AWS Cloud Operations Blog
Category: Learning Levels
Transitioning from Migration to Modernization on the Cloud
Introduction Migrating to cloud is the first step in modernizing the IT landscape. By completing the migration, the enterprise is laying the foundation for a more modern, agile, and secure IT environment. However, in many organizations, the initial momentum built during migration often slows down and leads to a stall. The true potential of cloud […]
Strategizing Mainframe Scheduler Migration to AWS
Mainframe environments typically involve complex batch processing tasks used for critical and time-sensitive business operations. As mainframe applications are migrated to AWS using AWS Mainframe Modernization service, similar batch processing capabilities are required. This blog explores the approach and patterns for selection and migration of the mainframe job scheduler to AWS. Overview AWS Mainframe Modernization […]
Migrate a WordPress Blog from Azure to AWS using AWS Application Migration Service
Introduction In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking new ways to enhance their operations, optimize costs, and leverage the benefits of cloud computing. As organizations evolve, they often find themselves needing to migrate their virtual machines (VMs) from one cloud provider to another, such as moving from Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) […]
Streamlining AWS Application Migration Service Replication Agent deployment using MGN connector
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is AWS’s recommended service for migrations to AWS. It simplifies and expedites migrating your source servers from physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructure platforms to run natively on AWS. Over the last year, we’ve shared with you several major updates to the MGN service, focusing on offering customers more ways […]
Learn how to design landing zone architectures with new AWS Control Tower training
Do you or your organization need solutions to help reach your Cloud Governance objectives as you migrate to AWS? How do you stay agile and innovate faster while staying secure?Designing and building a landing zone is a key step in the migration journey to the AWS cloud. A well-architected landing zone helps accelerate migration and […]
Choice Hotels adopts Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus for operational excellence and cost efficiency
This post was co-written with Stephen Cihak, Senior Director , Abhiram Madadi, Principal Engineer and Gopi Akula, Senior Manager at Choice Hotels Who is Choice Hotels? Choice Hotels International is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. A challenger in the upscale segment and a leader in midscale and extended stay, Choice has […]
Using AWS AppConfig to Manage Multi-Tenant SaaS Configurations
As a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, you can benefit from a SaaS operating model in a number of ways. One of the most impactful benefits you can realize is improvements to your operational efficiency, and one of the fundamental techniques you can leverage is to maintain a single software version for all your […]
How TMAP Migrated their large Oracle Database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS
Launched in 2002, TMAP Mobility is South Korea’s leading mobility platform with 20 million registered users and 14 million monthly active users. TMAP provides navigation services based on a wide range of real-time traffic information and data. TMAP is growing vertical offerings to its users that add value to navigation services, such as user profiles, […]
Provision sandbox accounts with budget limits to reduce costs using AWS Control Tower
Many Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers struggle to keep cloud costs under control while allowing employees to innovate and develop their AWS skills. We talk to technology leaders every day who rank controlling cloud spend among their top concerns. Those same leaders don’t want to stifle innovation or restrict employee’s ability to learn AWS. Using […]
Setup memory metrics for Amazon EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) emits several metrics for your EC2 instance to Amazon CloudWatch. However, memory metrics isn’t one of the default metrics provided by Amazon EC2. Several memory heavy applications like Big Data Analytics, In-memory Databases, Real-time Streaming require you to monitor memory utilization on the instances for operational visibility. These applications […]









