The AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) is a powerful resource for manufacturing companies aiming to enhance their cloud strategy and optimize costs. Let’s explore how this assessment can specifically assist manufacturing organizations:

1. Resource Optimization:

• The OLA employs a tool-based discovery approach to analyze resource utilization. It provides insights into compute resources, helping identify the best instance types for each workload on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), or VMware Cloud on AWS.

• By determining the right mix of on-demand and spot instances, as well as considering Bring Your Own Licenses (BYOL)  and license-included instances, manufacturing companies can tailor their environment for cost-effectiveness.

1. Cost Reduction:

• Running workloads in the cloud requires fewer instances and licenses due to cloud elasticity. Optimizing cloud infrastructure is crucial for cost reduction.

• The OLA offers 60% greater license efficiency, helping manufacturing organizations avoid overprovisioning third-party licensing. Recommendations from the assessment guide instance configurations to minimize licensing costs.

• By adapting their on-premises licensing strategy based on OLA insights, manufacturing companies can achieve a smoother cloud migration.

1. Flexible Licensing Options:

• The OLA models both dedicated and license-included environments, allowing manufacturing organizations to pay for what they use. This flexibility maximizes value and optimizes cloud compute and licensing costs.

• Modeling licensing scenarios, including** license-included or BYOL instances**, enables manufacturers to manage seasonal workloads and experiment agilely.

1. Covered Workloads:

• The OLA covers Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server, VMWare, and Oracle on AWS. Research indicates that when migrating to AWS, manufacturing customers can reduce Windows Server license costs by an average of 77% and SQL Server license costs by an average of 45%.*

• By leveraging the OLA’s recommendations, manufacturing organizations can make informed decisions about the optimal version (Standard or Enterprise) to support their workloads.*

In summary, the AWS OLA empowers manufacturing companies to assess their licensing requirements, optimize resource utilization, and make cost-effective decisions during their cloud journey on AWS. 

*Source: AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment | Amazon Web Services