IT and business leaders understand the inherent benefits of moving infrastructure, applications, and workloads to the cloud. Whether they’re looking to modernize a mission-critical environment such as SAP, deliver new functionality to employees, or provide better customer experiences, they understand cloud’s critical role in enabling faster delivery of technology solutions in a more secure, reliable, and cost-efficient way.
It’s not the “why” but the “how” that often stands in their way. Organizations that are stuck in their transformation efforts need to take a fresh look at their application migration and modernization plans while considering their data center exit and consolidation, along with pricing models. Doing so positions enterprises for ongoing, efficient, and effective transformation.
Increasing headwinds
Economic and geopolitical uncertainties are causing leadership teams at many organizations to take a more conservative approach to IT investments. In many cases, this means moving from capex to opex models, including pay-as-you-go cloud services, to better manage costs. Foundry’s 2024 Cloud Computing study found that 63% of organizations accelerated cloud migration efforts in the last 12 months, and 65% expected to increase spending on cloud services over the next 12 months.
This paper explains why and how three organizations turned to IBM Consulting and AWS to modernize their operations and position themselves more effectively for future transformation and innovation.
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