Marsh McLennan gears up for massive AWS migration

The 150-year-old professional services firm will move the majority of its on-premises infrastructure to the cloud as part of a multiyear plan.

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• Marsh McLennan plans to migrate most of its on-premises infrastructure to AWS as part of a multiyear deal with the hyperscaler, the two companies said Wednesday. The 150-year-old professional services firm will leverage cloud to enhance security, drive efficiencies and bolster AI capabilities across its four divisions — Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman — according to the announcement.
• “We're setting up our IT infrastructure in a way that's going to give us the maximum agility in the long run, manage our costs in the near term, but also just give us the flexibility to evolve and adapt as our business needs evolve,” Paul Beswick, Marsh McLennan’s chief information and operations officer, said in an AWS video presentation.
• The company will take a phased ...