Migration & Modernization

Dan Krueger

Author: Dan Krueger

Dan Krueger is a Senior Customer Solutions Manager at Amazon Web Services with extensive experience serving U.S. Federal Government customers. At AWS, he has led multiple large-scale cloud migrations, helping agencies enhance their mission capabilities. Previously, as a Program Executive at IBM, Dan focused on data platform modernizations and delivering complex technology solutions for government clients.

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 4: Migrate – Realizing Planned Savings)

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 4: Migrate – Realizing Planned Savings)

This blog post is the fourth in a four-part series series to provide you a step-by-step guide on how to optimize costs throughout an AWS Rehost migration, specifically: Exploring your cost components and on-premises environment. Building an accurate business case during the assess phase. Understanding and controlling cloud spend during the mobilize phase. Optimizing costs […]

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 3: Mobilize – Understand and Control Cloud Spend)

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 3: Mobilize – Understand and Control Cloud Spend)

This blog post is the third in a four-part series to provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to optimize costs throughout an AWS Rehost migration, specifically: Exploring your cost components and on-premises environment. Building an accurate business case during the assess phase. Understanding and controlling cloud spend during the mobilize phase. Optimizing costs […]

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 2: Assess – Build a Business Case)

Unlock Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 2: Assess – Build a Business Case)

This blog post is the second in a four-part series to provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to optimize costs throughout an AWS Rehost migration, specifically: Exploring your cost components and on-premises environment. Building an accurate business case during the assess phase. Understanding and controlling cloud spend during the mobilize phase. Optimizing costs […]

Unlocking Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 1: Assess – Explore Cost Components)

Unlocking Cloud Savings, A Rehost Migration Playbook (Part 1: Assess – Explore Cost Components)

Many AWS customers performing large-scale migrations opt for a Rehost migration approach as a way to quickly unlock initial cost savings. The Rehost pattern serves as a high-velocity migration pattern to move to the cloud. However, this pattern also negates the cost advantages of the cloud if proper cost optimization strategies and controls are not […]

Embrace the Power of the Migration Tower Manager

Embrace the Power of the Migration Tower Manager

In the “Accelerate Your Enterprise On-Premises Migration to AWS Cloud” blog, we explored the top five guiding principles to review before starting a large-scale migration. One of these principles is to “Issue a Leadership Executive Directive.” Without a clear mandate for cloud adoption, the migration process can become disorganized, leading to a lack of consensus […]