Unlocking AWS modernization with Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) (PEX307)

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Why Modernization is Important

• Majority of workloads are still on-premises, but customer expectations are evolving.
• Modernization is critical for unlocking the full benefits of cloud migration, enabling faster delivery of features, improved performance and resilience, and increased efficiency.
• Modernization can involve moving to managed services, SaaS solutions, or other cloud-native services.

Defining Modernization

• Modernization is the process of transforming existing applications and infrastructure into higher-value cloud-native services, enabling faster, more frequent, intelligent, and reliable delivery of value to customers.
• Key elements are transforming workloads into higher-value services and delivering business benefits quickly.

Business Benefits of Modernization

• Agility: Faster delivery of features, enabling innovation.
• Performance and Resilience: Improved responsiveness and reliability, with reduced incidents and faster time to resolve.
• Efficiency: Improved infrastructure and user/IT team productivity.

AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)

• MAP consists of five key elements:
  1. Proven migration methodology
  2. Tools
  3. Training and certification
  4. Funding
  5. Sustainability

MAP Methodology

• Three phases: Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate & Modernize.
• Assess phase: Build a fact-based business case for cloud migration and modernization.
• Mobilize phase: Transform the customer's environment, including building a Cloud Center of Excellence and running pilot migrations.
• Migrate & Modernize phase: Deliver migration and modernization at scale.

MAP Funding

• MAP program funding evolved in 2024, including strategic partner incentives (SPIs) for Greenfield VMware customers and modernization.
• Modernization SPI provides additional partner cash funding to address potential modernization needs.

Modernization Paths and Challenges

• Common modernization paths:
  1. Migration to AWS native services (EC2, ECS, EKS)
  2. Migration and modernization to VMware on AWS
  3. Migration to Red Hat OpenShift on AWS
• Challenges:
  1. People and skills
  2. Analysis paralysis
  3. Decision fatigue

Modernization Success Stories

• Slum helped three customers across different regions (ANZ, EMEA, and North America) modernize their workloads on AWS.
• Key benefits included improved scalability, performance, resilience, and cost savings.
• Strategies included database modernization, containerization, and leveraging AWS services for data, security, and AI/ML.

AWS Migration Hub Journeys

• Helps address challenges in migration and modernization projects:
  1. Lack of awareness about AWS capabilities and partner ecosystem tools
  2. Collaboration challenges between internal and external teams
  3. Lack of clear guidance and predefined tasks/templates
• Provides pre-built templates, task management, and collaboration features to accelerate migration and modernization.

Key Takeaways

1. Modernization is critical for unlocking the full benefits of cloud migration.
2. Use MAP benefits, including funding and tools, to accelerate modernization projects.
3. Leverage available trainings and resources, and reach out to the presenters for further assistance.