For many years, companies across industries have
adopted technology solutions to power the success
of their business. While some had the luxury of
being born in the cloud, the vast majority invested in
applications designed for on-premises data centers
using the prevalent technologies of the early 2000s,
such as those built by Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle.
With the accelerating emergence of digitally born businesses and the
increasing pressure to out-innovate competition, companies are faced with
the critical task of transforming their existing technology portfolio for the
digital expectations of today's customers.
AWS has helped these companies transform their existing Windows-based
workloads for over 13 years. We observed the common technical choices
and techniques that customers such as Expedia, Pearson, Xero, SeatGeek,
and DraftKings have used to successfully modernize their Windows-based
applications, data, and identity solutions. Through modernization, these
customers realize benefits that include lower costs, increased scalability,
faster feature delivery, and improved development and operational agility.
The time is now to help your organization achieve these results and free
your teams from maintaining your monolithic legacy systems. In this guide,
we cover the common approaches our customers use to modernize their
Windows-based applications and the tools, services, and support AWS has
to help you in your modernization journey.
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