AWS for Software Companies Podcast

Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving cloud and AI landscape with the AWS for Software Companies podcast. Hear from renowned software leaders, respected industry analysts, and experienced consultants alongside AWS experts as they explore the technologies shaping the future—from generative AI and agentic systems to intelligent cloud architectures, and modern data management. Learn how AI agents are transforming enterprise workflows, how leading companies are modernizing their cloud strategies with security best practices at the core, and what's driving the next wave of SaaS innovation. New episodes drop regularly to keep you informed on the trends that matter most to your business.

AWS for Software Companies Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by AWS - Amazon Web Services, with 225 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

AWS - Amazon Web Services hosts AWS for Software Companies Podcast, a technology show with 225 episodes published.

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  Episode #226

  Ep226: The Intelligent Legal Work Platform - Clio's Journey on AWS

  Sep 29, 202628 min

  From data-center chaos to billion-dollar acquisitions: the real story behind Clio 's cloud journey, compliance battles, and rapid AI-driven transformation. Topics Include: AWS-Clio partnership: migrate, modernize, add AI, then co-sell Legal industry ran on WordPerfect, mainframes, and homemade billing Clio launched 2008, same year as AWS's first database Now serves 400,000+ legal professionals across 130 countries Landed legal tech's largest-ever acquisition, raised $500M Series G Ships code 50-100 times daily in a regulated industry Started split across a data center, Azure, AWS, some GCP Nine years of acquisitions, fundraising, and rapid team growth Sharded databases, added regions for compliance and low latency Engineering team grew from 40 to over 650 people Lawyers once feared cloud security and data ownership questions Three principles: data security, system resilience, data regionality Stage one: survival, learning EC2, RDS, S3 basics Stage two: earning trust through SOC 2, PCI compliance AWS became a compliance partner, not just a host Stage three: AI reshapes coding speed and company culture Integrating acquisitions scattered across Heroku, GCP, Azure, others VLUX deal added a billion-document legal case-law database Rapid acquisition-to-launch playbook: some products shipped in days Strategy: avoid single AI vendor, preserve maximum optionality Participants: Jonathan Watson – Chief Technology Officer, Clio Martin Bazinet – Director of Technology, AWS Canada, Amazon Web Services    See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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  Episode #225

  Ep225: From COBOL to Agile Workflows - Accelerate Mainframe Modernization with AWS Transform and Pega Blueprint

  Sep 22, 202626 min

  Experts from Pegasystems and AWS reveal how AI-powered tools now modernize decades-old mainframe systems in weeks instead of years—unlocking trapped data faster than ever. Topics Include: Session covers accelerating mainframe modernization using AWS Transform and Pega Blueprint Agenda: challenges, joint solution, value prop, customer story, rollout mechanism Mainframe costs rise 20-30% yearly, straining IT budgets significantly Monolithic systems create long time-to-market, hurting competitiveness against newer rivals Mainframe data stays locked away, blocking AI adoption and innovation Retiring mainframe skills outpace new workforce training, compounding the problem AI now enables analyzing decades-old code bases within weeks, not years AWS Transform extracts business logic; Pega Blueprint visualizes modernized target applications Five-step journey: Transform, Pega Foundry, Blueprint, then deployment via Infinity platform Three Transform agents handle code, data, and activity analysis separately Data analysis covers data lineage and data dictionary schema extraction Outputs feed a knowledge graph, enabling natural language queries anytime Transform deterministically identifies distinct data paths from mainframe systems Data paths get grouped into business functions, each modernizable independently Final steps extract business logic and generate plain-English requirements Blueprint agent enriches Transform outputs, enabling intuitive workflow design Blueprint offers runtime previews and is publicly accessible at pega.com Pega Infinity platform handles both batch and online mainframe workloads Insurance company Unum modernized 1.5M lines of COBOL in three months Experience-Based Acceleration program delivers modernized, working code within four-to-six weeks Participants: Surender Kumar – Director, Mainframe Modernization, Pegasystems Ujwal Bukka – Sr Partner Solutions Architect, Business Apps, Amazon Web Services Sourav Sarkar – Sr Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect, Mainframe & Legacy Modernization, Amazon Web Services See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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  Episode #224

  Ep224: Billing the Unbillable: How Zuora Monetizes AI on Amazon AgentCore

  Sep 15, 202622 min

  Discover how Zuora turned its own billing platform inward to track AI costs down to the individual engineer, giving CFOs the trust and auditability they demand. Topics Include: AWS's Achint Naveen opens, introduces Zuora as a key partner Audience poll reveals AI monetization is still a struggle Zuora's Katherine Shealy introduces the company's AI monetization focus Zuora powers monetization for global brands like Twilio, Zoom Their platform spans CPQ, billing, metering, and revenue recognition Usage-based pricing has flipped seat-based SaaS models upside down AI companies face a 20-point margin gap versus SaaS Companies juggling multiple pricing models face major hidden complexity Traditional pricing models are breaking down under AI's dynamic costs Zuora's framework aligns teams early through an NPI-style process Their tech lets companies iterate pricing at engineering speed Zuora now tracks its own AI costs internally too Zuora AI runs on AWS Bedrock and AgentCore infrastructure AWS's Achint details the full stack behind Zuora AI AgentCore Memory gives Zuora's agents secure, persistent context Participants: Katherine Shealy – Principal Product Marketing Manager, Zuora Achint Naveen – Sr Account Manager, Amazon Web Services    See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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  Episode #223

  Ep223: Cybersecurity in the Age of AI – Inside Sophos, the World’s Largest Agentic SOC

  Sep 9, 202647 min

  Sophos CSO Simon Reed reveals how attackers now operate like leveraged businesses—and how AI is making both sides of the cyber arms race dramatically more sophisticated. Topics Include: Intro: Simon Reed, CSO at Sophos , joins Kamil Davidov. Sophos defends 625,000+ organizations with AI-native Fusion platform. Sophos MDR runs the world's largest agentic SOC. Simon's journey: cybersecurity since 2001, from graffiti to warfare. Cyber threats framed as constant toxicity, not occasional lightning strikes. Sophos spans small business to enterprise, giving unique threat visibility. Attackers now operate as leveraged, ecosystem-driven businesses, not lone actors. AI dramatically increases attack quality, speed, and sophistication. AWS Local Zones cut latency for Sophos's threat intelligence cloud. IntellX connects every product to real-time global threat data. "Good day" means finding novelty before attackers exploit it. Worst days: sudden, unpredictable supply chain compromise scenarios. Sophos updates protection across 600,000 customers within minutes. Decisions made fast, on incomplete data, balancing speed and risk. Sophos has pursued AI and deep learning for eight-plus years. Agentic AI's next phase reduces laborious human security work. Simon prioritizes class-based, automation-scale defenses over budgets. Sophos cut data platform costs 30%, migrated ahead of schedule. Advice: hyper-engage AWS account teams, push for more. Closing story: Sophos helped stop ransomware hitting hospitals during COVID. Participants: Simon Reed – Chief Security Officer, Sophos Kamil Davidov – Sales Leader Israel ISV-BizApps, Amazon Web Services See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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  Episode #222

  Ep222: Vibe Coding at Scale – How Retool is Securing the AI Software Boom

  Sep 7, 202622 min

  Vibe coding is accelerating code development within the Enterprise, but at what cost of security? Retool ’s CEO shares how you can accelerate software development while managing the risks effectively. Topics Include: Internal software runs pharmacies, grocery checkouts, and airport check-ins daily Retool manages and de-risks environment from insecure code AI has driven a 10x surge in code volume since 2025 More code plus less human review means falling code quality Non-engineers can now build working apps in minutes flat But deploying and securing those apps remains genuinely difficult Multiple CIOs found private company data exposed on the internet Uncontrolled model choice is quietly driving up company costs Attackers now deploy automated agent swarms, not lone hackers Defense is asymmetric: one flaw in, everything must hold Retool runs inside customers' own cloud, often on AWS A single data choke point enables logging, audits, authorization Guardrails, not their absence, actually let teams move faster Security audits reveal major gaps in nearly all companies checked Nearly all companies may face a serious hack within 18 months Participants: David Hsu – Founder, CEO, Retool See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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