Pega and AWS Collaborate on AI-Powered Legacy Transformation, Reducing Technical Debt

Pega Systems and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a five-year strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate legacy transformation using AWS advanced generative AI services. The collaboration aims to empower clients to harness the power of Pega products with AWS services like Amazon Bedrock and AWS Transform. This will help clients free themselves from technical debt and open the door for agentic automation across enterprise workflows.

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a five-year strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate legacy transformation using AWS advanced generative AI services. The collaboration aims to empower clients to harness the power of Pega products with AWS services like Amazon Bedrock and AWS Transform. This will help clients free themselves from technical debt and open the door for agentic automation across enterprise workflows [1].

The agreement, announced on July 14, 2025, will see Pega and AWS leverage AWS Transform, which uses agentic AI workflows to automate the full modernization lifecycle, and Pega Blueprint, a cloud-based application that leverages AI agents to accelerate the design and development of Pega-powered workflow applications. Together, this AI-based approach helps clients accelerate their journey to the cloud faster and more efficiently without disrupting critical business functions [1].

Pega will also integrate Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service, as the primary generative AI foundation powering Pega Blueprint and Pega Platform™, an AI decisioning and workflow automation platform used for building enterprise software solutions. Now powered with Amazon Bedrock, clients can securely leverage generative AI large language models (LLMs) from companies including Anthropic, Amazon, Cohere, Meta, and more. With Amazon Bedrock enterprise-grade security controls and governance capabilities, Pega clients can confidently use the power of Amazon Bedrock across the entire app development lifecycle – from requirements analysis to initial workflow design to continual refinement [1].

John Higgins, chief of client and partner success at Pega, stated, "By deepening our collaboration with AWS, we’re taking another major step in empowering organizations to use generative AI to accelerate their legacy application transformation initiatives. It’s no longer enough to keep applying incremental changes to legacy systems in the AI era. Clients want to drive strategic business process changes to capture the AI-driven productivity improvements – eliminating technical debt and enabling dynamic and intelligent workflows are significant value drivers for organizations seeking to embrace AI to drive business agility. And that’s where we come in. Partners can now differentiate their services by infusing their IP and best practices into Pega Blueprint to transform legacy applications" [1].

The collaboration also includes Pega’s commitment to selling in AWS Marketplace as the preferred transaction mechanism for Pega-as-a-Service, helping to further reduce the time between contract and innovation for clients, while also providing clients with access to financial benefits in AWS Marketplace. Furthermore, this collaboration enables Pega to offer comprehensive migration services and tools that guide on-premises clients through a seamless transition to Pega-as-a-Service [1].

Chris Grusz, managing director of technology partners at AWS, said, "Generative AI is not only revolutionizing what customers can build in the cloud, but with services like AWS Transform, it's fundamentally changing how quickly and seamlessly they can get to the cloud in the first place. Our strategic collaboration with Pega combines AWS AI-powered modernization capabilities with Pega's expertise in enterprise workflow transformation, providing customers with powerful tools to escape technical debt without disrupting critical business operations" [1].

The agreement underscores the growing importance of generative AI in transforming legacy systems and accelerating digital transformation initiatives. As enterprises increasingly rely on AI and automation to drive operational efficiency and customer engagement, partnerships like this one become crucial in navigating the complexities of modernizing legacy infrastructure [1].

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[1] https://www.stocktitan.net/news/PEGA/pega-signs-five-year-strategic-collaboration-agreement-with-aws-to-stiisooubel1.html