Category: Migration Solutions

Summary Migrating data from Azure Blob Storage to Amazon Simple Storage Service a common requirement for organizations consolidating on AWS or adopting multi-cloud storage strategies. AWS DataSync makes this agentless migration simple — no VMs to deploy, no agents to manage. Whether you’re consolidating storage on AWS, reducing cross-cloud egress costs, or unlocking AWS-native analytics […]

AWS Transform for mainframe replatform is a migration service that helps organizations accelerate the modernization of their mainframe workloads to AWS. As organizations pursue their mainframe modernization journey, migrating mainframe systems to AWS has become a strategic imperative. The service provides an end-to-end automated migration pathway, including tooling, guidance, and self-managed runtime environments with Rocket […]

Your mainframe applications encode decades of critical business logic in COBOL and PL/I. That logic processes millions of transactions daily, and it is a valuable asset. But the business demands around that logic are changing faster than the legacy applications can adapt. A bank launching new digital products needs event-driven processing across every channel, not […]

Introduction Many enterprises worldwide depend on PL/I mainframe applications to run critical operations like banking, insurance claims, and government services. PL/I accounts for roughly 5% of all applications, (Leverage Compilation Technology to Optimize Investment on System z) primarily in financial services, insurance, and public sector, proving remarkably resilient over decades. However, organizations face growing challenges […]

Many enterprises have used the mainframe as a platform of choice for their core business processing over decades. The simplicity and speed of initial development in monolithic architecture have consequently resulted in the creation of large (10M+ LOC) and exceptionally large (100M+ LOC) mono-repos and complex codebases. When customers are ready to modernize these applications, […]

Introduction Our Cloud Value Framework series explores how AWS delivers business value across five pillars: cost savings, staff productivity, operational resilience, business agility, and sustainability. These pillars focus on benefits after workloads are running in the cloud. Strategic migration planning helps organizations achieve these outcomes faster. But this journey requires investment in the Cost of Change: […]

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, […]

Migrating and modernizing Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS requires the right strategies, tools, and real-world validation. This playlist brings together top sessions from AWS re:Invent 2025 — covering agentic AI-powered automation with AWS Transform, running VMware natively on AWS, and lessons from customers who’ve done it at scale — with practical guidance across every […]

This case study demonstrates how Fanatics Commerce successfully planned a large-scale migration of 1,800 servers across five data centers to AWS, achieving projected 48% infrastructure cost savings while maintaining global operational continuity. Fanatics Commerce (fanatics.com), the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operates a tech-powered, omnichannel platform that creates exceptional fan experiences across retail channels. […]

Migration assessments empower organizations to understand their on-premises infrastructure footprint and evaluate migration and modernization opportunities in the cloud. These assessments instill confidence in decision-makers and help organizations optimize their infrastructure, potentially reducing costs by up to 60% (Bain & Company, “Rightsizing your way to the cloud“).  AWS Transform assessments help eliminate the guesswork in the […]