Category: Enterprise Strategy

Introduction Migrating Kubernetes clusters can be a complex and challenging task, requiring careful planning and execution to ensure a smooth transition. A key aspect of this process is the disposition strategy – the approach taken to determine the fate of the existing cluster and resources as the migration occurs. Effective disposition planning is crucial for […]

This article co-authored with: Padmanabha Rao Chillara (The New York Times) Executive Summary Amazon Web Services recommends an incremental journey to the cloud, leveraging fast-paced, tool-based modernization approaches to migrate from the mainframe to AWS and then incrementally optimize workloads over time. The New York Times (The Times) selected an automated refactor approach to migrate […]

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, cloud has become a cornerstone for business seeking to drive innovation, boost efficiency, and attain strategic goals. As organizations strive to leverage cloud to enable business objectives, continuously evolving cloud capabilities becomes crucial. In this blog we will explain how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers your organization to develop a […]

Summary Introduction This blog forms part of a series on the AWS Cloud Value Framework (CVF). The CVF serves as a comprehensive guide to help businesses to evaluate, quantify, and communicate the value of AWS Cloud adoption. It comprises five pillars with this blog focused on summarizing the series. Figure 1: The AWS Cloud Value […]

Pillar 5: Sustainability Introduction This blog forms part of a series on the AWS Cloud Value Framework (CVF). The CVF serves as a comprehensive guide to help businesses to evaluate, quantify, and communicate the value of AWS Cloud adoption. It comprises five pillars: Figure 1: The AWS Cloud Value Framework In this blog, we will […]

Pillar 4: Business Agility Introduction This blog is part of a series on the AWS Cloud Value Framework (CVF). The CVF serves as a comprehensive guide to help businesses to evaluate, quantify, and communicate the value of AWS Cloud adoption. It comprises five pillars with this blog focused on Pillar 4: Business Agility. Figure 1: […]

In this blog post, we will explore a solution for organizations looking to switch between Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and an external Identity Provider (IdP) in AWS IAM Identity Center. Organizations may need to change the identity source in IAM Identity Center for various reasons, driven by business requirements or technological considerations. Some common motivations […]

Rehost (also known as lift and shift) is a migration strategy that allows you to quickly move applications to the cloud, without making application changes. AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is used for rehost migrations, as the service creates a copy of the source disk with the operating system and its configuration settings. These […]

This post is co-written with Dylan Snow, Associate Principal Engineer at Accenture. Introduction In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, for organizations wishing to increase innovation, move faster, and increase efficiency, legacy systems and technical debt have become significant barriers. While many customers have made the initial move to the cloud through “lift and shift” migrations, […]

Pillar 3: Operational Resilience Introduction This blog forms part of a series on the AWS Cloud Value Framework (CVF). The CVF serves as a comprehensive guide to help businesses to evaluate, quantify, and communicate the value of AWS Cloud adoption. It comprises five pillars, with this blog focused on Pillar 3: Operational Resilience. Figure 1: […]