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NMDP's Journey to Modernization with AWS

Why Modernization is Essential

• Modernization enables organizations to:
  • Focus on innovation instead of maintaining legacy systems
  • Get more value out of their investments by reducing costs and improving performance
  • Create personalized online experiences that enhance customer satisfaction

Modernization Pathways

• Modernization is a journey with migration and modernization as essential components
• AWS has developed 7 key modernization pathways: Rehost, Rehost+, Relocate, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, and Retain
• Replatform and Refactor are recommended as the focus areas

The Paradigm Shift

• The intersection of computing and enterprise data is where real value is unlocked
• This shift drives a culture of innovation, allowing the creation of AI-powered applications leveraging serverless architectures and deep data insights
• Modernization is more than a technical upgrade - it's about building businesses that can adapt faster, respond to market changes quickly, and innovate continuously

NMDP's Modernization Journey

• NMDP is a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy, helping save lives of patients with blood cancers and disorders
• The HapLogic application manages the donor-matching process, searching a registry of 41 million donors to find matches for patients
• NMDP's modernization journey involved three stages:
  • Refactoring proprietary applications to the Hadoop open-source platform
  • Rehosting the Hadoop workload to AWS to reduce complexity
  • Refactoring to AWS native services like Lambda and Aurora Serverless to improve scalability and cost-effectiveness

Challenges and Lessons Learned

• Unexpected challenges:
  • Managed service limitations (e.g., memory constraints in Lambda)
  • Concerns about managed service upgrades and database scaling
• Lessons learned:
  • Optimizing data structures and removing heavyweight frameworks improved performance
  • Using CloudWatch and X-Ray provided valuable observability and monitoring
• Ongoing challenges:
  • Cost management with usage-based pricing
  • Providing sandbox environments for experimentation
  • Improving the continuous delivery approach with better testing

Recommendations for Your Modernization Journey

• Be selective in the apps to modernize, focusing on those that will amplify business outcomes
• Leverage serverless for an operational model to reduce overhead and focus on value delivery
• Engage with AWS and its partners to leverage their expertise

Next Steps

• Attend recommended sessions featuring non-profit customer speakers
• Connect with your AWS account manager to get started
• Explore opportunities to get involved with NMDP (donations, volunteering, advocacy) and consider joining their team