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Transforming Organizations with AWS Cloud Migration
1. Why Organizations Choose AWS
- The top motivations for choosing AWS are:
- Cost savings and control over IT infrastructure costs
- Ability to monetize AI and machine learning capabilities
- Faster access to information, scalability, agility, and resilience
- Achieving these benefits with minimal environmental footprint
2. Benefits of Migrating to AWS
Organizations that have completed migrations to AWS have seen the following benefits:
- Cost Savings: Significant reduction in total cost of ownership.
- Staff Productivity: Ability to do more with less.
- Operational Resilience: Critical in today's business environment.
- Business Agility: Faster response to evolving business needs.
3. The Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)
- MAP is a holistic framework that helps organizations migrate to AWS.
- It includes a methodology, practices, and tools to manage migration projects and maximize benefits.
- MAP has a global network of over 500 partners to help organizations migrate to AWS.
- MAP also offers financial investments to offset the cost of migration projects.
4. The Migration Journey
MAP breaks down the migration journey into three phases:
- Assess: Evaluate migration readiness and build a business case.
- Mobilize: Design the migration journey and create a project plan.
- Migrate and Modernize: Execute the migration plan using the 7R framework.
5. The Hartford's Cloud Transformation Journey
- The Hartford is a 214-year-old insurance organization that decided to modernize to the cloud.
- Key priorities:
- Simplify and modernize the application portfolio.
- Enhance the engineering experience.
- Transform the application and infrastructure management operating model.
- Success factors:
- Executive and business sponsorship
- Careful planning and not rushing into migrations
- Focus on people change and process change
- Leveraging automation and acceleration tools
6. Adenta's Cloud and AI Journey
- Adenta is a 15-year-old digital native company with 2.5 billion monthly user visits.
- Adenta's cloud journey started organically 10 years ago and accelerated in the last 2-3 years.
- After acquiring eBay's classifieds business, Adenta designed a single-cloud strategy on AWS.
- Adenta adapted the 7R framework to its different business contexts and platforms.
- Adenta's journey into AI is closely linked to its cloud journey, starting 8 years ago.
- Key lessons learned:
- Leveraging off-the-shelf AI models and frameworks as an accelerator
- Dedicated budget and resources for AI experimentation and productization
- Upskilling various roles beyond just data scientists/engineers
- Addressing GPU capacity planning challenges
7. The Potential of AI/ML
- McKinsey estimates a potential $4.4 trillion in incremental value that businesses can create using AI/ML.
- Organizations are looking to use AI/ML to improve both top and bottom line.
- Examples of successful AI/ML implementations:
- BMW using Amazon Bedrock to optimize infrastructure
- DoorDash using Amazon Bedrock and Connect for a conversational AI contact center
- Thomson Reuters democratizing employee access to AI models
8. The AI/ML Virtuous Cycle
- The cycle starts with data, builds data platforms, incorporates AI/ML using tools like Amazon Bedrock, and improves customer experience.
- This leads to more users and data, further scaling the data platforms and AI/ML capabilities.