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New AWS webinar: Best practices for accelerating your cloud modernization journey

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With budgets in government and educational institutions under pressure, cloud adoption offers a proven path to streamline operations, manage technology costs, and improve the delivery of essential services. Yet, many public sector organizations remain hesitant to fully embrace the cloud, leaving cost savings and operational efficiencies on the table.

Despite widespread cloud adoption, with 80% of public sector organizations employing hybrid cloud solutions, a significant gap remains. Legacy systems and established databases continue to operate on traditional infrastructure, resulting in higher costs and reduced operational flexibility. Meanwhile, only new projects and initiatives fully leverage the cloud’s advantages in scalability, cost-efficiency, and innovation.

If your organization has been weighing the benefits of cloud migration against concerns about security, costs, skill gaps, or the effort required, a recent BrightTALK webinar offers a roadmap forward. In “Best Practices: Accelerating Your Cloud Modernization Journey,” Amy Wilson, migration and modernization specialist leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), joined Scott Sinclair, practice director at Enterprise Strategy Group, to share practical strategies for migrating and modernizing on the AWS Cloud.

Key insights and frameworks from the webinar

Here’s an overview of what Wilson and Sinclair cover in their discussion:

1) Drivers of cloud migration for organizations, according to Enterprise Strategy Group research:

  • Security (66%)
  • Scalability (61%)
  • Faster deployment and configurability (53%)

2) The phased, three-part approach to migration recommended by AWS (which returns an average of 31% in savings compared to non-phased approaches):

  • Assess: Determine your organization’s cloud readiness by identifying skill gaps, understanding organizational goals and required outcomes, and creating a proof of concept
  • Mobilize: Prepare your environment and teams for migration by addressing the gaps identified during assessment
  • Modernize: Transform applications to take full advantage of cloud capabilities and continue optimizing over time

3) The different tiers of migration and cloud adoption that AWS offers:

  • Rehosting: Lifting and shifting from on-premises infrastructure, but with no changes to the underlying architecture
  • Re-platforming: Moving applications to AWS and introducing minor optimizations
  • Refactoring: Restructuring and modifying applications to use cloud-native benefits
  • Rearchitecting: Redesigning the underlying architecture of existing applications to take advantage of modern concepts like microservices
  • Rebuilding: Building a cloud-native application from the ground up on AWS

 4) How AWS can help your organization assess cloud readiness:

  • Determining skill gaps
  • Understanding organizational goals and required outcomes
  • Creating a proof of concept

Watch the webinar to get the complete migration framework and expert guidance

Beyond the core topics outlined above, Sinclair and Wilson discuss AWS certifications, partner programs, the AWS Application Modernization Lab, the AWS Migration Hub, and other services that can help make sure your cloud migration and modernization efforts are successful and appropriate to your organization’s needs.

“It’s never too early or too hard to start this process,” said Wilson. Whether your organization is just beginning to explore cloud possibilities or is ready to accelerate an existing migration plan, this webinar provides actionable strategies and a proven framework to guide your journey.

Watch the full on-demand recording on BrightTALK to get the complete roadmap for your cloud modernization journey.

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