Move to AWS for Storage
A Data Modernisation Journey with TD SYNNEX
This modernisation journey focuses on helping customers transition from costly and complex on-premises storage to a flexible, durable, and cost-effective data strategy on AWS. The goal is to improve performance, unlock the value of data for modern applications, and reduce the operational overhead of managing storage infrastructure.
Triggers & Compelling Events
Spiralling Storage Costs
Hardware refresh cycles and maintenance contracts are unsustainable.
Poor Application Performance
Legacy storage cannot meet the IOPS and latency demands of modern applications.
Data Silos for Analytics
Data is inaccessible for modern analytics and AI/ML workloads.
Managing Data Growth
Struggling to provision and manage exponentially growing data volumes.
Need for Hybrid Cloud Storage
Requirement to extend on-premises storage to the cloud for bursting or tiering.
End of Support/Life Hardware
Forced hardware refresh creates an opportunity to evaluate cloud alternatives.
Awareness & Discovery
Customer recognizes limitations of their current analytics stack and begins exploring modern, cloud-based solutions.
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.
Customer Proposal
A formal proposal with the target architecture, a phased migration plan, and a clear ROI is 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
Execute the analytics migration, including data ingestion, transformation, and dashboard creation.
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.
Support & Optimize
Provide ongoing support, optimize data pipelines and query performance, and help drive user adoption.
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)
Core AWS Services & Training
Key AWS Products
Amazon S3 (all tiers), Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx, AWS Storage Gateway, AWS DataSync, AWS Snow Family, Amazon S3 Glacier.
Enablement & Training
- AWS Skill Builder Storage Learning Plan
- TD SYNNEX Storage Immersion Days
- All TD SYNNEX Academy AWS Storage courses
The Modernisation Journey: From Pain to Platform
Click the below triggers to see how AWS services solve the customers problem.
Spiralling Storage Costs
Poor Application Performance
Data Silos for Analytics
Managing Data Growth
Need for Hybrid Cloud Storage
End of Support/Life Hardware
From Static Storage to Intelligent Data Management
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