Enterprise IT teams are increasingly turning to the cloud. Many organizations are mandating that all new applications be hosted in the cloud, adopting a cloud-first strategy. Some are closing data centres and undertaking large-scale migrations, while others move to cloud infrastructure during technology refresh cycles or to improve scaling.

• Databases can pose significant challenges during cloud migration, but there are many advantages to moving databases to the cloud:
• Eliminate upfront capital expenditures and infrastructure refreshes every 3-5 years
• Take advantage of cloud elasticity to scale up or down in response to changing load
• Reduce the time spent deploying and managing infrastructure

Moving databases and associated applications to AWS—and running new projects in AWS from the start—is a proven approach that, done correctly, can make life simpler for IT, business, and development teams.