The benefits of the cloud are now reasonably well
known. There are many compelling reasons to
migrate applications from on-premises to the cloud
and change the way IT is delivered and consumed
across the organization.
The resulting cost reductions are enticing enough for most companies on their
own; however, the true value of the cloud is its ability to increase business agility,
improve staff productivity, and boost operational resilience.
Cloud is fundamentally changing the way business is conducted and is
quickly becoming an enabler for companies to go global, launch new products,
and modernize their businesses. If you're thinking along the same lines, you're
Introduction: Migrating to the cloud is
now necessary for your business to thrive
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in good company. Today, global organizations such as The Coca-Cola Compa-
ny, BP, Enel, News Corp, and Twenty-First Century Fox have made the journey
from private data center to AWS and transformed their businesses.
Understanding the best practices learned from those who have gone before
you can help reduce the time and effort needed to reach the full benefits of
cloud migration.
Through our experience in helping thousands of businesses migrate to the
cloud, we've captured eight best practices that you can use to help make your
cloud adoption plan a success. Think of this eBook as a template for what
you can achieve with AWS and how you can make sure your whole business is
along for the ride.
You can find more perspectives from other business leaders and AWS experts
at our AWS Executive Insights.
"By migrating our entire IT infrastructure to AWS, we achieved
digital transformation of our IT systems, which can serve…
hundreds of millions of consumers rather than the previous
10,000 sales representatives."
Ke Li, Manager of Cloud Service & IT Operations, Swire Coca-Cola
