CDW License Evaluation and Discovery Service (LEADS)

Empower your cloud strategy by collaborating with CDW to develop a migration plan using CDWs License Evaluation and Discovery Service to reduce costs and optimize compute. Employing this free service helps you accurately assess the Windows and VMware environment currently in your on-premises or cloud environment and build an inventory of your compute resources. This enables you to make educated decisions to model your infrastructure optimization on AWS—including the impact of licensing dependencies. CDW LEADS captures existing utilization data across your environment so you can accurately right-size cloud architecture, pinpoint application dependency requirements, project costs, and get clarity on what will be necessary as you formulate your AWS migration plan. The CDW License Evaluation and Discovery Service, will provide your organization with a detailed analysis of your licensing costs and options, as well as recommendations for how you can streamline your usage, increase efficiency, while optimizing your licensing spend. Your organization journey will start with CDW’s Team of certified AWS Architects performing a deep discovery across your environment whether on-prem or in the cloud that is ready to be migrated or modernized with AWS. Once the data is gathered the CDW Team will evaluate the data and present the best options for cloud migrations, reduced licensing costs and optimization scenario planning. The result of License Evaluation and Discovery Service will be presented to your organization showing the proposed changes, right-sizing recommendations, and estimated cost reductions your organization can take advantage of by moving to the AWS Cloud.