Migration & Modernization
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Automating EC2 License Migration from AWS Marketplace to BYOL
Managing software licenses in the cloud can be complex, especially when working at scale and looking to leverage licenses you already own. Many customers run Amazon EC2 instances with operating systems like SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Fortinet. These operating systems include licensing costs bundled into the hourly instance […]
Reproducible Code Migration at Scale with AI-Generated Playbooks
Introduction If you’re migrating code at scale across hundreds of repositories, you need reproducible results across runs. Large language model (LLM)-based agents, by definition, rely on the probabilistic nature of LLMs where each result is generated from a variety of potentially probable outcomes. In a short-horizon task, this nondeterminism is manageable. In a long-horizon task […]
Amazon EVS now offers Windows Server licensing: A step-by-step guide
Flexibility, control, and choice have always been core pillars of the Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS). Amazon EVS gives you the ability to maintain existing investments in VMware technologies while embracing the benefits of the cloud. With Amazon EVS, you can run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within your Amazon VPC on EC2 bare-metal […]
When Software Thinks and Acts – Reimagining Cloud Platform Engineering for Agentic AI
When Software Stops Waiting for Us For years, teams responsible for building and governing cloud platforms (such as the Cloud Center of Excellence) helped enterprises move faster without sacrificing governance or reliability. They standardized architecture, created guardrails, and turned cloud into a business accelerator rather than a technical experiment. Then software began to change. First, […]
Migration of Tableau Cloud to Salesforce Hyperforce on AWS
This post is co-written with Fatima Calcuttawala, John Robe, and Yi Ding at Salesforce. Tableau Cloud is a fully hosted, AWS cloud-based analytics solution that offers a platform for data preparation, authoring, analysis, collaboration, publishing, and sharing of analytics content without the need to manage infrastructure or perform software updates. This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provides […]
Optimize transfer performance with AWS Data Transfer Terminal
Introduction In this blog we outline options for online and offline data transfer scenarios to AWS. Customers’ migration goals, available network bandwidth speed and reliability, and size of data to be imported, can then guide the choice on which service to use. AWS DataSync is a secure, online service that automates and accelerates moving data […]
Accelerating mainframe modernization testing with AWS Transform
Mainframe modernization is necessary for enterprises to increase agility, reduce costs, innovate, and mitigate business risks. Yet organizations face a significant hurdle during modernization: testing is critically important to validate modernized applications behavior, but it typically consumes more than half of project timelines and resources. As enterprises race to modernize their legacy systems, this testing […]
Enhancing Amazon Elastic VMware Service – Deploying the NSX Edge Cluster through SDDC Manager for Application Virtual Networks
When deploying Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), the NSX Edge Cluster deploys independently of the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Manager, preventing access to Application Virtual Networks for optional VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) tools such as VCF Logs, VCF Operations and VCF Automation. This post outlines a solution enabling Application Virtual Networks by deploying an […]
How Mahindra & Mahindra modernized their Dealer Management System to drive efficiency and agility
This post is co-written with Sanjeev Trivedi from Mahindra and Mahindra Limited. In this blog post, you will learn how Mahindra & Mahindra’s Automotive Division modernized their legacy Dealer Management System to reduce operational cost while improving business agility and dealer experience. Introduction Mahindra & Mahindra’s (M&M) Automotive Division, part of the $19 billion Mahindra Group, […]
Modernizing Legacy Applications with Event-Driven Architecture: The Leave-and-Layer Pattern
When your 20-year-old monolithic application needs new features and you can’t afford downtime or risk breaking existing functionality, what do you do? This challenge faces countless organizations running mission-critical legacy systems that power their business but struggle to keep pace with modern requirements. At AWS, we often hear from customers who need to modernize their […]









