Modernizing AWS Operations Without Adding IT Burden
Discover How an AI-Powered Healthcare Revenue Cycle Automation Company Strengthened Security, Reduced Cloud Costs and Gained Continuous AWS Support With Help From Mission Cloud, a CDW Company
Cloud Growth Needs Cost Control
90%
of IT decision-makers encountered barriers to cloud adoption in the past year, with budget and cost control cited as the top challenge1
75%
of healthcare organizations have moved or eventually will move clinical applications to the cloud2
How can a healthcare technology company modernize cloud operations while strengthening security and reducing the burden on internal teams?
A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
An AI-Powered Healthcare Revenue Automation Company Looks To Stabilize AWS Operations
An AI-powered healthcare revenue automation solutions company in Alabama needed help modernizing its AWS environment after losing in-house AWS expertise. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the organization needed to strengthen security, align with HITRUST requirements and protect sensitive healthcare data through continuous monitoring.
The customer also needed to reduce operational overhead while maintaining scalability and performance. Without adding more cloud staff, the organization sought a strategic partner that could stabilize, modernize and manage its AWS environment for the long term.
THE TURNING POINT
Managed AWS Modernization With Built-In Security and Visibility
Mission Cloud, CDW’s dedicated AWS practice, engaged as a strategic partner to help transform the customer’s cloud operations. CDW delivered AWS environment modernization using AWS Control Tower and Amazon EC2, supported by 24/7 managed cloud operations and monitoring to provide continuous visibility and support.
The engagement also included security hardening aligned to HITRUST requirements, hybrid Azure-AWS single sign-on integration, cost optimization services, and integration of CrowdStrike and New Relic for enhanced security and observability. Together, these capabilities helped the customer reduce legacy access complexity, improve cloud oversight and manage AWS more efficiently.
AWS and CDW
CDW combines deep AWS expertise, agile innovation and enterprise-scale resources to deliver a seamless, end-to-end AWS experience. With Mission Cloud, CDW’s dedicated AWS practice, organizations gain access to focused AWS services for modernization, migration, managed services and cloud optimization.
CDW Cloud Security Solutions
CDW cloud security solutions help organizations protect hybrid and multicloud environments with services for assessment, secure architecture, tool selection, integration and managed cloud security. CDW can provide 24/7 oversight to help keep cloud environments secure and compliant.
THE RESULTS
A More Secure AWS Environment With Lower Cloud Spend
With support from CDW and Mission Cloud, the customer improved its security posture in alignment with HITRUST requirements, reduced technical debt by replacing legacy access systems and gained continuous monitoring for greater operational confidence. The company also created a scalable AWS environment without needing to hire additional cloud staff.
The engagement delivered measurable cost impact as well. By reducing operational overhead and enhancing cost management, the customer achieved a 30–40% reduction in AWS expenditure while maintaining the performance and scalability the organization needed.
Here’s Why It Worked
- CDW stepped in quickly with dedicated AWS operations expertise after the customer lost internal resources.
- Mission Cloud brought specialized AWS modernization and managed services capabilities inside CDW.
- Security hardening, SSO integration and continuous monitoring helped improve confidence in a regulated cloud environment.
- Cost optimization services helped reduce AWS spend while limiting the need for additional headcount.
What’s Next?
With a modernized AWS foundation and ongoing managed support, the customer can continue scaling cloud operations while staying focused on innovation, compliance and healthcare revenue automation.
Sources:
1 Foundry, “Cloud Computing Study,” 2025
2 Ponemon Institute, “Cyber Insecurity in Healthcare: The Cost and Impact on Patient Safety and Care 2025,” 2025
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