Simplify Refactoring Monoliths to Microservices with AWS and vFunction

Modernizing legacy applications, which often consist of large monolithic systems with accumulated technical debt, is essential for organizations aiming to leverage cloud capabilities and enhance innovation. As re-hosting alone provides limited benefits for complex systems, enterprises are turning to solutions like AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces and vFunction to incrementally refactor these applications into microservices. AWS Refactor Spaces facilitates the architectural transition by minimizing the burden of AWS infrastructure management, while vFunction offers an AI-driven platform that automates the transformation of monolithic Java applications into microservices. By using static and dynamic analysis, vFunction assesses technical debt and refactoring effort, enabling architects to prioritize modernization initiatives and reduce associated costs. The platform allows for the extraction and deployment of microservices in a cloud-native environment, demonstrated through the decomposed Order Management System application, which utilizes AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service and NGINX for service deployment. This strategic approach allows enterprises to gradually and safely transition from monolithic architectures to cloud-native microservices, fostering agility and reducing technical debt.