Category: Migration

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 […]

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 […]

Cloud migration offers various opportunities for organizations to innovate, scale, and optimize their operations. As businesses look to harness the power of the cloud, the importance of a cloud migration readiness deep dive cannot be overstated. AWS provides a range of programs and tools to support a successful planning and consequently, a smooth migration. In this […]

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses are seeking ways to optimize their operations, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and gain a competitive edge. Embracing the cloud has become an indispensable strategy to achieve these goals. To help organizations understand the full potential of the cloud, AWS created the AWS Cloud Value Framework (CVF). The CVF […]

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 […]

Introduction In this blog, we explore an approach to modernization in the cloud with a sustainability focus, its importance, benefits, and ways businesses can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) to drive sustainable practices. IT modernization has become essential for businesses to stay competitive and efficient in this rapidly evolving digital world. Many organizations are moving […]

Introduction When Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLS) customers transition to the AWS Cloud, they often have questions about Good x Practice (GxP) compliance during and after the migration. In this blog series, we will explore a typical HCLS customer’s migration and modernization journey. Throughout the process, we will share best practices related to GxP […]