AWS Launches ‘Critical’ New Cloud Operations Competency
Summary
The five areas AWS trains and tests partners on include financial management to optimized cost for services, tooling, and resources to organize and track cost and usage; as well as cloud governance in helping clients plan, build and manage hybrid cloud environments that are secure, scalable and cost-efficient. A 2022 study by IT research firm Forrester conducted over a three-year period found that organizations attain a 241 percent ROI with cost savings of $3.4 million with an optimized cloud environment by enabling rapid time-to-market, promoting high developer productivity, and setting up resilient and secure cloud environments. 2nd Watch’s experienced data scientists and architects use a proprietary innovation scoring system to help customers identify opportunities for optimization and modernization in a data-driven way. “Being selected as a launch partner on the Cloud Operations Services Competency demonstrates the confidence AWS has in our ability to help organizations make data-driven spending decisions that deliver maximum business value,” she said. Other partners who have achieved the competency include Accenture, Cloudreach, Cognizant, HCLTech, Slalom and Triumph Tech.