There isn’t an IT department out there that isn’t under pressure to reduce costs. For thousands of enterprises, the AWS cloud has become part of that lower cost strategy. But how much could you really save with AWS? Where will those savings come from, and how does shifting to a model where you pay only for what you use impact your IT spend? In this session, we are joined by Kris Bliesner, chief executive officer of 2nd Watch, who have successfully helped over one hundred organizations reduce their IT costs. We share detailed best practices on how to calculate detailed apples-to-apples comparisons, how to build the models, and where to look to identify the biggest cost saving opportunities. We are also joined by Vladimir Mitevski, Vice President Product Management Core Services at Thomson Reuters who will walk through by line item how and where their actual operating and capital expenses changed when they migrated to the cloud, so you can learn from their experiences, and take home some

7. How does the IT cost model change with AWS?

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Demand capacity capacity
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11. Total upfront Thomson Reuters Cost zero $
Total monthly AWS invoice < $1,200

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20. When calculating TCO…
#1 WITH AWS PLAN FOR USAGE NOT FOR PEAK
#2 TAKE ALL THE FIXED COSTS INTO CONSIDERATION
#3 RESERVED PRICING INSTEAD OF ON-DEMAND PRICING
#4 INTANGIBLE BENEFITS– TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
#5 VISIT AWS.AMAZON.COM/ECONOMICS, START CALCULATING….

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