Moving to the public cloud offers your organization some unquestionable and very attractive benefits. But there are definite challenges along the way that are as unique as the workloads you run and how much of your on‑premises operations you want to move to the public cloud. This paper will help you assess your own cloud readiness and present why VMware Cloud on AWS is an optimal solution to consider when it comes to modernizing and future‑proofing your existing applications.