Organizations across every industry want to become more agile so they can innovate faster. Faced with ever-increasing disruption, evolving market demands, and global compliance needs, they must also find ways to differentiate their businesses and stay competitive.
For many organizations, modernizing enterprise workloads is the best first step toward digital transformation—and that transformation can open enormous opportunities for business growth. Leveraging the breadth and depth of its research, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has identified eight key business drivers for moving to the cloud.
In many cases, the decision to migrate workloads to the cloud often starts with a desire to minimize not only the total cost of ownership (TCO), but also opportunity costs. For instance, leadership might ask qualifying questions, such as:
- Will keeping legacy applications on premises prevent the business from developing new products and services faster?
- Do the legacy systems integrate with modern systems to deliver an optimal customer experience?
- How much time does it take to find and train staff who will provision on- premises hardware and software, manage licenses, create and maintain security postures, and ensure compliance?
