AWS Blu Insights, accessible at https://bluinsights.aws/, offers a set of services that cover different needs for legacy source code modernization projects. It is part of the AWS Blu Age Refactoring solution of Mainframe Modernization.
Access to those services is based on the certification level. For the highest certification level (L3), users will have access to 10 services as depicted in the screenshot including Codebase, Versions Manager, To-Dos, Transformation Center, Secured Spaces, Capture & Replay, Business, Time Tracker, System Utilities, Library / Training.
Those services are accessible for free except the Transformation Center (TC) which is subject to billing (See pricing page although it has not been update yet).
The Transformation Center is the service that allows to leverage the AWS Blu Age transformation engines in automated and user-friendly workflow to transform the code (e.g. Cobol, RPG...) and get the modernized source code (e.g. Java, Angular, Groovy...).
A few weeks ago, we announced the release of the billing mechanisms of the Transformation Center. Working backward with our customers and partners, we identified critical adjustments of the pricing model. We refined it and updated the mechanisms following this simplified pattern:
At the creation of the TC project, AWS Blu Insights automatically calculates:
- the total number of lines of code candidate for transformation.
- the number of installments (i.e. to avoid upfront billing and trigger billing in parallel to project progress).
Users benefit from a free tier of 120 000 lines of code. Once consumed, the billing will occur based on installments.
For more details, please refer to the documentation and FAQ.
The AWS Blu Insights team