Cloud Migration & Modernization: Moving from Lift-and-Shift to Cloud-Native with Cortex

Is your cloud migration living perpetually on the backlog? ☁️ ⏳

In this video, Becka explains why most migrations stall out at the "lift-and-shift" phase and how Cortex provides the operational framework to actually reach the finish line. Learn how to move from reactive debt discovery to a proactive modernization strategy with verifiable "definitions of done."

What we cover:
The "Inventory" Problem: You can't modernize what you can't see. How the Cortex Catalog creates a real-time map of every service and owner.

Defining "Migrated": Using Scorecards to move beyond "we touched it" to "it’s containerized, secure, and old dependencies are gone."

Managing Programs, Not Spreadsheets: How Initiatives provide real-time tracking to see which teams are unblocked and which are falling behind.

Preventing Future Debt: Using Workflows to ensure all new services follow cloud-native patterns from day one.

Real-World Results: How Rapid7 used Cortex to migrate 3,000+ RDS instances without the typical manual overhead.

The Strategy:
Migrations often fail because they are "important but not urgent." Cortex embeds the migration into the daily developer workflow, turning top-down mandates into automated, manageable tasks that actually get finished.

📑 Timestamps:
0:00 The Modernization Challenge: Beyond lift-and-shift
0:31 The Catalog: Getting a centralized view of your assets
1:00 Scorecards: Setting a verifiable "Definition of Done"
1:35 Shifting from reactive to proactive debt management
1:49 Initiatives: Running migrations as managed programs
2:05 Workflows: Standardizing cloud-native deployment patterns
2:27 Scaling via developer reminders and guidance
2:36 Case Study: Rapid7’s 3,000+ instance migration
2:45 Why migrations stall (and how to fix the operational problem)

Stop settling for almost migrated.
🚀 Talk to our team about your modernization goals: cortex.io/demo

Видео Cloud Migration & Modernization: Moving from Lift-and-Shift to Cloud-Native with Cortex канала Cortex | Engineering Operations Platform