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Modernizing Excel VBA to Python at Scale with AWS Transform custom
Learn how AWS Transform custom can help migrate Excel VBA applications to modern Python code while overcoming context window limitations, preserving functional equivalence, and enabling cloud-native deployment—turning weeks of manual rewriting into hours of AI-guided transformation. Introduction Many organizations maintain dozens of Excel VBA applications built over decades, containing business-critical logic trapped in workbooks—budget planning […]
Agentic application modernization at scale with Strands and Amazon Transform custom
Introduction Modernizing applications by upgrading language runtimes, migrating SDKs, and refactoring frameworks is important for cloud adoption but can be labor-intensive at scale. Each repository requires analysis of dependencies and transformation needs; custom transformation logic must be built and validated, and changes are often executed sequentially across codebases. If you have hundreds of applications, this […]
AWS Transform custom: Enterprise Code Modernization with the Learn-Scale-Improve Flywheel
Enterprise modernization has reached an inflection point. You can transform one repository easily. Existing tools, including AWS Transform custom, work well for individual repositories, and the process is understood. But what about 50 repositories? 100? 200? When you need to modernize at enterprise scale, transforming code is only part of the challenge. Coordinating people, capturing […]
Announcing CloudFormation IDE Experience: End-to-End Development in Your IDE
If you’ve developed AWS CloudFormation templates, you know the drill; write YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) in your IDE (Integrated Development Environment), switch to the AWS Management Console to validate, jump to documentation to verify property names. Then run CFN Lint (CloudFormation Linter) in your terminal, deploy and wait, then troubleshoot failures back in the […]
Infrastructure as Code at Thomson Reuters with AWS CDK
This post is cowritten by Danilo Tommasina and Lalit Kumar B from Thomson Reuters. Large organizations often struggle with infrastructure management challenges including compliance issues, development bottlenecks and errors from inconsistent AWS resource creation across teams. Without standardized naming, tagging and policy enforcement, teams face repeated boilerplate code and difficulty accessing centrally-managed resources. In this […]
Boosting Unit Test Automation at Audible with Amazon Q Developer
Audible, an Amazon company, is a leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. With a vast library of over 1,000,000 titles including audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible Originals with specific curated offerings available in each marketplace, Audible makes it easy to transform everyday moments into extraordinary opportunities for learning, imagination, and entertainment through immersive audio experiences. […]
Moeve: Controlling resource deployment at scale with AWS CloudFormation Guard Hooks
This post is co-written with Rayco Martínez Hernández, Head of Cloud Governance at Moeve. Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, is a global integrated energy company with over 90 years of experience and more than 11,000 employees. Moeve is committed to driving Europe’s energy transition and accelerating decarbonization efforts. The company has embraced digital transformation to […]
Multi-Cloud Code Deployments using Amazon Q Developer with Echo3D
Overview Founded in 2018, echo3D built a revolutionary 3D digital asset management (DAM) platform to address the surging demand for immersive content across industries. The company’s platform enables enterprises to seamlessly store, secure, optimize, and share 3D content, serving over 200,000 professionals across energy, healthcare, gaming, retail, and beyond. echo3D’s platform has become the go-to […]
Introducing AWS Cloud Control API MCP Server: Natural Language Infrastructure Management on AWS
Today, we’re officially announcing the AWS Cloud Control API (CCAPI) MCP Server. This MCP server transforms AWS infrastructure management by allowing developers to create, read, update, delete, and list resources using natural language. As part of the awslabs/mcp project, this new and innovative tool serves as a bridge between natural language commands and AWS infrastructure […]
Flexibility to Framework: Building MCP Servers with Controlled Tool Orchestration
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a protocol designed to standardize interactions with Generative AI models, making it easier to build and manage AI applications. It provides a consistent way to communicate context with different types of models, regardless of where they’re hosted or how they’re implemented. The protocol helps bridge the gap between model deployment […]









