AWS Public Sector Immersion Days. Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne. June 2017

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Liam Caskie, Senior Practice Manager, ANZ Professional Services
Busting the Myths

2. Busting the 5 most
common myths to
AWS Cloud Adoption

3. Myth #1: My Data does not reside in Australia….
Tasmanian Tiger
 Dedicated Sydney Region
 You control your data

4. Myth #2: My on-premises environment has greater
security than AWS…..
 Inherit Best Practices
 Global Certifications
 Assess your Applications

5. Myth #3: We cannot control surprises on our
monthly AWS invoices….
 Apply Governance
 Invoice Certainty
 AWS Service Limits

6. Myth #4: It is cheaper to run my services on premise
than in AWS….
 Transform your Applications
& Operations
 Optimise Optimise Optimise
 Calculate True TCO

7. Myth #5: If we use AWS services we are then
locked in….
 No commitment contracts
 If you don’t spend you
don’t pay
 AWS provided Migration
tools

8. Key Takeaways
 Establish the Right Foundations
 Calculate your true TCO
 Know your Application Security
Requirements

9. Call to Action. Take a photo of this slide
 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/
 https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
 https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/
 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_service_limits.html
 https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/
 https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/CAF/

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Thank you