Move Stalled Java Application Migrations to AWS

How a high-performance Java runtime can help

Java remains the backbone of countless enterprise applications, driving mission-critical workloads across industries. However, as organizations embrace cloud transformation, migrating legacy Java applications to AWS can hit roadblocks. These stalled migrations to AWS are often due to technical, operational, or financial challenges, leaving enterprises unable to fully realize the benefits of the cloud. 

Azul Platform Prime and AWS provide a game-changing solution for businesses. Together, we enable organizations to unlock the full potential of their Java applications, delivering improved performance, lower costs, and top-line revenue growth.  

In this blog we’ll explore how Azul Platform Prime and AWS address the hurdles of stalled Java migrations and why they’re the ultimate duo for cloud success. 

Migrating Java workloads to the cloud isn’t always straightforward. Common challenges include: 

• Legacy Application Complexities: Many Java applications were built years ago and are riddled with technical debt, outdated dependencies, and inefficient runtimes. Migrating these to a modern cloud infrastructure can be daunting.
• Performance and Cost Concerns: Legacy Java runtimes are often resource-intensive, leading to high operational costs in the cloud. Organizations fear that migrating such workloads will strain budgets without delivering proportional performance gains.
• Operational Overhead: Managing Java workloads at scale in a cloud environment requires expertise, time, and effort. The complexity of migration projects often overwhelms existing teams. 
• Business Impact: Delayed migrations stall broader cloud transformation initiatives, slowing down innovation and impacting competitive advantage. 

These challenges create a perfect storm, leaving enterprises grappling with stalled migrations and underutilized cloud potential. 

Introducing Azul Platform Prime 

Azul Platform Prime is a high-performance Java runtime that transforms how organizations run their Java workloads. With Azul, businesses can replace traditional open-source Java runtimes with a solution designed for modern performance and efficiency – with no code changes or re-architecture required.

Key benefits of Azul Platform Prime

• Unparalleled Performance: Up to 40% reduction in latency and faster application response times. Improve application responsiveness & consistency and maintain performance SLAs – even as loads increase – for custom code and Java infrastructure such as Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch and more.
• Cost Optimization: Significant reduction in cloud waste due to lower CPU and memory usage.  Platform Prime delivers faster Java code execution and that results in fewer compute resources needed for the same workload, lowering cloud bills.
• No Re-Architecture Required: Compatible with OpenJDK, making it easy to replace legacy Java runtimes without code changes.
• DevOps Productivity and Efficiency: Build and deliver new features faster – reduce time spent coding around performance issues and responding to operational tickets in your live applications.  

AWS: the destination for enterprise workloads 

AWS offers a robust, scalable, and reliable platform for running enterprise applications, including Java workloads. Key AWS services for Java include: 

• Amazon EC2 for flexible, scalable compute. 

• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) for containerized Java applications. 

•  (Lamda/serverless is not a good use case for Prime)Amazon RDS for database integration with Java apps. 

• Oracle Database workloads on AWS simplify migration by offering full compatibility with on-premises Oracle Exadata environments and leveraging Oracle Zero Downtime Migration. 

AWS also provides migration tools such as AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Migration Service to streamline the process of moving workloads to the cloud. 

One enterprise struggling with high cloud costs and latency in their Java applications turned to Azul and AWS. By replacing their legacy runtime with Azul Platform Prime, they reduced latency by 35% and cut cloud costs by 40%.  

This success enabled them to fund and complete their AWS migration six months ahead of schedule.

Better AWS migration with Prime

Better together: Azul Platform Prime and AWS 

The combination of Azul Platform Prime and AWS creates a powerful synergy for businesses looking to overcome migration challenges and drive top line growth.  

Performance at scale 

Azul enhances Java runtime performance, making applications run faster and more efficiently on AWS infrastructure. 

Cost efficiency 

With Azul, organizations can reduce their cloud compute and memory costs by up to 25%, making cloud transformation financially viable – across many architectures.  Azul is a certified AWS Graviton-Ready Partner – with measurable performance gains compared to traditional Java runtimes. 

Faster time to value 

Azul accelerates migration projects by eliminating performance bottlenecks, allowing enterprises to realize the benefits of AWS sooner. 

Enhanced end-user experience 

Applications powered by Azul deliver seamless, responsive experiences for customers, further amplifying the value of AWS as a cloud platform.

Top-line revenue growth

Beyond cost savings and performance improvements, Azul Platform Prime has empowered its customers to achieve remarkable top-line revenue growth by enhancing application responsiveness and scalability.  

For example, a leading e-commerce company leveraged Azul Platform Prime to reduce latency by 30%, resulting in faster checkout times and a 15% increase in customer conversion rates. Similarly, a financial services firm improved its transaction processing speed, enabling real-time analytics that unlocked new revenue streams through premium customer offerings. By optimizing their Java applications with Azul, businesses not only reduce operational costs but also position themselves for significant revenue expansion and competitive differentiation. 

Overcoming stalled Java migrations 

Stalled migrations don’t have to remain roadblocks. Azul and AWS provide actionable solutions: 

• Replace Legacy Runtimes: Swap out inefficient Java runtimes with Azul Platform Prime to unlock performance gains and cost savings.
• Leverage AWS Migration Tools: AWS offers comprehensive tools to assist in assessing, planning, and executing migrations.
• Align Business Goals: Demonstrate clear financial ROI and operational benefits to gain stakeholder buy-in. 
• AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP): MAP provides tools that reduce costs and automate and accelerate execution, tailored training approaches and content, expertise from Partners in the AWS Partner Network, a global partner community, and AWS investment.

Conclusion 

The journey to the cloud doesn’t have to be fraught with challenges. With Azul Platform Prime and AWS, enterprises can overcome migration hurdles, unlock new levels of performance, and reduce costs. Together, they empower organizations to innovate faster, achieve greater efficiency, and fully realize the benefits of cloud transformation. 

Let’s move those stalled Java migrations forward—together.