Cloud Modernization
Application and infrastructure modernization with a clear-eyed view of cost, risk, and business outcome. Lift-and-shift is a tactic, not a strategy. We help organizations decide which is which.
Why it matters
Cloud modernization has matured past the era of large lift-and-shift programs. The interesting decisions now are application-by-application: refactor, replatform, replace, retain, retire — and the answer is rarely the same across the portfolio.
The most common failure mode is a top-down “cloud first” mandate that did not pause to assess application portfolio fit. Three years in, the bill is higher than the data center, the team is exhausted, and the modernization narrative quietly disappears from board decks.
A grounded modernization program works the portfolio first, picks application archetypes deliberately, and treats FinOps as a first-class discipline from day one. Cost surprises are not destiny; they are an artifact of skipping the work.
We do not have a preferred cloud and we do not collect referral fees. We help organizations make the right calls for their context.
How Amazon Consulting helps
A modernization engagement worth running starts with portfolio decisions and ends with a credible operating model for cloud.
Portfolio assessment
Application archetype analysis, dependency mapping, and TIME (Tolerate / Invest / Migrate / Eliminate) recommendations grounded in real data.
Migration patterns
A small set of repeatable patterns — refactor, replatform, replace, retain — that the organization can execute against without reinventing the wheel each time.
FinOps from day one
Cost visibility, ownership, and forecasting embedded into the modernization program. No surprises in month three.
Operate the cloud
A cloud operating model that survives the program — platform engineering, security, finance — handed to in-house leadership.
Recent engagements
Recent modernization work has included portfolio rationalization before migration, cloud cost recovery for programs running over budget, and FinOps capability builds. Specifics under NDA.
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Modernize with a clear-eyed view.
A focused portfolio assessment usually identifies where modernization pays back fastest — and where it should be deferred.