Migration & Modernization
Category: Networking & Content Delivery
Migrating and decomposing APIs with zero-downtime using CloudFront
A fundamental shift in API demand patterns is emerging from artificial intelligence integration. More than 30% of the increase in API demand will come from AI and tools using large language models by 2026. This AI-driven transformation is supported by statistics showing that enterprise AI adoption reached 78% in 2024, marking a dramatic acceleration from […]
Kickstart Migration: Streamlining Cloud Migration Planning with AWS Serverless Technology
Large-scale cloud migration planning often requires coordinating multiple teams, gathering accurate technical information, and tracking schedules against migration progress across hundreds of applications. Migration planning teams often struggle with data collection, parsing scattered data across spreadsheets and emails. Application owners face repetitive questionnaires and changing timelines. And migration engineers require detailed infrastructure assessments to avoid […]
How Bizrate Insights Achieved 30% Faster Performance Using AWS Serverless Services
In this blog post, we’ll show how Bizrate Insights re-architected their platform using Amazon Web Services (AWS) serverless and container services. The modernization achieved 30% faster performance, reduced average page response times to 0.01–0.03 seconds, improved SEO rankings, and created a foundation for future Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven innovations. We’ll walk through their journey from […]
Enhancing Amazon Elastic VMware Service – Deploying the NSX Edge Cluster through SDDC Manager for Application Virtual Networks
When deploying Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), the NSX Edge Cluster deploys independently of the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Manager, preventing access to Application Virtual Networks for optional VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) tools such as VCF Logs, VCF Operations and VCF Automation. This post outlines a solution enabling Application Virtual Networks by deploying an […]
Understanding Layer 2 Extensions: Comparing Three Prominent Solutions
Layer 2 (L2) network extensions play a critical role in hybrid cloud and data center migrations by providing seamless connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments. They allow virtual machines (VMs) to keep their IP and MAC addresses, ensuring application continuity during migrations or hybrid deployments. Three prominent solutions for L2 extensions are VMware HCX, Nutanix […]
OpenVMS x86 Database Modernization with Mimer SQL and Amazon EC2
In this blog post, I will show how to migrate an Oracle Rdb database to Mimer SQL running on OpenVMS x86 in Amazon Web Services (AWS). At the time of this post, Oracle Rdb is only available on VAX, Alpha, and IA-64 platforms. Customers with Oracle Rdb workloads wishing to move to OpenVMS x86 need […]