New Amazon Q Developer Capabilities Accelerate Large-Scale Transformations of Legacy Workloads
AWS announced new capabilities for Amazon Q Developer, an AI-powered assistant designed to accelerate legacy application migration and modernization projects. The tool offers three main transformation capabilities:
1. Windows .NET modernization: Speeds up migration to Linux up to 4x faster, potentially reducing licensing costs by 40%.
2. VMware workload transformation: Converts on-premises configurations to AWS equivalents in hours instead of weeks.
3. Mainframe modernization: Streamlines IBM z/OS mainframe modernization through automated code analysis and documentation.
The system uses AI-powered agents to automate tasks like code analysis, planning, and testing. Notable success includes AWS's internal migration of Java applications, saving over 4,500 years of development work and $260 million in annual costs. Companies like ADP, Cognizant, and Signaturit Group are already utilizing these capabilities to accelerate their transformation projects.
AWS ha annunciato nuove funzionalità per Amazon Q Developer, un assistente alimentato dall'IA progettato per accelerare la migrazione e la modernizzazione delle applicazioni legacy. Lo strumento offre tre principali capacità di trasformazione:
1. Modernizzazione di Windows .NET: Rende la migrazione verso Linux fino a 4 volte più veloce, riducendo potenzialmente i costi di licenza del 40%.
2. Trasformazione del carico di lavoro VMware: Converte le configurazioni on-premises in equivalenti AWS in ore anziché in settimane.
3. Modernizzazione dei mainframe: Semplifica la modernizzazione dei mainframe IBM z/OS tramite analisi automatizzata del codice e documentazione.
Il sistema utilizza agenti alimentati dall'IA per automatizzare attività come analisi del codice, pianificazione e testing. Un successo notevole include la migrazione interna di AWS di applicazioni Java, risparmiando oltre 4.500 anni di lavoro di sviluppo e 260 milioni di dollari in costi annuali. Aziende come ADP, Cognizant e Signaturit Group stanno già utilizzando queste capacità per accelerare i loro progetti di trasformazione.
AWS anunció nuevas capacidades para Amazon Q Developer, un asistente impulsado por IA diseñado para acelerar la migración y modernización de aplicaciones heredadas. La herramienta ofrece tres principales capacidades de transformación:
1. Modernización de Windows .NET: Acelera la migración a Linux hasta 4 veces más rápido, reduciendo potencialmente los costos de licencia en un 40%.
2. Transformación de carga de trabajo VMware: Convierte configuraciones on-premises en equivalentes de AWS en horas en lugar de semanas.
3. Modernización de mainframes: Agiliza la modernización de mainframes IBM z/OS a través de análisis de código y documentación automatizados.
El sistema utiliza agentes impulsados por IA para automatizar tareas como análisis de código, planificación y pruebas. Un éxito notable incluye la migración interna de AWS de aplicaciones Java, ahorrando más de 4,500 años de trabajo de desarrollo y $260 millones en costos anuales. Empresas como ADP, Cognizant y Signaturit Group ya están utilizando estas capacidades para acelerar sus proyectos de transformación.
AWS는 레거시 애플리케이션 마이그레이션 및 현대화를 가속화하기 위해 설계된 AI 기반 보조 도구인 Amazon Q Developer에 대한 새로운 기능을 발표했습니다. 이 도구는 세 가지 주요 변환 기능을 제공합니다:
1. Windows .NET 현대화: 리눅스로의 마이그레이션을 최대 4배 더 빠르게 진행하며, 라이센스 비용을 40%까지 줄일 수 있습니다.
2. VMware 워크로드 변환: 온프레미스 구성을 AWS에 맞게 몇 시간 안에 변환합니다.
3. 메인프레임 현대화: 자동화된 코드 분석 및 문서를 통해 IBM z/OS 메인프레임 현대화를 간소화합니다.
이 시스템은 코드 분석, 계획 및 테스트와 같은 작업을 자동화하기 위해 AI 기반 에이전트를 사용합니다. 주목할 만한 성과로는 AWS의 내부 Java 애플리케이션 마이그레이션이 있으며, 4,500년 이상의 개발 작업과 연간 2억 6천만 달러의 비용 절감을 기록했습니다. ADP, Cognizant, Signaturit Group과 같은 기업들은 이미 이러한 기능을 활용하여 변환 프로젝트를 가속화하고 있습니다.
AWS a annoncé de nouvelles capacités pour Amazon Q Developer, un assistant alimenté par l'IA conçu pour accélérer la migration et la modernisation des applications héritées. Cet outil offre trois principales capacités de transformation :
1. Modernisation de Windows .NET: Accélère la migration vers Linux jusqu'à 4 fois plus vite, avec une réduction potentielle des coûts de licence de 40 %.
2. Transformation des charges de travail VMware: Convertit les configurations sur site en équivalents AWS en quelques heures plutôt qu'en semaines.
3. Modernisation des mainframes: Rationalise la modernisation des mainframes IBM z/OS grâce à une analyse de code automatisée et à une documentation.
Le système utilise des agents alimentés par l'IA pour automatiser des tâches telles que l'analyse de code, la planification et les tests. Un succès notable inclut la migration interne par AWS d'applications Java, faisant économiser plus de 4 500 ans de travail de développement et 260 millions de dollars de coûts annuels. Des entreprises comme ADP, Cognizant et Signaturit Group utilisent déjà ces capacités pour accélérer leurs projets de transformation.
AWS kündigte neue Funktionen für Amazon Q Developer an, einen KI-gestützten Assistenten, der entwickelt wurde, um die Migration und Modernisierung von Altsystemen zu beschleunigen. Das Tool bietet drei Haupttransformationsfähigkeiten:
1. Windows .NET Modernisierung: Beschleunigt die Migration zu Linux bis zu 4-mal schneller und könnte die Lizenzkosten um 40% senken.
2. VMware Arbeitslasttransformation: Konvertiert lokale Konfigurationen in AWS-Äquivalente in Stunden statt in Wochen.
3. Mainframe Modernisierung: Optimiert die Modernisierung von IBM z/OS Mainframes durch automatisierte Codeanalyse und Dokumentation.
Das System nutzt KI-gesteuerte Agenten, um Aufgaben wie Codeanalyse, Planung und Tests zu automatisieren. Ein bemerkenswerter Erfolg schließt die interne Migration von Java-Anwendungen durch AWS ein, die über 4.500 Jahre Entwicklungsarbeit und 260 Millionen Dollar jährliche Kosten eingespart hat. Unternehmen wie ADP, Cognizant und Signaturit Group nutzen bereits diese Möglichkeiten, um ihre Transformationsprojekte zu beschleunigen.
- Potential 40% reduction in licensing costs for .NET modernization
- Up to 4x faster Windows .NET application modernization
- Significant time reduction in VMware workload transformation (hours vs weeks)
- Demonstrated cost savings of $260M annually in internal AWS implementation
- 4,500 years of development work saved in Java migration project
- New capabilities are currently only in preview stage
- Some features are exclusively available through the new web experience
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The launch of enhanced Amazon Q Developer capabilities marks a significant advancement in AWS's enterprise modernization strategy. The platform's ability to accelerate Windows .NET migrations by 4x while reducing licensing costs by
The technology's proven track record with Amazon's internal Java migration, saving
- AI-powered automated code analysis and transformation
- Intelligent networking configuration conversion
- Autonomous COBOL documentation generation
Amazon Q Developer is the first generative AI-powered assistant for large-scale migration and modernization of Windows .NET, VMware, and mainframe workloads, accelerating transformation timelines and reducing costs
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Modernize Windows .NET applications to Linux up to four times faster and reduce licensing costs by up to
40% . - Transform VMware workloads to cloud-native architectures, converting on-premises network configurations into AWS equivalents in hours instead of weeks.
- Accelerate mainframe modernization by streamlining labor-intensive work like code analysis, documentation, planning, and refactoring applications.
- ADP, Amdocs, Caylent, Cognizant, Compass UOL, HCLTech, Heirloom, Infosys, Mission Cloud, Signaturit Group, Slalom, SoftServe, Steamhaus, Tata Consultancy Services, and Toyota Motor North America are among customers and partners using Amazon Q Developer to migrate and modernize their legacy workloads faster.
“We are combining Amazon Q Developer with our nearly two decades of experience helping organizations migrate and modernize their legacy workloads on AWS to accelerate and simplify large-scale transformations,” said Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, vice president of Technology, at AWS. “This is a game-changer for customers and partners looking to move off of Windows .NET, VMware, and mainframes. Now, Amazon Q significantly speeds up application transformation projects with agents that can autonomously complete some of the most labor-intensive tasks, such as analyzing, planning, code generation, and testing, saving customers time and money, and helping them realize the full value of the cloud.”
Many organizations have a large number of legacy applications that often require specialized expertise to operate and are expensive and time-consuming to maintain. While they want to move away from these legacy technologies, modernizing them can take months or years of tedious work. As a result, organizations stall or postpone these projects entirely, so they can prioritize building new applications and experiences. To make these kinds of projects easier, Amazon Q Developer provides transformation capabilities that use AI-powered agents to automate the heavy lifting involved in upgrading and modernizing, such as autonomously analyzing source code, generating new code, testing it, and executing the change once approved by the customer. Earlier this year, Amazon integrated the Java transformation capability of Amazon Q Developer into its internal systems to migrate tens of thousands of production applications from older versions of Java to Java 17. This effort saved more than 4,500 years of development work, compared to what it would have taken previously, and realized performance improvements of
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Modernize Windows .NET applications up to four times faster: Organizations today want to accelerate their modernization from Windows .NET Framework to cross-platform Windows .NET on Linux for reduced licensing costs, enhanced security, optimized performance, and to simplify the adoption of modern development practices. With Amazon Q, customers and partners can modernize .NET applications from Windows to Linux to realize up to a
40% reduction in licensing costs. To start a transformation, a developer simply selects “Transform” under the AWS Toolkit section in their integrated development environment (IDE) and confirms the specific file they want to modernize. Amazon Q then uses agents to automatically identify the components that need to be upgraded, create a transformation plan, fix any build errors, and execute the plan. This includes upgrading existing code and configuration files, generating any new files it needs, and fixing any issues identified with failed builds before presenting a summary to the developer.
Signaturit Group, a European provider of highly secure, complete digital transactions, is already using Amazon Q to accelerate their modernization projects. While Signaturit knew they wanted to move their Windows .NET applications to improve their speed, efficiency, and costs, it was projected to take them up to eight months to complete the project, and competing priorities kept taking precedent. By using the new capabilities of Amazon Q, Signaturit Group was able to modernize their legacy code and accelerate the migration of their license management application from Windows .NET to Linux in just a few days, without having to deprioritize or delay other projects to make it happen.
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Transform VMware workloads: As customers and partners exit data centers, one of the key workloads they want to modernize quickly is VMware. Amazon Q now simplifies and speeds up the transformation of VMware workloads to AWS, helping them benefit from improved security and resilience even faster. Customers and partners no longer have to spend as much time evaluating which workloads can be safely moved or if they have designed the right infrastructure to meet their security and scaling needs. Amazon Q uses agents to automatically identify dependencies and create a plan to modernize workloads in waves, accomplishing in minutes what could take weeks. Amazon Q agents also convert on-premises networking configurations to AWS networking equivalents in hours instead of weeks, compared to traditional manual approaches.
Cognizant, a multinational information technology services and consulting company that helps organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes, and transform experiences, is using Amazon Q to help its customers accelerate the VMware modernization process. By leveraging Amazon Q, Cognizant will be able to accelerate the modernization of hundreds of VMware workloads for clients faster, allowing them to focus on their work, helping customers reimagine processes, and transform experiences for end users.
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Accelerate mainframe modernization: One of the most complex systems preventing organizations from moving out of data centers is mainframes. Amazon Q now streamlines the labor-intensive work, such as code analysis, documentation, planning, and refactoring applications, involved in mainframe modernization projects, starting with IBM z/OS mainframes. Now, partners and customers can collaborate using Amazon Q to reduce costs and accelerate their modernization timelines. Amazon Q agents can assist with a range of modernization tasks, like automatically generating documentation for COBOL code and quickly decomposing monolithic applications into components that are ready to be moved to AWS.
ADP, a global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, faced challenges such as understanding and documenting complex legacy mainframe systems, which hindered their modernization efforts. Previously, their teams spent considerable time manually tracing program logic and connections to identify critical fields—an unsustainable process for thousands of COBOL programs. Leveraging the transformation capabilities of Amazon Q, they were able to generate comprehensive, AI-driven documentation with deep insights into program interconnections, business rules, and error handling in just minutes as opposed to weeks, allowing them to accelerate their modernization journey.
To help customers and partners more efficiently collaborate on large-scale transformation projects, all three of these capabilities are available through a new Amazon Q Developer web application. Designed to specifically help customers perform hundreds of complex transformation projects at the same time, the new web experience gives teams a central place to review plans, refine them based on their organization’s specific needs, and track key project milestones throughout the process. The VMware and mainframe modernization capabilities are only available through this new experience, while developers can also perform Windows .NET transformations within their IDE.
All of these new Amazon Q capabilities are available in preview today.
To learn more, visit:
- The AWS News Blog for details on today’s announcements.
- The Amazon Q Developer transformation page to learn more about the capabilities.
- The Amazon Q Developer customer page to learn how companies are using Amazon Q.
- The AWS re:Invent page for more details on everything happening at AWS re:Invent.
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