Lift-and-Shift Afterlife: Going All In on Cloud Native

So, you’ve done the lift-and-shift to the cloud with your software. What’s next? How do you realize cloud’s promise of cost efficiency, agility, and innovation? It’s now time to modernize your software to be cloud native. Hear from cloud experts and learn best practices for optimizing your software on the cloud post lift-and-shift. This webinar will guide you through the next steps of optimizing and modernizing applications to become cloud native. Learn how to: - Automatically map the best route for each application - Identify optimization blockers - Discover the best-fit cloud-native services. - Maximize your cloud investment and optimize your journey Presenter Bios: Greg Rivera, VP of Product, CAST: As Vice President of Product at CAST, Greg leads strategy for the CAST Highlight SaaS product helping CIOs, CTOs, and software leaders take command of their software portfolios with actionable insights for cloud, technical debt, compliance, cost optimization, and sustainability. He has held technology leadership roles with Fortune 1000 companies such as Microsoft, IDG, and Arrow Electronics for over 25 years. Greg has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Management of Technology and is passionate about applying technology to improve business and our everyday lives. Paras Bhuva, Sr Manager, Solutions Architecture, AWS: Paras Bhuva is a seasoned technical leader at AWS with 20+ years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies migrate, modernize, and transform their IT in the cloud. He works closely with C-level executives across industries like banking, healthcare, and energy, aligning cloud strategy with business goals. Paras leads the Migrations and Modernizations Technical Field Community in North America, growing it to 500+ members in 18 months. He also creates scalable programs that support AWS Solutions Architects globally and often speaks at AWS events.