When considering cloud, cost and complexity also come into play. You no longer need to maintain, backup and secure a server in the cloud. AWS handles this for you. Instead, they charge you based on two significant aspects, your instance’s reserved capacity (virtual cores) and your egress data transfer usage.
On the surface, migrating to the AWS Cloud may seem like a simple task. Some challenges must be addressed at a higher level when moving an enterprise organization to an AWS infrastructure. This blog will cover 4 reasons why you should migrate some or all of your business services to the AWS Cloud.
1. Cost
One of the biggest reasons companies and individuals are migrating to AWS cloud is cost-efficiency. According to a report by Forrester, companies can save up to 53% when they move from on-premises data centres to AWS.
The reason for this is simple: these companies don’t need to buy expensive hardware upfront. They simply pay for what they use.
For instance, if you want to run a simple web application with a database on AWS, you can set it up in minutes using EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service). You don’t need to choose the right amount of servers or storage capacity because you can scale up or down easily whenever your usage changes.
This way, you won’t pay for unused infrastructure that sits idle. You just shut it down when you don’t need it anymore and stop paying entirely.
2. User Experience
It’s tempting to talk about cloud computing in purely technical terms. After all, that is where we have our expertise, and it’s a rare IT person that doesn’t get excited about cutting-edge technology. But as technologists, we also need to remember that our primary responsibility is supporting the business. In other words, it’s not about technology. It’s about the user experience.
One of the great things about cloud computing is that it allows us to improve user experiences by providing more capacity, greater reliability, and new services to support business activities. For example:
More Capacity – We can quickly add storage or compute capacity for seasonal spikes in activity or new business initiatives
Greater Reliability – We can design applications that are fault-tolerant and recover from failures with very little human intervention
New Services – We have access to many new technologies like voice and image recognition, recommendation engines, etc.
- More Capacity – We can quickly add storage or compute capacity for seasonal spikes in activity or new business initiatives.
- Greater Reliability – We can design applications that are fault-tolerant and recover from failures with very little human intervention.
- New Services – We have access to many new technologies like voice and image recognition, recommendation engines, etc.
3. Security
Security is one of the primary reasons to migrate your business to the cloud. You need to know that your data is safe and available. The security model for Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a robust set of tools to help protect your data from accidental loss and malicious attacks.
Whether you’re protecting a single application or an entire network, there are several benefits to using AWS for data protection.
4. Flexibility
Many companies are migrating their IT infrastructure to the cloud for flexibility. Cloud computing provides flexibility that traditional on-premises infrastructures can’t provide. You don’t need to worry about over-provisioning or under-provisioning your resources with cloud computing. You can access as many resources as you want, whenever you want them.
Cloud computing also allows you to pay only for what you use. So, if you’re using more resources at a given time, you can scale up your infrastructure and then scale down when the demand decreases.
Cloud computing also allows you to focus on your core competencies without worrying about infrastructure management and maintenance.
Takeaway – Reasons to migrate to AWS Cloud
The cloud is a fantastic resource for companies of all sizes and budgets, which allows them to focus on what really matters: building the business. If you are in a similar boat, you should definitely consider migrating your WordPress site to AWS. Our list of five reasons to do so should help you make your decision.