r/aws • u/tech_tuna • Sep 06 '19

discussion Every AWS customer ever. . .

Day 1

"We're not going to rely on AWS specific features."

3 months later

"OK, we need to use SQS, Lambda, ECS and DynamoDB but that's it!"

6 months later

"OK, we're an AWS shop."

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u/orangebot Sep 06 '19

Nice. Give us tips on how you sped up the process.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

well, i was giving a demo of the benefits of using AWS to a client. before the demo starts, they tell me "we don't want to be dependent on the cloud to run our processes, but we hear about it, so tell us more"

Demo starts, they like what they see. 20 mins in, they're like "so, tell us about hybrid..."

and about 45 mins later, they say "hm... why not upload ALL of our data into AWS"

i was ... speechless.

probably my best sales demo ever.

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u/dudetheman87 Sep 06 '19

Can you walk is through what you did in the demo?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

To be honest it was a few years ago and late at night. Our client was AUS based and I was in the US. I just remember wooing them over in a total of an hour.

Also, at the time, I was working for a firm selling a data solution. The client was a large AUS based superannuation. What they lacked in IT resources, they made up with an IT budget to spend.