AWS Architecture Blog

Category: AWS Database Migration Service

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Let’s Architect! Migrating to the cloud with AWS

In today’s digital world, businesses are increasingly turning to the cloud for its scalability, agility, and cost-effectiveness. Migrating your data center to the cloud can be a daunting task, but with the right approach and tools, it can be a successful journey. This Let’s Architect! blog post will guide you through the process of migrating […]

Figure 1. A modernized microservices-based rearchitecture

Modernization pathways for a legacy .NET Framework monolithic application on AWS

Organizations aim to deliver optimal technological solutions based on their customers’ needs. Although they may be at any stage in their cloud adoption journey, businesses often end up managing and building monolithic applications. However, there are many challenges to this solution. The internal structure of a monolithic application makes it difficult for developers to maintain code. […]

Zendesk data pipelines

Insights for CTOs: Part 3 – Growing your business with modern data capabilities

This post was co-wrtiten with Jonathan Hwang, head of Foundation Data Analytics at Zendesk. In my role as a Senior Solutions Architect, I have spoken to chief technology officers (CTOs) and executive leadership of large enterprises like big banks, software as a service (SaaS) businesses, mid-sized enterprises, and startups. In this 6-part series, I share […]

AWS Mainframe Modernization flow

Migration updates announced at re:Invent 2021

re:Invent is a yearly event that offers learning and networking opportunities for the global cloud computing community. 2021 marks the launch of several new features in different areas of cloud services and migration. In this blog, we’ll cover some of the most important recent announcements. AWS Mainframe Modernization (Preview) Mainframe modernization has become a necessity […]

Figure 1. AWS recommended tools for migration

Accelerating your Migration to AWS

The key to a successful migration to AWS is a well thought out plan, informative tools, prior migration experience, and quality implementation. In this blog, we will share best practices for planning and accelerating your migration. We will discuss two key concepts of a migration: Portfolio Assessment and Migration. So, let’s get started. Figure 1. […]

Maryville University

Architecting a Data Lake for Higher Education Student Analytics

One of the keys to identifying timely and impactful actions is having enough raw material to work with. However, this up-to-date information typically lives in the databases that sit behind several different applications. One of the first steps to finding data-driven insights is gathering that information into a single store that an analyst can use […]

How to map out your migration of Oracle PeopleSoft to AWS

Update November 6, 2024: This post was updated by Sridhar Ramavarapu, a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS. This blog post will guide you through the steps to map your migration of Oracle PeopleSoft to Amazon Web Service (AWS). Migrating enterprise applications to the cloud is a strategic move that can lead to significant cost savings, […]