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AWS. The buyer’s reading room.

The AWS estate is governed by the Enterprise Discount Programme commitment ramp, the Savings Plans and Reserved Instances mix, the Marketplace channel, the Bedrock and SageMaker commercial lines, the MAP migration credit, and the egress and exit terms that govern workload portability. This hub aggregates every piece of analysis Admodum has published on AWS. White papers, case studies, blog commentary, FAQ. All written from the buyer’s side. None of it carries reseller margin or referral fee.

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The AWS position paper is three hundred pages.

EDP commitment ramp, Savings Plans inventory, Marketplace channel map, Bedrock commitment, MAP credit reconciliation and exit architecture. Every piece on this hub feeds the position paper that goes in front of AWS’s account team.

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EDP commitment ramp
Enterprise Discount Programme commitment ramp design, ramp construction over three to five years, discount tier negotiation, governance language and the closing-letter that records the commitment.
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Savings Plans and RIs
Compute Savings Plans, EC2 Instance Savings Plans, Standard and Convertible Reserved Instances, on-demand mix, term length, payment option and the optimisation cycle that holds the run-rate.
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Marketplace channel pivot
AWS Marketplace channel migration of third-party software, private offer construction, Marketplace commit treatment against the EDP, ISV margin contest and the channel pivot economics.
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Bedrock and SageMaker
Bedrock model consumption pricing, SageMaker training and inference, generative AI use-case mapping and the commitment design that protects against speculative AI consumption.
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MAP migration credit
Migration Acceleration Programme credit treatment, eligibility logic, draw-down schedule, governance and the reconciliation cycle that closes the credit against documented migration activity.
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Egress and exit architecture
Data egress charges, cross-region traffic, exit terms, workload portability, multi-cloud architecture and the exit terms that protect against re-platforming costs at end of term.
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Reading list · White papers
AWS research library.
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The AWS EDP commitment ramp
Paper i. · 24 pages
Ramp construction over three to five years, discount tier negotiation, governance language and the closing-letter that records the commitment. Gated. Corporate email only.
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Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
Paper ii. · 20 pages
Compute Savings Plans, EC2 Instance Savings Plans, Standard and Convertible RIs, on-demand mix, term length and the optimisation cycle that holds the run-rate.
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AWS Marketplace channel pivot
Paper iii. · 18 pages
Marketplace migration of third-party software, private offer construction, Marketplace commit treatment against the EDP and the channel pivot economics.
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Bedrock and SageMaker commercial scope
Paper iv. · 16 pages
Bedrock model pricing, SageMaker training and inference, generative use-case mapping and the commitment design that protects against speculative AI consumption.
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AWS egress and exit architecture
Paper v. · 18 pages
Data egress charges, cross-region traffic, workload portability, multi-cloud architecture and the exit terms that protect against re-platforming costs.
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Documented outcomes · Case studies
AWS engagements on the record.
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EDP ramp redesign at a pharmaceutical group
Case study i. · EDP commitment
Five-year EDP commitment ramp redesigned against documented workload migration plan. Discount tier negotiated against historic spend baseline. Governance language put in writing. Commitment value reduced to documented consumption.
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Marketplace channel pivot at a retailer
Case study ii. · Marketplace · Channel
Third-party ISV portfolio migrated to AWS Marketplace via private offers. Marketplace commit credited against the EDP. ISV margin contested. Net commitment to AWS increased without increasing total IT spend.
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Bedrock commitment redesign at a bank
Case study iii. · Bedrock · AI
Bedrock proposed at a speculative model consumption rate. Generative AI use-case map assembled, commitment redesigned against documented adoption forecast. Speculative commitment removed from the EDP renewal.
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Exit architecture at a global manufacturer
Case study iv. · Egress · Exit
Workload portability assessment completed. Egress cost model documented. Exit terms negotiated with cross-region traffic protection. Multi-cloud architecture put in writing. Exit BATNA constructed.
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Analysis · Blog
Recent AWS commentary.
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The AWS EDP ramp explained
Primer · EDP
Three to five years. The ramp construction, the discount tier, the governance language. What the closing letter records.
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The Savings Plans mix
Analysis · Savings Plans
Compute, EC2 Instance, Standard RI, Convertible RI, on-demand. The optimisation cycle that holds the run-rate against waste.
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The Marketplace channel pivot
Analysis · Marketplace
Private offers, EDP credit treatment, ISV margin, the channel pivot economics.
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AWS egress: the exit cost
Exit · Egress
Cross-region traffic, data transfer out, the exit BATNA and the multi-cloud architecture that holds the publisher to the negotiated rate.
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Questions we hear
AWS FAQ.
Is Admodum a partner or reseller of AWS?
No. Admodum is not a partner, reseller, or affiliate of AWS. The firm carries no AWS margin, no AWS referral commission, no AWS Marketplace listing and no AWS audit subcontract. The buyer is the only client. The independence statement is on every page. See the firm page and the AWS practice page for the documented position.
When should an EDP renewal cycle open?
Twelve months before the renewal date. The workload migration plan reconciliation, the Savings Plans and RI optimisation, the Marketplace channel review and the Bedrock scope-in all run inside the twelve-month cycle. The Admodum Renewal Programme is the operating framework. The EDP white paper is the reading list.
How does MAP migration credit actually work?
Migration Acceleration Programme credit is governed by eligibility logic, a draw-down schedule and a reconciliation cycle that closes the credit against documented migration activity. The credit is not a discount; it is a workload-tied incentive that needs to be tracked separately. The Admodum AWS practice page covers the methodology.
Should Marketplace commitments count against the EDP?
In most contemporary EDPs, yes. Marketplace private offers can credit a defined percentage against the EDP commitment. The percentage is negotiable, the eligibility list is negotiable, and the channel pivot economics depend on the negotiation. The Marketplace white paper covers the methodology.
How does Admodum charge on AWS work?
Three models. Fixed fee on a scoped engagement, contingency tied to verified savings, and the annual retainer for an estate-wide programme. The engagement model is chosen by the buyer. See Fixed Fee, Contingency, and Annual Retainer.

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