Digital transformation is not only a popular buzzword these days but a key trend in the business world, which strives to improve efficiency and agility and helps firms gain competitive advantage through the use of technology. Below are five ways how AWS accelerates digital transformation in organisations of varying sizes and operating in different sectors such as transport and logistics, iGaming, and financial services including FinTech and RegTech.
When organisations are sponsoring digital transformation initiatives, they need to work towards a successful cultural change. Stakeholders need to be involved and need to understand the benefits of such a transformation. It is of paramount importance that the mission is well-communicated, training is provided to up skill-sets and a transparent roadmap is created.
Adopt top notch application and development practices
AWS is a game-changer in this regard as it makes it relatively easy for businesses to adopt the latest application development practices. This allows entities to rapidly develop, test and subsequently deploy new products and services. CI/CD tools offered by AWS help automate development workflows, while you focus on other core business functions.
Business Analytics that provide detailed Business Insights
AWS provides a complete set of analytics services backed by machine learning and AI services that allow you to extract and gain valuable insights from the organisation’s most valuable digital asset – data. The latter aids in decision making, better customer experiences and ongoing business risk management and mitigation.
Innovation is the name of the game
Harnessing the power of the finest technologies, the rate of innovation is accelerated. Product development cycles are shortened thus providing faster delivery times. AWS supports businesses to build their next generation abilities. It provides organisations with big data analytics, end-to-end data management, customer enablement services and cutting-edge mobile development, to mention but a few. In AWS, there is practically a service for every operation.
Developer tools to manage applications
Utilising Developer Tools to Manage Applications; a developer can use AWS Command-Line tools and Software Development Kits (SDKs) to deploy and manage applications and services. Developer tools enable DevOps Engineers and Developers alike to rapidly and safely deliver and deploy software. These tools help IT professionals version control application source code. AWS CodePipeline is ideal to orchestrate a full-cycle software release workflow using these services.
Better security, Flexibility and overall compliance
Benefits that AWS brings that will in turn accelerate your digital transformation initiatives include security, conformity and resilience. Strong encryption options are available making it a safe cloud environment. Machine learning is used to protect business critical and sensitive data. AWS is flexible, dependable and secure and offers a robust set of tools and services that help in the migration process (when needed). 56Bit have extensive experience assisting organisations in every step of their migration journey. A typical migration process would include the migration of the following: applications, servers, database/s and data.
AWS follows a strict security-by-design approach and has a comprehensive set of security controls in place to protect customer data. The platform also undergoes regular security audits and assessments to ensure it meets industry standards.
In addition, AWS provides a wide range of compliance certifications and reports, such as SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, which can help organisations demonstrate their compliance with industry regulations (and more importantly keep an active licence).
5 Reasons Why AWS accelerates Digital Transformation in Organisations
- AWS Enables Scalability and Flexibility
- AWS Offers a significant array of cloud services
- AWS Offers Security and Compliance
- AWS Facilitates Collaboration and Innovation
- AWS Enables Integration and Interoperability
AWS supports businesses to grow and to function more efficiently and at a lower cost, hence why it is the world’s most widely used cloud platform.
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