AWS modernization: accelerate delivery without adding headcount

Your business needs to move faster, but your infrastructure can't keep up. While your developers spend 70% of their time on maintenance, companies that use AWS for modernization already ship features weekly instead of quarterly.

That game-changing product idea? It's stuck in a deployment pipeline that takes months instead of weeks. While you're busy fighting fires instead of delivering, global brands like Capital One have cut application setup time by 99%. Netflix deploys to 190 countries instantly.

You could stick with your current tech stack, but every week you wait is a another week your competitors pull ahead. You could try to modernize infrastructure with AWS on your own, but your team is already overwhelmed keeping the lights on. 

If you have a headcount plan approved, there’s a way to start shipping now instead of waiting 3-6 months for new hires to ramp up.

The real cost of infrastructure bottlenecks

Let's talk numbers quickly.

Before AWS modernization, companies face:

• Weeks to months for new deployments
• 70% of developer time consumed by maintenance tasks
• Manual scaling requiring constant oversight
• Overprovisioned infrastructure wasting capital on unused capacity

One enterprise CTO put it bluntly: "We've been struggling with long development cycles, scaling issues during peak periods, and our infrastructure costs are becoming unpredictable. Meanwhile, our competitors are eating our lunch – even though we have budget for 10 new engineers, hiring and onboarding will take months."

The solution? Start working on AWS modernization with a specialized external team while your engineers build momentum and your hiring catches up.

AWS modernization: your path to faster delivery

AWS modernization unlocks faster delivery – built on a foundation of enterprise-grade reliability trusted by the world’s most demanding companies.

Why AWS is a top choice for your cloud modernization

AWS offers a mature ecosystem of services that work together seamlessly. With over 200 fully-featured services and the largest global cloud infrastructure, AWS provides:

• Proven scale: More enterprises run mission-critical workloads on AWS than any other cloud
• Deep service integration: Services designed to work together, not bolted on
• Largest partner ecosystem: Thousands of tools and integrations ready to use
• Production-ready platform: 18+ years of enterprise-grade reliability

This maturity translates directly into speed for your business.

From quarters to weeks: increase delivery speed

Organizations using AWS report a 65% decrease in time-to-market. The secret lies in services that eliminate traditional bottlenecks.

• AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild: Replace brittle CI/CD with automated workflows
• Amazon ECS/EKS: Containerize for standardized, lightning-fast deployments
• AWS Lambda: Write code and deploy – no operational overhead

The result? What once took six months now takes a few weeks or a few short months. Features that required quarters to plan and deploy go from concept to production in a month.

AWS AI services: faster development, smarter products

AWS AI services don’t just boost developer productivity – they empower your teams to build AI-powered products faster, without the infrastructure burden.

• Amazon Bedrock provides access to leading AI models (Claude, Llama, Stable Diffusion) through a single API, letting developers add AI features without managing infrastructure
• Amazon SageMaker enables your ML teams to build, train, and deploy custom models at scale with built-in MLOps capabilities
• Amazon CodeWhisperer generates entire application components from natural language, integrated directly into your IDE
• Amazon Q Developer helps developers accomplish in hours what typically takes days, with context from your AWS environment

Whether you're using AI to accelerate development or building AI-powered features for customers, AWS provides a complete platform.

Your teams can prototype with Bedrock's foundation models, customize with SageMaker, and deploy globally – all while AWS handles the underlying complexity of GPU management, model serving, and scaling.

Auto-scaling that handles traffic spikes on its own

Those weekend emergency calls when traffic spiked? Ancient history. AWS Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing create infrastructure that adapts intelligently.

• Automatic capacity adjustment during traffic spikes
• Pay only for resources you use, eliminating overprovisioning
• Predictive scaling learns patterns and scales proactively
• Multi-service coordination keeps databases, compute, and containers in sync

Set it once. Let AWS handle Black Friday.

The hidden accelerator: cultural transformation

Speed isn't just about technology – it's about people. AWS modernization drives a cultural shift that multiplies your velocity for the long-term.

• Maximize existing talent by freeing them from maintenance work
• Retain your best people who want modern cloud technologies
• Enable self-service so developers provision resources instantly
• Build cloud fluency across your organization

"The shift to AWS has transformed our engineering culture," one CTO explained. "We've upskilled our team and can now attract talent who want to work with modern cloud technologies."

Some of the biggest companies in the world are using AWS to deliver faster outcomes – from auto manufacturing and banking to media and tech giants.

Real companies, real business outcomes

These aren't theoretical benefits. There's a long list of industry leaders that accelerate their business outcomes and software delivery with AWS modernization.

Capital One closed their data centers, cut application setup time by 99%, and transformed from a traditional bank into a technology company.

Netflix runs over 100,000 server instances on AWS, enabling instant global deployments while focusing on content instead of infrastructure.

Toyota slashed deployment time from 6-8 months to just two weeks while cutting infrastructure costs by 60%.

Airbnb scaled during hypergrowth without constraints, reducing storage costs by 27% while accelerating feature development.

They didn't wait for perfect conditions – they started exactly where you are today.

Your 4-phase acceleration journey

Successful AWS modernization follows a proven path:

Phase 1: Crawl: Lift-and-shift migrations lay your cloud foundation, cutting costs by 30-40%

Phase 2: Walk: Adopt managed services and infrastructure-as-code for 65% faster deployments

Phase 3: Run: Optimize for 99.99% availability with predictable spending

Phase 4: Innovate: Drive new revenue with AI/ML and boost productivity by 3-5x

The best part? You can start immediately while your recruiting pipeline catches up.

Break through the skills gap in 4-6 weeks

83% of IT leaders cite cloud skills gaps as their top barrier to delivery speed, but waiting months to hire isn’t an option.

The fastest path combines:

• AWS partners who bring specialized expertise immediately
• Knowledge transfer that prepares for new hires
• Phased approach delivering quick wins while managing risk
• Proven methodologies showing results in 4-6 weeks

Traditional consultancies can't match this timeline. They take months to understand your business while charging premium rates. By then, competitors have shipped three new features.

AWS specialist partners solve this differently. They implement specific services targeting your bottlenecks, deliver results in weeks not months, and use your approved headcount budget to deliver value now instead of waiting.

Why partner with AWS specialists instead of going it alone

When companies try AWS modernization with their existing team, they get stuck. Your developers are smart, but they'd be busy managing legacy systems while learning AWS. Your modernization gets pushed to "after we hire."

Traditional consultancies can't help either. They take months to ramp up, charge premium rates, and lack specialized AWS expertise. Their business model makes it impossible to deliver the speed you need.

AWS services partners solve this differently:

• Immediate expertise: AWS-certified architects who've led enterprise transformations start delivering value in weeks, not months
• Business-aligned approach: They prioritize your outcomes over billable hours, focusing on metrics that matter to your business
• Proven migration methodologies: Refined through hundreds of successful projects, they know exactly which AWS services solve your specific bottlenecks
• Knowledge transfer built-in: Your team learns by doing, preparing for when new hires arrive while delivering immediate value
• Transparent pricing: No surprise costs or change orders – you know exactly what you're investing

The companies that partner with specialists ship faster, control costs, and capture opportunities while building their permanent teams. While your competitors wait for the perfect hire, you're already modernizing.

AWS modernization adds speed to your strategy

AWS modernization isn't about keeping up – it's about pulling ahead. While competitors manage quarterly releases, you'll ship weekly. While they fight infrastructure fires, you'll capture market opportunities. And you can do it all with the team and headcount budget you already have.

Ready to ship faster? Here's your next step:

1. Identify your top 3 infrastructure bottlenecks
2. Calculate the cost of delayed features
3.  Schedule a consultation to solve them with AWS modernization

Let's talk about how you can speed up delivery with AWS modernization and stick to your current headcount plan. No generic pitches – just a straightforward discussion about your specific delivery bottlenecks and how to solve them with AWS modernization.