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While enterprises understand the challenges of meeting business demands with existing technologies, cultural
challenges to adapt a new cloud technology paradigm in their day-to-day operations is a high hurdle for
information technology departments. DevOps can automate and accelerate the application development
and delivery life cycle, but employees accustomed to manually reviewing developer submissions are reluctant
to automate software release processes. While AWS has a collection of services built with internal experience
to transform the building and delivery of software through automation, there is a need for skills transfer to
enterprises helping them embark on their journey and maintain the momentum of cloud technology adoption.
Customers would benefit from assistance from a larger ecosystem of AWS partners with specialized cloud skills.
New business opportunities require a modern technology platform to be successful. A modern technology
platform requires a change in culture as well as new skills to apply modern development tools. Refactoring
existing applications is an essential step as enterprises continue their cloud adoption journey. IDC predicts that by
2023, over 50% of information communication technology (ICT ) spending will be directly for digital transformation
and innovation. To achieve digital transformation goals like Expedia Group interviewed for this White Paper,
enterprises must adopt an agile posture in developing and delivering application functionality to meet business
needs by embracing modern software delivery methods and tools.
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