• ISG's 2026 U.S. AWS Ecosystem Partners report finds enterprises shifting beyond cloud migration toward governed AI operations with measurable business outcomes.
• Enterprises are unifying AWS cloud cost management with AI spending oversight to guide scaling decisions.
• Organizations are strengthening AWS data foundations before expanding AI, with regulated industries prioritizing auditability, data protection and digital sovereignty.
• VMware licensing changes are driving workload consolidation onto AWS and other hyperscaler platforms through migration paths that avoid immediate rearchitecture.

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