Migration & Modernization

Introduction In this blog post, we cover the post-cutover phase of an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration on Amazon Web Services (AWS), demonstrating how to transform a functional PostgreSQL system into an operationally excellent one. We walk through immediate validation, comprehensive observability, systematic performance optimization, disaster recovery validation, Oracle decommissioning, and the operational excellence foundation, including the continuous […]

Introduction In this blog post, we outline the target architectures and wave-based strategies needed to build functional PostgreSQL environments on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Zulon City Insurance (ZCINS), a fictional carrier managing 42 Oracle databases, as a model for a successful transition. Once you have assessed your Oracle estate, as laid out in part […]

Introduction In this blog post, we explore the assessment phase of migrating Oracle databases to PostgreSQL on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the critical step that transforms your discovery inventory into an actionable migration strategy. After completing discovery of your Oracle estate in Part 1, you face the critical question: what will it take to migrate […]

Introduction In this blog post, we explore the discovery phase of migrating Oracle databases to PostgreSQL on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the foundational step that determines the success of every migration that follows. This is the first installment of a four-part series covering the Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration journey, from initial discovery through post-migration optimization. Evolving licensing […]

Organizations running ASP.NET applications face a common dilemma: adding AI capabilities typically means significant refactoring or building entirely new systems. Your existing REST APIs contain years of valuable business logic, but there’s no straightforward path to make them AI-accessible without a rewrite. What if you could keep your code and add intelligence on top? In […]

When a service evolves quickly, knowing where to look for the latest changes matters just as much as the changes themselves. Today, we’re introducing the AWS Transform for migrations Release Notes. This Releases Notes page, part of the Change Log, the single page where product updates are captured, such as new features and behavioral changes. […]

AWS Transform is a collaborative enterprise IT transformation workbench powered by expert agents that accelerate cloud migration, application modernization, and continuous tech debt reduction. On May 14, 2026, AWS announced general availability of the AWS Transform Agent Toolkit Kiro Power, enabling Professional services organizations (e.g., consulting firms delivering cloud migrations), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) embedding […]

An AWS Transform custom agent converts PyTorch and Triton kernels to NKI for AWS Trainium, compiling, verifying, and profiling every candidate on real hardware. The same Claude model that cold-solves 6% of kernels reaches 83% inside the agent’s verify-and-fix loop.

Introduction A network migration to AWS moves more than a topology. It also moves the decisions baked into that topology: VLANs grouping unrelated workloads that should have been segmented long ago, firewall rules written for an infrastructure that is now decommissioned, and address ranges fragmented by rack placement rather than logical boundaries. A migration is […]

Introduction You are about to rebuild a mainframe application that has run your organization for 30 years, and here is what most teams underestimate going in: the rebuild is not the hard part. Knowing what you are replacing is. A mainframe estate holds thousands of business rules. They are spread across legacy languages it was […]