BUSINESS DRIVERS



A COMPANY MUST IDENTIFY IT'S BUSINESS DRIVERS AND ATTEMPT TO MAXIMIZE ANY THAT ARE UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
AS ORGANIZATIONS BECOME MORE COMPLEX, IDENTIFYING BUSINESS BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT.



OPERATIONAL COSTS



Key components of operational costs are unit price of infrastructure, the ability to match supply and demand, finding a pathway to optionality, employing an elastic cost base, and transparency.



WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY



Typically, productivity is increased by two key factors: not having to wait for infrastructure, and having access to the breadth and depth of AWS with over 90 services at your disposal that you would otherwise have to build and maintain. In fact, it is common for us to see workforce productivity improvements of 30-50% following a large migration.



COST AVOIDANCE



Eliminating the need for hardware refresh programs and constant maintenance programs are the key contributors to cost avoidance. We are finding that customers have no interest in the cost and effort required to execute a big refresh cycle or data center renewal.



OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE



This may seem obvious, but reducing your organization’s risk profile will also reduce the cost of risk mitigation. With 16 Regions comprising 42 Availability Zones (AZs), AWS has the global footprint to improve uptime, thereby reducing your risk related costs.



BUSINESS AGILITY



Migrating to the AWS Cloud helps increase your overall operational agility. This lets you react to market conditions more quickly through activities such as expanding into new markets, selling lines of your business, and acquiring available assets that offer a competitive advantage.