Author: Hemant Ahire

Data protection needs are one of the top priorities when architecting disaster recovery solutions on AWS. Cloud-first strategies are the new normal now, and these decisions are driven by data classification tiers and RTO/RPO requirements outlined by business and technical stakeholders. Explore the business and technology benefits of adopting a joint disaster recovery solution like the integrated ATADATA and AWS Application Migration Service solution offered by AWS and Deloitte.

Embracing cloud FinOps presents organizations with a solution to drive the right governance model and align business and engineering teams to accelerate business value. Deloitte is a FinOps Certified Service Provider and its services help customers examine and plan for cloud consumption and monitor costs to minimize cloud-spend waste. By implementing the Deloitte FinOps framework, organizations gain a holistic understanding of their cloud usage and costs to help them make data-driven decisions.

The State of Utah’s Office of Recovery Services has successfully moved a 25-years-old mainframe application to AWS GovCloud (US)—in budget and on time—using mainframe modernization capabilities from Deloitte and AWS. The story behind this effort shows how beneficial such a move can be, from a day-to-day perspective and from a strategic perspective. It demonstrates that a high degree of automation and standardization makes this a riskless approach for getting rid of legacy technology such as COBOL and VSAM.