Legacy databases aren’t just aging, they’re actively holding your business back.
With over $200 billion spent annually on database licenses and more than $2 trillion in tech debt across U.S. enterprises, the cost of not migrating is growing fast. Yet many organizations continue to delay modernization efforts due to the slow, risky, and manual nature of traditional database migrations.
But what if the real blockers weren’t technical, but based on outdated assumptions? This is why we launched Caylent Accelerate™— to rewrite the rules of database modernization.
With an approach that harnesses the power of AWS and AI automation from end to end, Caylent Accelerate™ can help your organization migrate and modernize databases faster—while dramatically reducing effort, risk, and cost.
In this post, we break down five common assumptions teams make around legacy database modernization challenges and how new approaches are helping organizations tackle them faster, more efficiently, and with less risk.
Challenge 1: Modernization Takes Too Long
What we hear: “We don’t have the time or resources to commit to a months-long migration.”
What’s changing: Automation is shrinking migration timelines by up to 70%.
The solution: By combining large language models (LLMs) with AWS-native tooling, Caylent Accelerate™ helps automate time-consuming tasks such as stored procedure translation, test case generation, and dependency mapping, speeding up every stage of the process.
The result: Migration timelines are being reduced by months, allowing your team to focus on innovation instead of remediation.
Challenge 2: We Can’t Afford to Move Off Our Existing Licenses
What we hear: “The cost of change seems higher than staying put.”
What’s changing: As licensing and infrastructure costs rise, staying put will be the more expensive choice in the long run.
The solution: Caylent Accelerate™ is purpose-built to help organizations move off expensive, proprietary platforms like Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server and transition to open-source databases like PostgreSQL on AWS.
The result: Migrating to open-source databases such as PostgreSQL on AWS can eliminate licensing fees and reduce infrastructure overhead, unlocking long-term savings and greater flexibility. By consolidating your tech stack and eliminating outdated licensing models, you can reinvest in innovation instead of maintenance.
Challenge 3: Migrations Are Too Risky
What we hear: “We can’t afford disruptions to critical systems.”
What’s changing: You don’t have to choose between speed, cost, and accuracy.
The solution: Caylent Accelerate™ combines AI-powered automation with expert validation to reduce that risk. Built on Amazon Bedrock, the platform automatically translates SQL, maps architecture, and creates test-ready outputs, all while enabling expert teams to review and approve critical steps along the way. This “human-in-the-loop” model ensures speed without sacrificing precision.
The result: Critical systems stay stable throughout the migration, with fewer errors, smoother transitions, and greater confidence at every step.
Challenge 4: Even If We Migrate, We’ll Still Be Stuck with a Clunky Architecture
What we hear: “A lift-and-shift won’t help us innovate.”
What’s changing: Modernization isn’t just about moving, it’s about transforming.
The solution: Caylent Accelerate™ does more than move data. It transforms your infrastructure into something that’s scalable, modern, and built for long-term growth. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner, Caylent provides seamless support for Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Redshift. Caylent Accelerate™ helps you move toward a cloud-native, AI-ready platform—one that’s prepared for analytics, machine learning, and future innovation.
The result: A more streamlined and maintainable architecture that reduces operational overhead and supports future initiatives, such as analytics, automation, and AI.
Challenge 5: We Don’t Know Where to Start
What we hear: “We need a roadmap before we can take action.”
What’s changing: You can now start with an assessment that evaluates your current database environment and creates a migration plan to lay the groundwork for your modernization journey.
The solution: Caylent offers a Database Modernization Assessment.
What you'll get:
- Discovery & Analysis – Evaluate your current database environment, identify high-value migration targets, and analyze database objects.
- Complexity Assessment – GenAI-powered code analysis categorizes database objects by complexity level.
- ROI Analysis – High level payback timelines showing how quickly licensing fees will be eliminated.
- Target Architecture Design – Tailored migration architecture built on proven AWS frameworks.
- Migration Strategy Development – A detailed migration plan with clear milestones and resource requirements.
The result: A clear modernization roadmap that outlines effort, cost, and resourcing—providing the strategic foundation you need to confidently move forward with your modernization efforts.
Modernization Doesn’t Have to Be a Struggle
The database modernization journey doesn’t have to be long, expensive, or disruptive.
With Caylent Accelerate™, you can cut through the complexity, accelerate results, and unlock the infrastructure you need to scale—faster.
Get started today with a Database Modernization Assessment.