Transforming Your Business With Aws - Getting Most Out of Using Aws to Modernize Innovate Your Digital

Expert guidance on how to use Amazon Web Services to supercharge your digital services business
 
In Transforming Your Business with AWS: Getting the Most Out of Using AWS to Modernize and Innovate Your Digital Services, renowned international consultant and sought-after speaker Philippe Abdoulaye delivers a practical and accessible guide to using Amazon Web Services to modernize your business and the digital services you offer. This book provides you with a concrete action plan to build a team capable of creating world-class digital services and long-term competitive advantages.
 
You'll discover what separates merely average digital service organizations from the truly outstanding, as well as how moving to the cloud will enable your business to deliver your services faster, better, and more efficiently.
 
This book also includes:
* A comprehensive overview of building industry-leading digital service delivery capabilities, including discussions of the development lifecycle, best practices, and AWS-based development infrastructure
* Explanations of how to implement a digital business transformation strategy
* An exploration of key roles like DevOps Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, Automation, and DevSecOps
* Hands-on treatments of AWS application management tools, including Elastic Beanstalk, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline
 
Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders attempting to clarify and implement their organization's digital vision and strategy, Transforming Your Business with AWS is a must-read reference that answers the "why" and, most importantly, the "how," of digital transformation with Amazon Web Services.

List of contents

Introduction xxvii
 
Part I Understanding the Digital Transformation Challenges 1
 
Chapter 1 The Digital Economy's Challenges, Opportunities, and Relevance of AWS 3
 
Understanding the Digital Economy's Impacts 4
 
Surviving Disruptions Are Your Business's Primary Challenge 4
 
Understanding the Digital Economy's Opportunities 4
 
Surviving the Disruptions: The AWS Solutions 5
 
The AWS Universal Architecture: Simplifying AWS Understanding 5
 
Navigating AWS IaaS Building Block 6
 
AWS Compute Resources 7
 
AWS Network Resources 8
 
AWS Storage Resources 9
 
Understanding Essential AWS PaaS Tools 10
 
AWS Elastic Beanstalk 10
 
AWS CodeDeploy 10
 
AWS CodePipeline 11
 
Understanding Innovation with AWS: Machine Learning, Internet of Things, and Elastic MapReduce 11
 
AWS Machine Learning 11
 
AWS Internet of Things 12
 
Amazon Elastic MapReduce 12
 
Understanding the AWS Integration Building Block 13
 
Site-to-Site VPN 13
 
Hybrid Cloud with VMware Cloud on AWS 13
 
Changes in the AWS Implementation Paradigm 14
 
Lift-and-Shift Migration is a Problem 14
 
Failure Factors Making Lift-and-Shift Irrelevant 14
 
Understanding the Benefits of Enterprise Architecture for AWS 15
 
Key Takeaways 16
 
References 16
 
Chapter 2 What is a Digital Product? 17
 
Differences Between Digital Products and Digital Services 17
 
Digital Service Delivers Information 18
 
Digital Product Exists in Intangible Formats 18
 
Anatomy of the Digital Product 18
 
The Digital Product's Technology Stack 18
 
The 4G/5G Services 19
 
Cloud Computing Services: Innovation as a Service 20
 
Smart Mobile Devices 24
 
Impacts on Digital Product and Service Development 24
 
The Growing Complexity of the Technological Stack 24
 
Technology Innovation Alone Isn't Enough Anymore 25
 
Key Takeaways 25
 
References 26
 
Chapter 3 Digital Product and Service Development Challenges 27
 
What is Digital Product and Service Development? 28
 
Digital Product and Service Development Defined 28
 
How is Digital Product and Service Development Performed? 28
 
Ideation 29
 
Concept 30
 
Business Case 30
 
Development 30
 
Testing 31
 
Launch 31
 
Digital Product and Service Development Approach Evaluation 31
 
Understanding the Digital Product and Service Development Assessment Framework 32
 
Assessment Framework Overview 32
 
The Context Elements 33
 
The Performance Enablers 33
 
The Digital Transformation Solutions 34
 
Assessing Current Digital Product and Service Development 35
 
What is a Digital Product and Service Development Platform? 35
 
Capturing Business Context 37
 
Evaluating Your Digital Operating Model 37
 
Evaluating Your Technical Platform 38
 
Evaluating Your Organizational Model 40
 
Assessing Your Human Capital 41
 
Challenges of Current Digital Product Development 42
 
Focus on Digital Product and Service Development 42
 
Accurate Customer Insights 43
 
Competitive Pricing 43
 
Premium Customer Experience 43
 
Rapid Go-to-Market 44
 
Key Takeaways 44
 
References 44
 
Chapter 4 Industrializing Digital Product and Service Development 47
 
The Total Quality Management and Mass Production Heritage 48
 
Total Quality Management Principle

About the author

PHILIPPE ABDOULAYE is an international digital business transformation consultant. He advises business and IT leaders on how to take advantage of digital technologies to grow and prosper. He is a sought-after speaker for technology conferences around the world and has authored seven books on digital transformation and digital technologies.

Summary

Expert guidance on how to use Amazon Web Services to supercharge your digital services business

In Transforming Your Business with AWS: Getting the Most Out of Using AWS to Modernize and Innovate Your Digital Services, renowned international consultant and sought-after speaker Philippe Abdoulaye delivers a practical and accessible guide to using Amazon Web Services to modernize your business and the digital services you offer. This book provides you with a concrete action plan to build a team capable of creating world-class digital services and long-term competitive advantages.

You'll discover what separates merely average digital service organizations from the truly outstanding, as well as how moving to the cloud will enable your business to deliver your services faster, better, and more efficiently.

This book also includes:
* A comprehensive overview of building industry-leading digital service delivery capabilities, including discussions of the development lifecycle, best practices, and AWS-based development infrastructure
* Explanations of how to implement a digital business transformation strategy
* An exploration of key roles like DevOps Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, Automation, and DevSecOps
* Hands-on treatments of AWS application management tools, including Elastic Beanstalk, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline

Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders attempting to clarify and implement their organization's digital vision and strategy, Transforming Your Business with AWS is a must-read reference that answers the "why" and, most importantly, the "how," of digital transformation with Amazon Web Services.

Product details

• Authors: P Abdoulaye, Philippe Abdoulaye, Phillipe Abdoulaye
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2021
• EAN: 9781119815976
• ISBN: 978-1-119-81597-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; Informatik, Computertechnik, aws, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, computer science, Business & management, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Wirtschaft u. Management, Grid & Cloud Computing, Grid- u. Cloud-Computing, Unternehmenstechnologie, Business Technology