Sharp HealthCare Partners with AHEAD for Cloud Transformation

 AHEAD, a leading national provider of cloud, data, and digital engineering solutions, announces that it is engaged with Sharp HealthCare, a not-for-profit integrated health system based in Southern California, to define and implement a cloud strategy together with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The AHEAD team was tasked with creating a 10-year total cost of ownership (TCO) / return on investment (ROI) of cloud services, including Compute, Storage, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Networking, and additional costs to provide Sharp HealthCare with a comparison to their pre-existing on-premises and co-location operating costs.

AHEAD then initiated the setup of an AWS cloud environment to extract data from a cloud-hosted Epic database to an AWS account and then load into Snowflake. Completing this rapid environment design and setup in six weeks led Sharp to choose AHEAD for the next phase of the project, which involved completing the build-out of their AWS landing zone.

Key benefits of the work completed by AHEAD include:

  • A better understanding of the economics of Sharp’s cloud journey, creating the foundation on which targeted initiatives could be planned and executed.
  • Technical guidance and mentoring that enabled Sharp’s development team to learn from AHEAD experts.
  • The ability for Sharp to leverage the power of AWS without compromising on security, compliance, or operational efficiency.

Through AHEAD’s guidance and training, they have put Sharp HealthCare in an advantageous position to leverage the full spectrum of AWS services, including networking, governance, security, automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC). This enablement of Sharp’s engineering and development teams will pave the way for future innovation while delivering consistent value to their patients and stakeholders on AWS.

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