Sungard Availability Services Helps Move Workloads To AWS Cloud Sungard Availability Services has launched a new managed service to assist organizations in moving their IT workloads into the Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS). Sungard AS’s new managed service, Managed Cloud – Amazon Web Services, is designed to help organizations move their IT workloads to the Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) cloud. It uses a programmatic approach and provides a common management tool set to make cloud migrations, operations, and recovery easier. The managed service focuses on hybrid environments where multiple clouds, sometimes public and privately, are leveraged. Security and compliance controls are a major focus of the managed service. This is a recent area that has been highlighted by a series of vulnerability reports, often resulting in misconfigurations. (see “Security firm: No encryption on 82 percent of public cloud databases” and “Firm finds Terabytes unsecured data, personal info on cloud back-ends” for two recent examples). The company stated that security and configuration are automatically applied when creating new accounts. “An automated environment confirms customers’ workloads are secure inside AWS and Sungard AS data centres.” Other compliance and security functionality includes:
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  • With native AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config tools, you can gather data and keep track of provisioning activity for every account.
  • Allow and apply best-practice architecture to AWS accounts.
  • Configure AWS globally to enforce configurations across all AWS deployments.
  • Built-in billing alerts ensure that a team doesn’t overspend.

OS management provides security-related capabilities such as monitoring, patching and anti-virus, and incident resolution for critical workloads. “Customers are looking to partner with them in their entire IT deployment,” stated Josh Crowe, CTO. “Not all applications are ready for the cloud so most companies find themselves in hybrid IT environments. Sungard AS has the experience to help companies decide the best course of action for each app and create a resilient, available and recoverable infrastructure that can support both legacy and cloud applications. The new service is now available in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.