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IDC White Paper | Fostering Business and Organizational Transformation to Generate Business Value with Amazon Web Services
• Core infrastructure: Compute, storage, databases, networking, and content delivery
• Security and compliance: Identity management, web application firewall, monitoring
and logging, key management and storage, and DDoS protection
• Management tools: Monitoring, service catalog, and configuration tracking
• Analytics: Data warehousing, business intelligence, and streaming data collection and
analysis
• Application services: Workflow, queuing and notifications, and email
• DevOps: Application life-cycle management, resource templates, patching, and one-click
app deployment
• Mobile services: API gateway, mobile analytics, and mobile app testing
• IoT: Rules engine, device solutions, and local compute
• Machine learning: Image and scene recognition, text to speech, deep learning, and
conversational chatbots
• Enterprise apps: App streaming, contact center, and virtual desktops
• Hybrid architecture: Integrated networking, integrated devices, and edge systems
• Migration: Application, database, and server migration
• Marketplace: Business apps, DevOps tools, security, and databases
• Technical and business support: Security and billing reports, professional services, and
partner ecosystem
Figure 2 identifies the key services provided by AWS today. IDC has found that the benefits
from cloud adoption improve when customers align their business goals to take advantage of
an on-demand infrastructure that allows rapid experimentation and iteration. The challenge
is to transform the organization to remove silos while working in cross-functional teams to
deliver on business priorities. Enterprises that complete a thorough portfolio analysis and
undertake a journey to transform the most appropriate business processes are likely to
position themselves with a competitive technology edge. AWS' portfolio of services provides
the tools necessary, but organizations need to take timely action to take advantage of them.
