AWS Public Sector Blog

Kylie Horton

Author: Kylie Horton

Kylie Horton is a migration partner development manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for federal system integrators. She is responsible for enabling AWS Public Sector Partners to realize the benefits of the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) and helping them provide a great migration experience for AWS customers.

How CGI Federal and AWS delivered 50% performance gains and 6-month ATO for GSA’s financial management system

The United States General Services Administration (GSA) Pegasys Financial Management program plays a vital role in managing the agency’s financial operations, processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions annually for GSA and 40 partner agencies, boards, and commissions. When GSA needed to modernize the infrastructure supporting this mission-critical system, the agency faced a significant challenge. It needed to migrate 30 terabytes of production data, over 100 virtual machines, and 70 external system interfaces to the cloud—all within 6 months while maintaining uninterrupted availability.