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AWS Advanced Consulting Partner
Managed AWS Services for Cloud Operations
Sub-title: an AWS operations function without building every role in-house. Stratus10 monitors the environment, responds to incidents, maintains infrastructure, reviews security findings and handles day-to-day AWS changes with support from AWS-certifi
Give your team an AWS operations function without building every role in-house. Stratus10 monitors the environment, responds to incidents, maintains infrastructure, reviews security findings and handles day-to-day AWS changes with support from AWS-certified engineers and Kalos, our own cloud management platform.
100% of incidents resolved within our SLA commitments
About 63% lower database read-tier cost for one managed client
14 frameworks monitored, from SOC 2 and HIPAA to PCI and NIST
“Not your typical service provider” Bob Rademacher, CTO, Skybound
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Compare application modernization paths
Replatform to managed AWS services
Move selected components to managed services without redesigning the whole application. Examples include moving PostgreSQL or MySQL from EC2 to Amazon RDS or Aurora, or moving Kafka to Amazon MSK. Replatforming can remove patching, backup, failover and capacity work while preserving the application interface.
Refactor the code
Improve the internal structure, test coverage, performance, or maintainability without changing the entire architecture. Refactoring is useful when the system works but specific modules or data-access patterns create recurring problems.
Re-architect a monolith
Separate a tightly coupled application into modular services where the business needs independent scaling, deployment, or ownership. The target may use APIs, event-driven components, microservices, or managed messaging. The cost and testing burden are higher, so the business case must be clear.
Containerize the application
Package the application and its dependencies into containers for repeatable deployment across environments. On AWS, the operating model may use Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate or Amazon EKS. Containerization can improve portability and deployment consistency without requiring a complete code rewrite.
Adopt serverless components
Move event-driven or variable-demand functions to services such as AWS Lambda when server management adds little value. Serverless is a good fit for some workloads and a poor fit for others. Workload duration, latency, integration, observability and cost behavior should drive the decision.
Modernize the database or data layer
Change the database platform, schema, access pattern, or analytics architecture. The work can include moving to Amazon RDS or Aurora, separating read workloads, introducing caches, or shifting a self-managed data platform to a managed AWS service.
Rebuild, replace, retain, or retire
Some systems need a ground-up rebuild. Others should be replaced with a SaaS product, kept in place, or decommissioned. The assessment should compare these options before engineering work begins.
Our modernization delivery process
1. Assess the application and business case
Stratus10 documents the system, dependencies, operating pain, business requirements and acceptable risk. The team selects a modernization path for each component and defines success measures before changing production.
2. Design the target and choose a pilot
The target architecture covers infrastructure, data, security, integrations, deployment, observability and operations. A pilot tests the highest-risk assumption on a contained workload or module before the team commits to a larger program.
3. Build and validate in stages
Modernization work is divided into deployable increments. Automated tests, performance checks, security review, data validation and rollback criteria are added to the delivery process. Parallel environments can be used when a gradual transition reduces risk.
4. Cut over and stabilize
The production release follows a runbook with owners, checkpoints and rollback conditions. The team monitors performance and user impact, fixes issues and keeps the prior path available until the new component is stable.
5. Document and operate the modernized system
Stratus10 completes architecture and operating documentation, transfers knowledge and establishes monitoring and support. Managed AWS Services is available when the client wants Stratus10 to operate the environment after delivery.
Selected application modernization results
BoviSync: Aurora modernization at multi-billion-row scale
Stratus10 moved a production PostgreSQL database from EC2 to Aurora, upgraded the database and tuned the read tier. Results included about 63% lower read-tier cost, about 98% less storage-tier read traffic and approximately 16 minutes of write downtime during the upgrade window.
Peachjar: Kafka to Amazon MSK
Peachjar's platform includes more than 60 services and hundreds of containers. Stratus10 moved its Kafka messaging from a third-party host to Amazon MSK, reduced Kafka hosting cost by more than 20%, eliminated data-transfer costs in the new design and added CloudWatch monitoring and repeatable CloudFormation deployment.
Skybound: WordPress containerization
Stratus10 containerized Skybound's WordPress application, used Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate for task execution, moved the database to Aurora Serverless for MySQL and built CI/CD pipelines across development, staging and production. CloudFormation made the environments repeatable and auditable.
Prime Time Produce: legacy ERP access with business continuity
Stratus10 moved data-center workloads to AWS and delivered the Famous ERP application through Amazon WorkSpaces with SAML federation and Duo MFA. The migration preserved business continuity while adding remote access that expands with concurrent demand and a modern cloud foundation.
What Stratus10 can migrate to AWS
Applications and server workloads
Move physical or virtual servers and application stacks to Amazon EC2 or an appropriate managed service. Stratus10 assesses dependencies, network requirements, availability targets and cutover constraints before assigning a migration strategy.
Databases and data platforms
Migrate self-managed databases to Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, or another AWS data service when the workload is a fit. The work can include full data load, change data capture, schema reconciliation, testing, read-tier design and production cutover.
Data centers and connected networks
Plan and execute data-center exits, including virtual machines, file systems, site-to-site VPNs, routing and connectivity. For Advent Resources, Stratus10 migrated 45 VMs and more than 140 site-to-site VPN connections to AWS and consolidated the network through AWS Transit Gateway.
Microsoft and Windows workloads
Assess Windows Server, SQL Server and licensing requirements before the move. Depending on the application, the plan may keep the workload on Windows, move the database to a managed service, or create a later modernization path toward Linux, open-source databases, containers, or serverless services.
Application and platform migrations
Move multi-tier applications, analytics workloads, messaging systems and customer platforms to AWS. The target design can include Infrastructure as Code, automated deployment, observability, autoscaling and high availability when those capabilities support the business case.
How our AWS migration process works
Stratus10 follows the AWS MAP framework: Assess, Mobilize and Migrate & Modernize. The work inside each phase changes based on the size and risk of the environment.
Assess the current estate
We inventory infrastructure and applications, review utilization, map dependencies, identify licensing constraints and document business requirements. The output is an executable migration business case and prioritized roadmap.
Typical outputs include
- Current-state inventory and utilization baseline
- Application and infrastructure dependency map
- Migration readiness gaps across business, process, people, platform, operations and security
- Directional AWS cost and licensing model
- Initial migration strategy for each workload
- Risk register and recommended migration sequence
Mobilize the team and AWS foundation
The Mobilize phase closes the gaps found during assessment. Stratus10 designs the target environment, security baseline, networking, access model, logging, backup approach and operating process. We also build the migration wave plan and test the tools and runbooks before production work begins.
Migrate and modernize in controlled waves
Each wave follows a runbook. Workloads are replicated or moved, validated in the target environment and cut over during an agreed business window. Where possible, Stratus10 keeps source and target systems synchronized until the final cutover and maintains a rollback path until the new environment is stable.
Modernization happens during the migration only when the business value justifies the added complexity. For larger estates, it can be safer to rehost or replatform first, then modernize selected applications after the move.
Validate, document and hand off
After cutover, Stratus10 validates performance, security, backups, monitoring, data integrity and operational ownership. Your team receives the relevant architecture, runbooks and knowledge transfer. Ongoing managed services are available when you do not want to own day-to-day AWS operations internally.
Choosing the right migration strategy
A migration assessment should assign a strategy to each workload. The most common choices are:
Rehost
Move the workload to AWS with minimal application change. Rehosting can be appropriate when the deadline is fixed, the application is stable, or modernization would create unnecessary risk during a large move.
Replatform
Make targeted changes while moving, such as shifting a self-managed database to Amazon RDS or Aurora. Replatforming can reduce operational work without requiring a full application rewrite.
Refactor or re-architect
Change the application architecture to use cloud-native services, microservices, containers, serverless computing, or managed data platforms. This option can improve scale and release speed, but it requires more engineering and testing. See application modernization services.
Retire, retain, relocate, or repurchase
Some workloads should be decommissioned, kept in place, moved without a platform change, or replaced with a SaaS product. Those decisions belong in the business case because migrating everything can preserve cost and complexity that the company no longer needs.
What’s included in Managed AWS Services
24/7 monitoring and incident response
Stratus10 monitors agreed AWS resources, logs, alerts and service health. The team investigates incidents, follows the severity and escalation process in your service agreement and documents root causes when an event requires deeper analysis.
Scheduled maintenance, patching and backups
The service can include operating-system patching, infrastructure maintenance, resource inventory, backup checks and recovery planning. Scope and maintenance windows are agreed during onboarding.
Security checks and finding review
Stratus10 reviews security and configuration findings, helps prioritize remediation and tracks agreed changes. Kalos can measure the environment against controls associated with frameworks such as SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA, FedRAMP, ISO, CIS, GDPR, PCI and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
This monitoring supports security and compliance work. It does not certify the company or replace an audit.
AWS resource provisioning and change support
The team can provision and modify resources such as Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, SSL certificates, VPC peering, route tables, security groups and related network components. Planned work follows an agreed request, approval, testing and deployment process.
Networking support
Stratus10 troubleshoots AWS networking issues involving VPN connectivity, routing, security groups, subnets and peering. Senior engineers are available for problems that cross cloud, network and application boundaries.
Cost and capacity review
Engineers review usage, resource sizing and service configuration so the environment matches the workload. Kalos provides supporting visibility into spend and usage. Dedicated cost-management and optimization workflows live in the Kalos platform.
Monthly operations review
A recurring review covers incidents, performance, security findings, capacity, cost signals, completed work and planned changes. The meeting should end with owners and priorities for the next operating period.
Architecture and cloud-roadmap guidance
Managed services includes access to AWS specialists who can advise on reliability, scaling, databases, networking, migration follow-up and modernization opportunities. Larger projects are estimated separately when they fall outside the recurring operations scope.
How onboarding works
Current-state operations review
Stratus10 reviews the AWS account structure, workloads, network, monitoring, backups, open risks, service history and ownership model. The review identifies immediate issues and defines the boundaries of the managed service.
Transition plan and service agreement
Both teams agree on covered resources, access, contacts, severity levels, escalation paths, response targets, maintenance windows, reporting and change approvals. Existing vendors and internal teams are included where responsibilities overlap.
Monitoring and operating setup
Stratus10 connects the agreed monitoring and service-management tools, configures alerts, validates access, documents runbooks and establishes the reporting baseline. High-risk findings are prioritized before routine operations begin.
Ongoing service and quarterly improvement
The team handles incidents and requests, performs scheduled work and reviews results with the client. Recommendations are prioritized by risk and business value so the service improves the environment over time.
Selected managed AWS work
Skybound: AWS operations that supported continued growth
After Stratus10 helped Skybound move analytics data to Amazon Redshift, Skybound retained the team for managed services covering modernization, analytics, security and performance. The engagement reduced the amount of internal time spent managing cloud environments.
BoviSync: managed database operations after migration
BoviSync moved a production database with billions of rows to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. The new platform shifted backups, patching, point-in-time recovery and failover to a managed AWS service. Post-migration tuning reduced read-tier cost by about 63% and storage-tier read traffic by about 98%.
Seacomp: MySQL on EC2 to Amazon RDS
Stratus10 moved Seacomp's database from a single EC2 instance to Amazon RDS for MySQL. The new design added managed backups, recovery, monitoring, high availability and less day-to-day database maintenance.
CFO Hub: resilient AWS infrastructure for growth
Stratus10 replatformed the application stack across multiple Availability Zones, configured EC2 Auto Scaling and RDS Multi-AZ and added CloudFront and AWS WAF. The design reduced infrastructure work for the internal team and improved reliability as usage grew.
When an application needs modernization
Modernization is worth considering when the system still matters to the business but its current
design creates a recurring constraint. Common signals include:
- Releases are slow because the application is difficult to test or deploy.
- A monolithic design makes small changes risky.
- The team depends on aging frameworks, operating systems, databases, or scarce skills.
- The application cannot scale with demand or recover cleanly from failures.
- Maintenance work is crowding out product work.
- Integrations rely on brittle point-to-point connections.
- Security, identity, logging, or audit controls are hard to maintain.
- Database or messaging infrastructure is expensive to run and difficult to operate.
- Windows or SQL Server licensing is limiting the available architecture choices.
The assessment should also identify systems that should be retained, replaced, or retired. Modernizing a low-value application can create a new platform the company did not need.
Application modernization assessment
The assessment turns a broad goal into a workload-level plan. Stratus10 reviews the current system and recommends which components to keep, move, change, replace, or retire.
What we review
- Business criticality and expected life of the application
- Architecture, codebase, frameworks and operating systems
- Databases, storage, messaging and integration points
- Current performance, availability and scaling limits
- Security, identity, compliance and data requirements
- Deployment process, testing, observability and rollback capability
- Infrastructure and licensing cost
- Team skills, delivery constraints and acceptable change risk
What you receive
- Current-state findings and technical-debt priorities
- Recommended modernization path by application or component
- Target AWS architecture
- Delivery sequence with pilot and production stages
- Risks, dependencies and mitigation plan
- Directional effort, timeline and operating-cost implications
- A decision on whether the application should be modernized now, later, replaced, or retired
Related AWS services
AWS Cloud Migration Services
Managed AWS Services
Application Modernization Pathways
What is application modernization?
Application modernization updates an existing application's architecture, code, data, infrastructure, or delivery process so it is easier to operate and change. The work can range from moving a database to a managed AWS service to breaking a monolith into smaller services. The right path depends on the application's business value, technical debt, risk and remaining useful life.
Stratus10 helps teams modernize on AWS without assuming every system needs to be rewritten. We assess the application, identify the constraints worth solving, compare practical options and sequence the work so the business can keep operating.
A phased modernization can produce measurable results without a full rewrite.
BoviSync's production PostgreSQL database had grown to billions of rows on a self-managed EC2 deployment. Stratus10 moved it to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, then upgraded the database and tuned the read tier after the new platform was stable. The project reduced read-tier cost by about 63%, cut storage-tier read traffic by about 98% and limited write downtime during the upgrade to about 16 minutes.
Windows Modernization Assessment
Stratus10 provides a focused assessment for Windows and .NET workloads. The review can compare options such as:
- Windows Server to Linux where the application supports it
- SQL Server on EC2 or RDS to Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
- .NET applications on Windows to cross-platform .NET on Linux
- Containerized .NET applications on Amazon ECS or EKS
- Selected components moved to serverless or open-source services
The assessment considers application dependencies, licensing, testing, timeline, budget and team capability.
Vinod LoboCEO, Learning Upgrade
TC HoughCTO, Peachjar
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Define the right AWS operations model
Tell us what your team manages today, where coverage is thin and which workloads are business-critical. A Stratus10 specialist will review the environment and outline a practical managed-services scope.
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Tell us what your team manages today, where coverage is thin and which workloads are business-critical. A Stratus10 specialist will review the environment and outline a practical managed-services scope.
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