Amazon Web Services is intensifying marketing of its Systems Manager tool to UK public-sector organisations. The platform enables central management of cloud infrastructure and could become a key component as British agencies modernise their IT systems. Critics warn the move may deepen dependency on US hyperscalers for critical government infrastructure. AWS already holds significant public-sector contracts across Europe, though exact UK deployment figures for Systems Manager remain undisclosed. The tool automates patch management, configuration control and compliance monitoring – capabilities that align with government security requirements but raise sovereignty questions.