Move to DevOps
An AWS Modernization Pathway with TD SYNNEX
The "Move to DevOps" pathway is fundamentally about changing processes, culture, and tooling. It's a combination of cultural philosophies and a suite of AWS tools that increases an organization's ability to deliver applications at high velocity, evolving products faster than with traditional methods and leading to greater business agility.
Triggers & Compelling Events
Manual Release Processes
Deployments are slow, risky, and require significant manual effort.
High Failure Rate
Frequent outages and long recovery times after deployments.
Lack of Visibility
Difficult to monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues.
Inconsistent Environments
Dev, test, and prod environments drift, causing bugs in production.
Security Vulnerabilities
Security is an afterthought, slowing down releases and increasing risk.
Siloed Teams
Lack of collaboration between Dev and Ops teams creates friction.
Awareness & Discovery
Customer identifies modernization triggers and begins exploring solutions. Partner aligns with customer pains.
Partner Actions & Offerings
- Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX BDM / AWS PDM
- Action: Register Deal in AWS Partner Central (ACE)
- Funding: None at this stage.
- Services: None at this stage.
Opportunity & Qualification
A concrete opportunity is identified. Partner qualifies the lead and builds the initial business case.
Solution Development
The technical solution is designed and validated through workshops and a Proof of Concept (PoC).
Partner Actions & Offerings
- Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX CoE / AWS Specialist SA
- Action: Engage TD SYNNEX CoE for PoC build & validation.
- Funding: MAP Assess for TCO analysis and exploratory work, PoC funding for proof of concept building.
- AWS Tools: AWS Application Composer, AWS Cloud9, AWS CodeCommit
Customer Proposal
A formal proposal, Statement of Work (SOW), and migration plan are presented to the customer.
Partner Actions & Offerings
- Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX BDM / AWS MAP aligned account manager
- Action: Submit Proposal & SOW through TD SYNNEX.
- Funding: Sandbox Innovation credits.
- Services: TD SYNNEX SOW & Proposal Support via Services team.
Delivery
The partner executes the modernization project, implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
Partner Actions & Offerings
- Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX Professional Services / AWS ProServe
- Action: Execute project with TD SYNNEX Professional Services OR the partner does this themselves.
- Funding: MAP Mobilize funding to allow cost effective pilot migration
- Services: TD SYNNEX Professional Services for Migration, TD SYNNEX Migration Success Packages OR the partner completes this themselves.
- AWS Tools: AWS CodeBuild
Support & Optimize
Ongoing management, optimization, and support to ensure the customer realizes the full value of their new DevOps platform.
Partner Actions & Offerings
- Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX Managed Services
- Action: Onboard to TD SYNNEX Managed Services.
- Funding: Well-Architected Review funding and MAP Migrate & Modernize credits post-migration (up to 50% depending on workloads)
- Services: Cloud Express (24x7 managed service), TechCARE (24/7 break fix) and Dashboards as a Service (FinOps)
- AWS Tools: Well-Architected Review Tool
Core AWS Services & Training
Key AWS Products
AWS CodePipeline, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodeGuru, CodeCatalyst, Proton, CloudFormation, Config, X-Ray, CloudWatch, Systems Manager
Enablement & Training
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional.
- AWS Skill Builder DevOps Learning Plan
- All TD SYNNEX AWS DevOps courses
- TD SYNNEX workshops and Technical Round Tables
- Immersion Days
- TD SYNNEX Cloud Kick Start
The Modernization Journey: From Pain to Platform
Click the below triggers to see how AWS services solve the customers problem.
Manual Release Processes
High Failure Rate
Lack of Visibility
Inconsistent Environments
Security Vulnerabilities
Siloed Teams
Beyond Automation: AI-Enhanced DevOps
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