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Move to Open Source

An AWS Modernization Pathway with TD SYNNEX

The "Move to Open Source" pathway is about migrating from proprietary, commercial software to open-source alternatives on AWS. This journey helps customers reduce licensing costs, avoid vendor lock-in, attract top engineering talent, and gain the flexibility and innovation driven by the open-source community.

Triggers & Compelling Events

High Licensing Costs

Expensive commercial database or software license renewals are due.

Vendor Lock-In

Restrictive contracts and proprietary technology limit flexibility.

Desire for Modern Architecture

Need to adopt cloud-native and microservices-friendly technologies.

End-of-Support Events

Legacy commercial software is approaching its end-of-life.

Poor Performance & Scalability

Proprietary systems are struggling to meet modern performance demands.

Talent Attraction & Retention

Difficulty hiring engineers who want to work on modern, open-source technologies.

1

Awareness & Discovery

Customer feels the pain of licensing costs or vendor lock-in and explores the viability of open source.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX BDM / AWS PDM
  • Action: Register Deal in AWS Partner Central (ACE)
  • Funding: None at this stage.
  • Services: None at this stage.
2

Opportunity & Qualification

A specific workload (e.g., a commercial database) is identified for migration. Partner qualifies and builds the business case.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX SA / AWS SA
  • Action: Qualification call with CoE or local technical pre-sales
  • Services: None at this stage
3

Solution Development

The target open-source solution is designed. Partner runs workshops and a PoC to validate the migration path.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX CoE / AWS Specialist SA
  • Action: Engage TD SYNNEX CoE for PoC build & validation OR the partner completes this themselves
  • Funding: MAP Assess for TCO analysis and exploratory work, AWS POC funding
  • Services: None at this stage
4

Customer Proposal

A formal proposal, SOW, and detailed migration plan are presented to the customer for approval.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX BDM / AWS MAP aligned account manager
  • Action: Submit Proposal & SOW through TD SYNNEX
  • Funding: Sandbox Innovation credits
  • Services: TD SYNNEX SOW & Proposal Support via Services team
5

Delivery

The partner executes the migration project, moving data and refactoring applications to the new open-source platform.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX Pro Services / AWS ProServe
  • Action: Execute project with TD SYNNEX Professional Services
  • Funding: MAP Mobilize funding to allow cost effective pilot migration
  • Services: TD SYNNEX Professional Services for Migration, TD SYNNEX Migration Success Packages OR the partner completes this themselves
  • AWS Services: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
  • AWS Services: AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
6

Support & Optimize

Ongoing management of the new open-source environment, focusing on performance tuning and cost optimization.

Partner Actions & Offerings

  • Owner: Partner / TD SYNNEX Managed Services
  • Action: Onboard to TD SYNNEX Managed Services
  • Funding: Well-Architected Review funding and MAP Migrate & Modernize credits post-migration (up to 50% depending on workloads)
  • Services: Cloud Express (24x7 managed service), TechCARE (24/7 break fix) and Dashboards as a Service (FinOps)

AWS Services

Key AWS Products

Amazon Aurora & Babelfish, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL/MySQL, Amazon OpenSearch, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon MQ/MSK, Linux containers on ECS/EKS/Fargate, AWS Lambda

Enablement & Training

Certifications: AWS Certified Database - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
AWS Skill Builder: Migrating to Open-Source Databases on AWS, Linux on AWS.
Partner Events: TD SYNNEX Technical Round Table, Immersion Days, TD SYNNEX Cloud Kick Start.

The Modernization Journey: From Pain to Platform

Solving High Licensing Costs & Vendor Lock-In

Migrate from commercial databases like Oracle or SQL Server to managed open-source alternatives like Amazon Aurora or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL/MySQL. For SQL Server migrations, Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL can significantly reduce application refactoring effort.

Solving for a Modern Architecture

Open-source technologies like Linux containers on ECS/EKS/Fargate, serverless functions with AWS Lambda, and messaging with Amazon MQ/MSK are the foundation of modern applications, enabling a shift towards a more agile, microservices-based architecture.

Solving for End-of-Support Events

An end-of-support deadline is the perfect trigger to modernize. Use the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) to assess and convert your database schema, then use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to perform a seamless migration with minimal downtime.

Solving Poor Performance & Scalability

Amazon Aurora offers commercial-grade performance at open-source cost. For caching, Amazon ElastiCache provides a high-throughput, low-latency in-memory datastore. For search and analytics, Amazon OpenSearch Service provides a highly scalable, distributed search and analytics suite.

Solving for Talent Attraction & Retention

By moving to popular open-source technologies like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Kubernetes (Amazon EKS), you create a modern environment that attracts and retains top engineering talent who want to work with in-demand skills.