1、Best Practices to Maximize the Business Value of the Cloud January 2021Prepared by Known Commissioned by AWS 2Cloud services are now ubiquitous among enterprises large and small.Organizations no longer question whether or not to adopt the cloud but rather how to migrate and how quickly.While there h

2、as been widespread adoption,some organizations have been more successful than others at realizing the value of cloud services.This study seeks to identify the best practices that high-performing organizations utilize to deliver business value as they make the transition from traditional on-premises

3、IT to the cloud.We also quantified the impact of best practice adoption on value realization.This information can be used as a guide for organizations as their use of cloud services expands and matures.IntroductionIn phase two,we conducted a global survey among 705 enterprise IT leaders to:Assess th

4、e extent of the organizations adoption of the 45 best practices Quantify the value realized by their organizations across the four pillars of the AWS Cloud Value Framework:To understand the best practices that drive value realization,we conducted a three-part study.In phase one,we interviewed a tota

5、l of 30 enterprise IT leaders(i.e.,CIOs,CTOs,VPs,and directors)and lines of business(LOB)application owners(i.e.,CFOs,COOs)to identify best practices that High maturity organizations implement to maximize value from their investment in the cloud.These interviews identified 45 frequently mentioned hi

6、gh-impact best practices.In phase three,we ran an advanced analysis to:Segment enterprise organizations into Low,Medium,and High maturity Understand the correlations between best practice adoption and value realization Objectives&methodologyAnalysis outputs:Analysis inputs:32.Staff productivity 3.Op