Implementing Cloud Design Patterns for AWS

Benefits of moving to the Cloud

There are many different answers to why moving to a Cloud-hosted environment might be beneficial but it depends on the end user. The shift may suit small teams but for mid-sized teams the effort saved begins to outweigh the cost. I start at mid-sized because this is the size that usually includes the two teams that benefit the most:

• The developers and testers
• Operations

For a developer, the biggest benefit of Cloud providers is the ability to throw away entire environments. In a traditional developer setting, the developers usually develop their code locally, have access to a shared physical server, or have access to a virtual server of some type. Issues that usually arise out of these setups are that it's hard to ...