In this Q&A, Wendy Shepperd, GVP of Engineering at New Relic, discusses their transition to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cell architecture. The company had scalability challenges with their existing architecture and wanted to move to a cell-based architecture to create multiple instances of NRDB in multiple regions. They were already familiar with AWS services such as Kafka, microservices, and containers, which they leveraged for the migration. New Relic used its platform to monitor and analyze the new architecture, enabling them to detect and remediate failures quickly. The transition was successful, and Wendy Shepperd shares advice on how other practitioners can transition to the cloud, including defining SLOs, establishing a FinOps team, and implementing cell architecture best practices such as regular cell refreshes. Overall, New Relic's experience with AWS cell architecture has been positive, and they are now able to scale their platform to meet growing demands.