Examples of AWS PaaS services – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Examples of AWS PaaS services Here are some examples of the most popular PaaS offerings in the AWS ecosystem: This concludes the PaaS section. Now, let’s learn about the following possible scenario – Software as a Service (SaaS). Understanding SaaS SaaS, or cloud application services, are services where most of the heavy lifting is done

Cloud Migration Strategy – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Cloud Migration Strategy The proportion of IT spending shifting to the cloud is accelerating. With predictions, over 45% of system infrastructure, infrastructure software, application software, and more will move from traditional solutions to the cloud by 2024. Migrating to AWS Cloud makes your organization more innovative by enabling them to experiment and be agile. The

Re-platform in the cloud – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Re-platform in the cloud Sometimes referred to as “lift-tinker-and-shift,” it entails making a handful of cloud optimizations to achieve tangible benefits without changing the application’s core architecture. For example, by migrating a Windows-based application running on an older version such as Windows 2008, you can use the migration opportunity to update it to the latest

Revise before migrating to the cloud – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Revise before migrating to the cloud Another potential strategy is to modify, optimize, and enhance the existing applications and code base before migrating to the cloud in preparation for migrating to the cloud. Only then do you rehost or refactor the applications to the cloud. This may be a good strategy and provide business continuity

Migration assessment tools – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Migration assessment tools You don’t have to reinvent the wheel as you migrate your workloads and projects from your current environment to the cloud. As you can imagine, many others have already started this journey. AWS and third-party vendors offer various tools to facilitate this migration to facilitate this process. A few examples of services

What exactly is a digital transformation? – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

What exactly is a digital transformation? The term “digital transformation” is harder and harder to define because it is being overloaded to the point that it has become a nebulous concept. Like many fantastic technology trends, it is over-hyped and over-used. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), some studies report that up to 40% of

Digital transformation drivers – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Digital transformation drivers One of the most important reasons companies are finally beginning to migrate their workloads to the cloud and transform their business is because they realize if they don’t disrupt themselves, someone else will do it for them. They see competition from start-ups that can start with a clean slate and without legacy

Digital transformation tips 2 – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Tip #5 – Encourage risk-taking In other words, fail fast. There are only so many times you can fail to deliver results. But if failing only takes one week and you have a month to deliver results, that affords us the luxury of failing three times before we get it right the fourth time. Therefore,

Digital transformation tips – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

Digital transformation tips There are many ways to implement a digital transformation. Some methods are better than others. This section will cover some of our suggestions to shorten the implementation time and minimize disruption to our existing customer base. Let’s look at those tips. Tip #1 – Ask the right questions You should not just

AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) – Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation

AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) As discussed in the previous section, you overserved some key pitfalls in cloud adoption. The organization started well with the pilot unable to move it further, or tech leadership is not aligned to focus on cloud modernization. In some cases, even if the organization migrates cloud, it cannot realize
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