RiverMeadow Extends AWS Transform with Lift & Optimize Migration

PR Newswire

LOS GATOS, Calif., July 7, 2026

New capability enables organizations to combine AWS Transform's AI-driven planning with RiverMeadow's automated workload modernization — helping customers arrive in AWS optimized, modernized, and production-ready.LOS GATOS, Calif., July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RiverMeadow Software, a leading provider of workload mobility and modernization solutions, today announced support for AWS Transform, enabling organizations to combine AWS Transform's AI-powered migration planning with RiverMeadow's industry-leading Lift & Optimize migration capabilities.

Together, AWS Transform and RiverMeadow provide enterprises with an end-to-end modernization approach that begins with AI-driven assessment and planning and culminates in automated migration, optimization, and modernization of workloads running on AWS.AI Plans the Journey. RiverMeadow Improves the Destination.As organizations accelerate cloud adoption, many continue to rely on traditional Lift & Shift migration approaches that simply relocate workloads into AWS with little or no modernization. While effective for rapid migration, these approaches often leave organizations with aging operating systems, technical debt, oversized infrastructure, legacy software, and costly post-migration remediation projects.RiverMeadow's Lift & Optimize methodology modernizes workloads during migration, enabling organizations to reduce technical debt, improve security, optimize infrastructure, and accelerate business value as workloads move to AWS.With AWS Transform providing AI-powered discovery, dependency analysis, migration planning, and modernization recommendations, RiverMeadow delivers the automated execution engine that brings those recommendations to life.Modernization During MigrationWindows Server operating system modernizationLinux operating system upgrades and distribution conversionMicrosoft SQL Server modernizationCompute and storage rightsizingSecurity hardening and Gold Plating automationNear-zero-downtime workload mobilityEnterprise-scale migration orchestrationSupport for Amazon EC2, AWS Outposts, Amazon EVS, ROSA, Amazon EKS and additional AWS landing zonesDelivering Greater Value from AWS TransformAccelerate migration planning with AIModernize workloads during migration instead of after production cutoverEliminate technical debt before workloads reach AWSReduce migration timelinesLower migration risk through automationImprove operational efficiency through workload optimizationArrive in AWS with production-ready workloadsExecutive Quote"Artificial intelligence is changing how enterprises approach modernization," said Jim Jordan, CEO of RiverMeadow Software. "AWS Transform helps customers determine what should happen to every workload. RiverMeadow automates how it happens. Together we enable organizations to modernize while they migrate — not after they arrive.""Cloud migration should create business value — not simply relocate technical debt. By combining AWS Transform with RiverMeadow's Lift & Optimize platform, customers arrive in AWS faster, with modernized workloads that are optimized, secure, and ready for production from day one."AWS Funding BenefitsAWS-funded migration assessmentsAWS-funded RiverMeadow software licensing (for qualifying customers)AWS-funded migration servicesStackable AWS migration funding programsPreservation of AWS MAP funding for additional modernization initiativesAbout RiverMeadow SoftwareRiverMeadow Software provides enterprise workload mobility, optimization, and modernization solutions that enable organizations to migrate workloads across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments. Unlike traditional migration platforms focused solely on Lift & Shift, RiverMeadow modernizes operating systems, optimizes infrastructure, upgrades databases, and reduces technical debt during migration.Media ContactRiverMeadow Softwareinfo@rivermeadow.comwww.rivermeadow.com