Written by Tiago Valenca, Solutions Architect at TrackIt
Cloud migration is often complex, costly, and difficult to manage. To ensure a successful outcome, organizations require clear insights, detailed planning, and effective tooling. CAST Highlight helps simplify this process when used within the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP).
The sections below explore how TrackIt uses CAST Highlight during the MAP Assess phase to deliver measurable benefits and streamline the migration journey.
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What is CAST Highlight?
CAST Highlight is CAST Software’s cloud-based platform designed as an “Application Control Tower,” providing continuous insights and governance for hundreds of applications. It delivers automated and actionable intelligence on:
- Cloud Readiness: Automated 5Rs (Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Retire) recommendations, migration blockers, and effort estimation.
- Software Composition Analysis: Identification of open-source legal and security risks, along with a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).
- Technical Debt Management: Ongoing monitoring and recommendations for reducing outages and optimizing costs.
- Green Impact: Assessment and improvement of software sustainability.
- Software Health: Detailed analysis of resiliency, agility, and maintainability to reduce technical risk.
Cast Highlight – Application Control Tower
What is AWS MAP?
The AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) is designed to help enterprises accelerate cloud migration by providing structured methodologies, tools, resources, and funding incentives. It supports organizations in reducing migration complexity, managing costs, and minimizing operational disruption. MAP also facilitates collaboration between AWS, partners, and customers to ensure alignment on business goals and technical requirements throughout the migration process.
MAP consists of three phases:
- Assess: Evaluate current infrastructure and readiness for cloud migration.
- Mobilize: Build migration plans and establish foundational capabilities.
- Migrate and Modernize: Execute migration and modernization activities.
TrackIt and CAST Highlight within AWS MAP Assess Phase
The Assess phase of AWS MAP is critical, as it sets the stage for a successful migration by deeply analyzing current infrastructure and creating tailored migration plans. TrackIt effectively utilizes CAST Highlight to rapidly assess hundreds of applications, delivering clear visibility into their cloud readiness, technical debt, and other critical factors within just a few days.
How TrackIt Utilizes CAST Highlight to Streamline the Assess Phase
Rapid Portfolio Analysis
CAST Highlight automatically analyzes hundreds of custom applications, quickly identifying the best candidates for migration, assessing cloud readiness, and highlighting critical roadblocks and boosters.
Actionable Recommendations
The software enables TrackIt to provide clients with specific guidance on:
- Cloud-native readiness at the code level.
- Migration blockers and recommended remediation steps.
- Containerization readiness and effort estimation.
Continuous Monitoring
Automated scanning ensures continuous assessment, updating insights regularly to reflect changes in the portfolio, allowing organizations to track improvements and maintain governance over time.
Cast Highlight – Portfolio Advisor for Cloud
Key Capabilities TrackIt Leverages in CAST Highlight
- Automatic Source Code Scanning: Quickly analyze source code repositories of hundreds of applications weekly.
- Secure Data Handling: Only encrypted statistical data is uploaded to CAST’s secure, ISO 27001-certified cloud.
- Instant Visibility and Integration: Gain immediate insights through customizable dashboards and integrate seamlessly with other enterprise systems.
Benefits of Using CAST Highlight
Reduced Risk and Cost
Early identification of potential blockers and tailored remediation guidance helps minimize the risk of costly migration failures, ensuring a more controlled and predictable transition.
Accelerated Migration Timelines
The assessment process is streamlined—often up to five times faster—by quickly pinpointing suitable migration candidates and outlining clear modernization paths.
Data-driven Decision Making
Decisions are guided by objective, automated analysis rather than assumptions, resulting in more accurate, efficient, and justifiable migration planning.
Enhanced Visibility and Control
Intuitive dashboards deliver real-time, actionable insights to CIOs, CTOs, and software leaders, enabling greater oversight and more informed governance across the application portfolio.
Why Choose TrackIt for Your AWS Migration
TrackIt is an official AWS Migration Competency Partner. This accolade highlights TrackIt’s expertise and track record in delivering successful cloud migrations. Organizations considering a transition to the AWS cloud can rely on TrackIt to provide a trusted pathway to a seamless migration experience.
Incorporating CAST Highlight into TrackIt’s AWS MAP Assess phase provides immediate, tangible benefits – accelerating migration timelines, reducing risk, and enhancing overall governance. By leveraging the precise, data-driven insights provided by CAST Highlight, enterprises partnering with TrackIt can confidently and efficiently transition to the AWS Cloud.
About TrackIt
TrackIt is an international AWS cloud consulting, systems integration, and software development firm headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA.
We have built our reputation on helping media companies architect and implement cost-effective, reliable, and scalable Media & Entertainment workflows in the cloud. These include streaming and on-demand video solutions, media asset management, and archiving, incorporating the latest AI technology to build bespoke media solutions tailored to customer requirements.
Cloud-native software development is at the foundation of what we do. We specialize in Application Modernization, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code and event-driven serverless architectures by leveraging the latest AWS services. Along with our Managed Services offerings which provide 24/7 cloud infrastructure maintenance and support, we are able to provide complete solutions for the media industry.