Category: Best Practices

The Missing Link in Cloud Modernization: A Trusted CMDB Walk into any IT organization and mention the words Configuration Management Database (CMDB), and you’ll usually get one of two reactions: either a hopeful nod about its promise, or a sigh about its failure. A CMDB maps IT assets—or configuration items (CIs)—such as servers, databases, applications, […]

This post is co-written with Shreelola Hegde,Sriharsha Devineni and Lee Watterworth from Cloudera. Cloudera is a global leader in enterprise data management, analytics, and AI. The Cloudera platform enables organizations to manage, process, and analyze massive datasets, helping businesses across industries like finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and telecommunications accelerate AI/ML adoption and unlock real-time insights. A […]

“Organizations that successfully modernize achieve 42% faster IT resource provisioning and an 86% increase in weekly feature deployments.” – AWS Business Value of Cloud Modernization Study, March 2025 Other benefits of modernization include: 130% more databases managed per administrator after adopting Managed Databases 17% faster time to insights after adopting Managed Analytics 83% increase in […]

Introduction In today’s digital marketplace, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face unprecedented challenges in understanding and engaging their customers. While enterprise organizations deploy sophisticated customer data platforms (CDP), SMBs often struggle with fragmented customer views that limit their ability to deliver personalized experiences. This challenge is acute as customers expect consistent, personalized interactions across all […]

Introduction Today’s evolving technology ecosystem demands a new approach to technical debt reduction. While traditionally viewed as a software development concern or cloud migration challenge, technical debt represents the cumulative impact of every technology decision, infrastructure design, security practice, and postponed improvement across the entire IT portfolio. This blog post provides a pragmatic approach to […]

When one enterprise moved its aging systems to the cloud, the CTO faced a tough choice: rehost apps (lift and shift applications as-is) for speed or refactor (modify applications) for long‑term cloud benefits. Rehosting meant getting there fast but sacrificing efficiency, while refactoring promised scalability but delayed growth. This kind of trade‑off isn’t unique. From […]

Introduction Data centre migrations are transformational undertakings that touch every aspect of an organization’s IT infrastructure, operations, and potentially its entire business model. Unlike traditional technology upgrades, cloud migrations represent fundamental shifts in how organizations approach computing, storage, security, and technological innovation. Maximizing cloud value while minimizing disruption requires a holistic approach to be taken […]

This post is co-written with Balaji Kandasamy and Suresh Kannan from athenahealth. This blog explores how athenahealth reduced operational burden, improved developer productivity and hybrid cloud capabilities as they transformed from a monolithic to microservices architecture using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). Navigating the complexities of EKS Consolidation As athenahealth modernized monolithic applications to […]

Introduction Have you ever wondered how global organizations maintain data compliance while leveraging cloud infrastructure across different Regions? As businesses expand internationally, multi-Region cloud strategies using Amazon Web Services (AWS) have become crucial for performance and regulatory adherence. Understanding the complex landscape of global data protection laws can feel like solving a challenging puzzle. In […]

We are excited to announce the launch of ‘Move to AI’ Modernization Pathway. It provides organizations with a structured approach to identify and implement high-impact artificial intelligence (AI) opportunities within their application portfolio. This addition to our comprehensive suite of Modernization Pathways provides an effective way to unlock innovation, automate workflows, and enhance customer experiences. […]