Secure and Cost-Efficient: AWS Hybrid Cloud for Public Authorities, Universities and Research Institutes

Part 2: Tools for a successful journey to the AWS Cloud - How to master your cloud journey

Hardly any organisation plans without the use of cloud solutions. By 2025, more than half of enterprise IT spending worldwide is expected to be channelled into public cloud services (source: Gartner) – usually as a hybrid deployment model in combination with on-premises systems.  

Educational institutions and public administrations are also abandoning their reluctance in order to benefit from cloud advantages such as cost reductions, modernisation or higher productivity, or to implement legal requirements for the digitalisation of processes more easily. Cloud providers are responding by offering particularly secure cloud services for the public sector and other highly regulated organisations, such as the AWS Dedicated Local Zones (similar to a private cloud) or the AWS European Sovereign Cloud announced in October 2023. 

Organisations see great opportunities in their cloud journey, but also some hurdles and challenges. These include, in particular, the management of cloud spend, security, governance and compliance, managing licenses as well as the lack of resources / expertise (source: Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report). This is also confirmed in consultations that SoftwareOne's cloud experts hold with representatives from public authorities, universities, and research organisations. The demand for data sovereignty is also stated here and consequently the difficulty of choosing the right cloud provider.

In this whitepaper, you will discover how to master your cloud journey with AWS and SoftwareOne:

• Make the most of powerful tools from AWS and SoftwareOne for your entire cloud journey
• Optimise your cloud costs with the AWS Optimisation and Licensing Assessment
• Build a secure cloud architecture and create an optimal AWS landing zone
• Migrate your applications faster
• Manage the cost of day-to-day cloud operations with FinOps
• Get visibility into your software and cloud spend with our customer portal
• Use efficiently and securely the AWS Marketplace