Let’s Architect! Streamlining business with migration and modernization
AWS Architecture BlogLet’s Architect! Streamlining business with migration and modernizationby Luca Mezzalira, Federica Ciuffo, Laura Hyatt, Vittorio Denti, and Zamira Jaupaj | on29 MAR 2023| inArchitecture,AWS Well-Architected Framework,AWS Well-Architected Tool,Thought Leadership|Permalink|ShareMany customers migrate their systems toAmazon Web Services(AWS) to increase their competitive edge and drive business value. To maximize the benefits of a cloud migration, companies tend to move their applications in conjunction with modernization initiatives. These joined efforts help your applications gain more agility, scalability, and resilience. Modernizing the portfolio of workloads with AWS means that you can re-platform, refactor, or replace these workloads by using containers, serverless technologies, purpose-built data stores, and software automation. These functionalities allow you to benefit from the best of the AWS agility and total cost optimization (TCO) benefits.In this edition ofLet’s Architect!we share hands-on activities, customer stories, and tips and tricks to migrate and modernize your applications with AWS.Migrating to the cloud: What is the cost of doing nothing?Would you think that small companies always migrate faster than large enterprises? Actually, cloud migration speed doesn’t necessarily depend on the size of the business! Company size is not a clear indicator of migration and modernization success, but a shift of culture and mindset is essential for successful company evolution.When it comes to migration, the cost of doing nothing is not just financial: Businesses can also expect a slower pace of innovation and a higher security burden. This video analyzes the financial benefits of migration and shares mental models for approaching an AWS cloud migration, andMarriottteam members explain how they planned their migration and the lessons learned along the way.Take me to this re:Invent 2022 video!Benefits of an early migration startModernization pathways for a legacy .NET Framework monolithic application on AWSOrganizations aim to deliver the best technological solutions based on customer needs. At any stage in their cloud adoption journey, businesses often end up managing and building monolithic applications. Let’s explore a migration path for a monolithic .NET Framework application to a modern microservices-based stack on AWS, and discuss AWS tools to break the monolith into microservices and containerize applications.Cost optimization is another key factor for modernizing your workloads and solutions include moving to Linux-based systems or using open-source database engines. ThisMigrate and Modernize enterprise workloads with AWS videowalks you through the process of migrating and modernizing enterprise workloads with AWS.Take me to this blog post with more detail!A modernized microservices-based rearchitectureImplementing a serverless-first strategy in an enterpriseOrganizations of all sizes want to benefit from the agility, cost savings, and developer experience that serverless architectures can provide on AWS. For large enterprises, the return on investment (ROI) can be massive, but overcoming architecture inertia while ensuring security best practices and governance stay in place is a hurdle that many struggle with. In this lightning talk, learn how your organization can implement a serverless-first strategy to overcome these obstacles.Delta Air Linesshares the story of making serverless-first a reality as part of their AWS journey.Take me to this videoBenefits of serverlessApplication Migration with AWSThis workshop shows you how to migrate and modernize a fictional application to the AWS Cloud by:Performing a database migrationMigrating and modernizing your web server using different migration strategies (for example, breaking down the monolith into containers)Teaching you how to improve Operation excellence, Security, Performance efficiency, and Cost optimization of the deployed architecture by following these pillars of theAWS Well-Architected Framework.Take me to this workshop!Different migration strategies for web serversSee you next time!Thanks for exploring architecture tools and resources with us!Next time we’ll talk about distributed systems with containers.To find all the posts from this series, check out theLet’s Architect!page of theAWS Architecture Blog.TAGS:Architecture,Architecture Center,aws lambda,containers,Let's Architect,Migration,Modernization,re:Invent,Serverless Land,workshopsLuca MezzaliraLuca is Principal Solutions Architect based in London. He has authored several books and is an international speaker. He lent his expertise predominantly in the solution architecture field. Luca has gained accolades for revolutionizing the scalability of front-end architectures with micro-frontends, from increasing the efficiency of workflows, to delivering quality in products.Federica CiuffoFederica is a Sr. Containers Solutions Architect at AWS. She is passionate about networking and containers. Outside of the office, she enjoys reading, drawing, and spending time with her friends, preferably in restaurants trying out new dishes from different cuisines.Laura HyattLaura Hyatt is a Solutions Architect for AWS Public Sector and helps Education customers in the UK. Laura helps customers not only architect and develop scalable solutions but also think big on innovative solutions facing the education sector at present. Laura's specialty is IoT, and she is also the Alexa SME for Education across EMEA.Vittorio DentiVittorio Denti is a Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon based in London. After completing his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan) and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm), he joined AWS. Vittorio has a background in distributed systems and machine learning. He's especially passionate about software engineering and the latest innovations in machine learning science.Zamira JaupajZamira is an Enterprise Solutions Architect based in the Netherlands. She is highly passionate IT professional with over 10 years of multi-national experience in designing and implementing critical and complex solutions with containers, serverless, and data analytics for small and enterprise companies.
Many customers migrate their systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to increase their competitive edge and drive business value. To maximize the benefits of a cloud migration, companies tend to move their applications in conjunction with modernization initiatives. These joined efforts help your applications gain more agility, scalability, and resilience. Modernizing the portfolio of workloads […]
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