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.
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.
Opportunity & Qualification
A specific workload (e.g., a commercial database) is identified for migration. Partner qualifies and builds the business case.
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.
- Funding: MAP Assess for TCO analysis and exploratory work, PoC funding for proof of concept building.
- AWS Tools: AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT), Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL
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.
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 Professional Services / AWS ProServe
- Action: Execute project with TD SYNNEX Professional Services OR the partner does this themselves.
- 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 Tools: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
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 Tools: Well-Architected Review Tool, Amazon RDS Performance Insights
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
- AWS Certified Database - Specialty
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- AWS Skill Builder Developer Learning Plan
- AWS Skill Builder Database Learning Plan
- TD SYNNEX workshops and Technical Round Tables
- Immersion Days
- TD SYNNEX Cloud Kick Start
The Modernization Journey: From Pain to Platform
Click the below triggers to see how AWS services solve the customers problem.
High Licensing Costs
Vendor Lock-In
Modern Architecture
End-of-Support Events
Poor Performance & Scalability
Talent Attraction & Retention
Beyond Migration: Infusing AI into Open Source
Click the below tiles to see how AWS AI services can be used to enhance open source.
Unlocking In-Database ML
Powering Generative AI
Enhancing Search and Observability
Accelerating Development
Supporting Documentation
- AWS Prescriptive Guidance: Migrate from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
- Whitepaper: Migrating Your Databases to Amazon Aurora
- Blog: What is Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL and when should I use it?
- Documentation: Best practices for AWS Database Migration Service
- Open Source on AWS
- AWS Well-Architected Framework