnings, EPAM showed mostly positive price reactions, with 4 of 5 events seeing gains and one small divergence.
Over the last few months, EPAM reported strong Q3 2025 results with revenue of $1.394 billion, raised its full‑year 2025 revenue and EPS outlook, and announced a new $1.0 billion buyback program. It has also highlighted multiple AI-related launches and major cloud-partner awards with Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud. These events generally coincided with positive share reactions, suggesting the market has rewarded execution around AI and cloud partnerships.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights EPAM’s recognition as a 2025 AWS Global Innovation Partner of the Year and reinforces its focus on end-to-end cloud and AI-native solutions, including EPAM AI/RUN for AWS migration and modernization. In the months leading up to this, EPAM reported strong Q3 2025 results, raised its full‑year outlook, and delivered multiple AI product and partner milestones. Investors may watch how these partnerships translate into revenue and margin trends over time.
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Announced during the Partner Awards Gala at AWS re:Invent 2025, the Geographic and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of AWS Partners that have embraced specialization, innovation, and cooperation over the past year. Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on AWS as they support their customers. EPAM's partnership with AWS is built on a mutual dedication to delivering value to clients, a commitment that continues to accelerate innovation across various industries. With a focus on driving measurable and durable business outcomes, EPAM brings end-to-end capabilities spanning assessments, architecture and development through to build, deployment and ongoing cloud management.
"We are honored to receive the AWS Innovation Award, which underscores our commitment to helping global clients innovate, transform and achieve measurable business results through technology," said Vlad Agres, VP, Cloud Business at EPAM. "Together with AWS, we co-built several AI-enabled solutions and published them on AWS Marketplace. Our newest published solution, EPAM AI/RUN™ for AWS Migration and Modernization, leverages AI-driven insights and automation to accelerate and de-risk complex application migration, cloud-native modernization and AI-powered SDLC. We are focused on delivering powerful, AI-native solutions that simplify our customers' journey to the cloud to unlock new revenue opportunities and business value."
The Geography and Global AWS Partner Awards included a self-nomination process across several award categories, awarded at both the geographic and global level. All AWS Partners were invited to participate and submit a nomination. Award submissions were reviewed by a third-party, Canalys, and selected with special emphasis placed on customer success use cases.
In addition, there were several data-driven award categories, which were evaluated by a unique set of metrics that helped measure AWS Partners' performance over the past year. Canalys audited the datasets used to ensure that all measurements and calculations were objective and accurate. Finalists represented the top three ranked AWS Partners across each category.
The AWS Partner Network (APN) is a global program focused on helping partners innovate, accelerate their journey to the cloud, and take full advantage of the breadth and depth of AWS.
To learn more about how EPAM and AWS help businesses thrive in the cloud, visit: www.epam.com/services/partners/aws
EPAM offers various software products, solutions and professional services on the AWS Marketplace. Learn more: aws.amazon.com/marketplace/epam
About EPAM Systems
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients' transformation challenges by focusing EPAM Continuum's integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients' time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments.
We leverage AI and GenAI to deliver transformative solutions that accelerate our clients' digital innovation and enhance their competitive edge. Through platforms like EPAM AI/RUN™ and initiatives like DIALX Lab, we integrate advanced AI technologies into tailored business strategies, driving significant industry impact and fostering continuous innovation.
We deliver globally but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners, and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people's lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market.
Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as Most Loved Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services.
Learn more at www.epam.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release includes estimates and statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect our business and operations. These statements may include words such as "may," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or similar expressions. Those future events and trends may relate to, among other things, developments relating to the war in Ukraine and escalation of the war in the surrounding region, political and civil unrest or military action in the geographies where we conduct business and operate, difficult conditions in global capital markets, foreign exchange markets, global trade, and the broader economy, the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies by EPAM and its clients, and the effect that these events may have on client demand and our revenues, operations, access to capital, and profitability. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the risk factors discussed in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the factors discussed in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, particularly under the headings "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made based on information currently available to us. EPAM undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
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