Using a Partner to Guide Your Cloud Migration

Migrating to the cloud has become a strategic imperative for many businesses seeking to innovate, scale, and stay competitive. However, navigating the complexities of cloud migration alone can be daunting and fraught with risks that can impede your progress and drain resources. That’s where partnering with experienced professionals becomes invaluable. In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of working with an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner like fourTheorem to guide your cloud migration journey.

Embarking on a cloud migration journey without the support of a trusted partner can expose your business to a myriad of risks, including:

• Delays: Without proper expertise and guidance, businesses can encounter unforeseen challenges that result in project delays. These delays can not only hinder progress but also disrupt day-to-day operations, leading to lost opportunities and revenue.
• Rework: Inadequate planning and execution can lead to extensive rework, where tasks need to be redone or adjusted due to oversights or errors. This not only prolongs the migration process but also incurs additional costs and resources.
• Cost Overruns: One of the greatest fears associated with cloud migration is the potential for cost overruns. Without a partner well-versed in cost management strategies, you risk exceeding your budget due to unforeseen expenses, inefficient resource utilisation, and ineffective optimisation efforts.

AWS Partners can streamline the migration process and maximise benefits including:

1. Time savings: A partner skilled and experienced in cloud migration can guide the process, thereby reducing the switchover time and its impact on daily operations. AWS Partners save time by:
   – Minimising delays. They bring time-saving opportunities with access to the latest innovations and knowledge of effective efficiency tactics.
   – Offloading the shift to the cloud. Every business has finite resources. Deploy yours in the best way possible by letting your partner take care of keeping your cloud migration on track.
2. Expert guidance: An experienced AWS Partner will select the best approach for you to adopt the cloud. AWS Partners:
   – Understand compliance: They stay current on how to meet and maintain industry, national, and international compliance requirements.
   – Have relevant experience: Partners with experience working with similar companies can offer insights on designing, planning, and adopting a cloud-based IT infrastructure.
   – Possess validated expertise: With numerous certifications and extensive training, AWS Partners provide deep expertise in the latest cloud approaches.
   – Offer post-migration support: Beyond ensuring a smooth cloud transition, a partner can provide training, answers, and support to enhance your experience. At fourTheorem, we work together with our customers to enhance their cloud skills.
3. IT Support: Company IT teams can often be stretched thin. Collaborating with a reliable partner can supplement your IT team’s expertise by providing training to enhance their skills and support to facilitate a smooth transition to the cloud.
4. Financial savings: AWS Partners are experts in managing costs and finding programs that can reduce the expense of adopting the cloud for businesses such as yours. As they work on these types of projects daily, they are up-to-date with the available options and incentives:
   – Identifying the right solutions: Experienced partners know which cloud products and services will meet your needs and prevent overspending. With an AWS Partner, you’ll only invest in what you need without unnecessary expenditure.
   – Finding incentives: AWS Partners can help you access programs and savings based on your business size or your workload and other factors. They’ve done this many times before, so AWS Partners know what programs and offsets are available.

The AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) is a proven cloud migration program designed to accelerate your organisation’s migration and modernisation journey through an outcome-driven methodology.

As an AWS MAP Partner with demonstrated technical expertise in delivering customer cloud migrations, fourTheorem can access migration support available under the MAP Program on your behalf.

While migrating to the cloud offers numerous efficiencies and operational benefits, enterprise migrations are often complex and time-consuming. Through the MAP program, Partners can access a comprehensive suite of tools and processes designed to minimise costs and automate and accelerate execution. The program also offers tailored training approaches, content, and most importantly – AWS investment.

1. Reduce Cost: Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud can significantly decrease your IT costs. This process frees up resources, allowing you to focus on what truly differentiates your business. By migrating legacy applications to the cloud, can achieve 31% average infrastructure savings.
2. Boost Staff Productivity: Enable your employees to shift from tactical to strategic work and dramatically scale their efforts by reducing time spent on system administration tasks. Customers who migrate to AWS will be able to run their IT infrastructure management 62% more efficiently.
3. Improve Operational Resilience: Strengthen your IT security and increase service availability and reliability, including gaining the ability to respond to rapidly changing levels of demand. Customers who move to AWS from on-premises achieve a reduction of 69% in unplanned downtime.
4. Increase Business Agility: Accelerate innovation at a global scale by retiring your technical debt and reducing deployment timelines to complete projects faster.
5. Cut Carbon Emissions: Self-owned IT infrastructure and data centres are significant contributors to energy consumption. Shifting workloads to the cloud can decrease associated carbon emissions by nearly 80%.
6. Mitigate Risk: Skill shortage is the largest obstacle to cloud adoption. We can leverage AWS cloud best practices to reduce the complexity and costs of your migration and improve the chance of success.

• AWS Service Delivery Program Status: We are proud to hold the ECS Service Delivery and Lambda Service Delivery status within the AWS Service Delivery Program. This prestigious recognition validates our deep technical knowledge, extensive experience, and proven success in delivering specific AWS services to customers.
• AWS Well-Architected Program: fourTheorem is part of the AWS Well-Architected Program, demonstrating our commitment to implementing best practices and delivering optimised cloud architectures for our clients. By partnering with us, you gain access to our in-depth understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, ensuring that your cloud environment is built for efficiency, performance, and security.
• AWS Cloud Accelerators: We have developed multiple cloud accelerators designed to simplify and expedite the cloud adoption process for organisations. Our accelerators provide a comprehensive set of tools, best practices, and expertise tailored to specific use cases, including data centre migration, application modernisation, and cloud operations. By leveraging our accelerators, you can accelerate your cloud migration journey while minimising risks and maximising outcomes.
• Modernisation Expertise: At fourTheorem, we understand that modernising workloads is crucial for achieving long-term success in the cloud. Our team of experts can evaluate your existing infrastructure and applications to determine areas where modernisation can bring significant benefits. By identifying and modernising legacy systems, we help you achieve additional cost savings, reduce technical debt, minimise bugs, and increase scalability.

From accelerating business outcomes and reducing costs to mitigating risks, AWS Partners like fourTheorem bring a wealth of expertise and resources to the table. By leveraging their knowledge and support, you can navigate the complexities of cloud migration with confidence and drive long-term success for your organisation.

Don’t let the challenges of cloud migration hold you back. If you’re considering migrating to the cloud, take the first step towards a seamless transition by reaching out to us today.