You can migrate any workload from an on-premises environment to AWS. The key to a successful migration to AWS is a well-thought-out plan, informative tools, prior migration experience, and a quality implementation. Every step along the way, you can use AWS’s years of experience to build your organizational, operational, and technical capabilities so that you can gain business benefits faster. In 2017, we introduced AWS Migration Hub, a single location for cloud migration and modernization, giving you the tools you need to accelerate and simplify your journey with AWS. With Migration Hub, you can discover or import your on-premises server details, build a migration strategy with right-sizing recommendations, track migrations across multiple tools in a simple dashboard, and refactor your…
AWS Week in Review – April 18, 2022
This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! Here we are with another roundup of the most significant AWS launches from the previous week. Among the news, we have a new deployment option for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, performance and scaling improvements done in AWS Fargate, and an update on the AWS AI & ML Scholarship program. Last Week’s Launches Here are some launches that caught my attention last week: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP introduces a single Availability Zone (AZ) deployment option – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP allows you to launch and run fully managed ONTAP file systems in the…
AWS Partner Network (APN) – 10 Years and Going Strong
Ten years ago we launched AWS Partner Network (APN) in beta form for our partners and our customers. In his post for the beta launch, my then-colleague Jinesh Varia noted that: Partners are an integral part of the AWS ecosystem as they enable customers and help them scale their business globally. Some of our greatest wins, particularly with enterprises, have been influenced by our Partners. A decade later, as our customers work toward digital transformation, their needs are becoming more complex. As part of their transformation they are looking for innovation, differentiating solutions, and routinely ask us to refer them to partners with the right skills and the specialized capabilities that will help them to make the best of use…
Get more of the game in the NBA and Google Pixel Arena
The NBA Playoffs are back this Saturday, and we have a game-changing virtual experience to take the game you love to the next level. The NBA and Google Pixel Arena is a virtual space based on live in-game action where you can create, play, share and celebrate your 2022 NBA Playoffs skills. Access the experience during halftime or between games via the NBA App — and keep tabs on all the action throughout the NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel, and NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV. Once inside the Pixel Arena, pick a game to enter — including past games — and immerse yourself into a 3D virtual arena using your phone’s gyroscope to navigate around. You can even…