Application Modernization & Replatforming: Lift and Optimize
Modernize legacy applications to a virtual machine-based architecture using EC2 and AWS managed services
Why Choose BitStone for AWS Application Modernization & Replatforming solution
Modernize Legacy Applications on AWS
This professional service helps customers modernize legacy applications by replatforming them to a virtual machine-based architecture using Amazon EC2 and other AWS managed services. It improves scalability, disaster recovery, maintenance efficiency, and security posture.
We leverage key AWS services such as:
Cloud-Native Best Practices
We design and deploy cloud-native environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automate CI/CD workflows.
Our approach is aligned with AWS best practices across:
These technical implementations ensure resilient, scalable, and cost-effective environments tailored to customer needs.
Aligning to AWS Migration Methodology
We follow the AWS three-phase migration framework to guide structured project delivery, even without AWS-provided tooling:
This phased delivery ensures repeatable and scalable outcomes across diverse customer engagements.
Use Case
Scalable Cloud Migration for Legacy Platforms
We support clients in replatforming legacy e-commerce platforms (e.g., Magento, Adobe Commerce, OpenCart) to modern, scalable AWS infrastructure. This transition enhances performance, simplifies operations, and improves long-term maintainability
Resilience During High-Traffic Events
Our solution is ideal for businesses preparing for peak events such as Black Friday, ensuring high availability and responsive performance through AWS Auto Scaling and managed services.
Cost Efficiency and Operational Simplification
By leveraging managed AWS services, customers reduce infrastructure costs and streamline operations. Automation and IaC reduce manual tasks while improving consistency and reliability.
Enhanced Security and Compliance
We modernize infrastructure with built-in AWS security best practices, including IAM policies, private networking, and automated backups strengthening the application’s security posture and supporting compliance efforts. maintain, quick to deploy, and ready to grow with your business.
AWS Value Proposition
AWS Managed Services
Leveraging AWS managed services like RDS, SSM, and CloudWatch significantly reduces manual operations, enabling teams to focus on innovation instead of infrastructure maintenance.
Secure, Automated DevOps Workflows
End-to-end DevOps pipelines, combined with AWS-native observability and security tools like CodePipeline, GuardDuty, and CloudTrail, provide consistent delivery, real-time monitoring, and strong security posture.
Scalable and Resilient Architecture
Built-in scalability and high availability using services such as EC2 Auto Scaling, ALB, and multi-AZ RDS ensure the application is ready to grow with the business and withstand peak loads.
Reference Architecture
The solution is designed with security, reliability, and performance in mind. It uses auto-scaling servers to handle traffic changes, a highly available database setup, and private networks to keep systems safe. Updates and deployments are automated, and everything is monitored to quickly catch any issues, giving you a stable, efficient environment for your applications.
EC2 Auto Scaling in private subnets
Aurora with multi-AZ configuration
EFS for shared media
CI/CD with GitHub, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy
Access and security managed via IAM, SSM, CloudTrail, Cloud Inspector and Guarduty
NAT Gateway for internet isolation
Application Load Balancer with hostname routing
Eventbridge + SQS for migration of crons that had run on the server
Centralized logging (CloudWatch)
Target Customer Profile
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Retail or e-commerce companies scaling from startup to mature stag
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Teams with monoliths or legacy apps not container-ready to replatform to clouds
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Customers migrating from Azure, other cloud/VM providers or on-prem to AWS
Offerz.ch successfully replatformed to AWS using this service.
Benefits included:
Engagement follows five phases
Ready to modernize your application and reduce operational overhead?
Let’s explore how we can help you achieve your goals.