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Application portability,
made operational.

Foundry decouples applications from the operating systems and infrastructure they were built for. Modernise without rewriting. Package once, deliver to AWS, containers and AWS WorkSpaces, on a self-service pipeline your team can run.

Book a Foundry demo → Explore Studio & Flow
~40%
Typical infrastructure cost reduction vs VMs
5
Modernisation paths, one portable runtime
0
Source code or installer required
2
Tracks, server & desktop, one platform
The problem

Your infrastructure has moved on.
Your applications haven't.

The first wave of cloud was lift and shift. Infrastructure moved, but applications stayed the same, tightly coupled to the operating systems and runtimes they were built for. Now teams want containers, AWS, and modern delivery pipelines, and the applications keeping the business running are the blockers.

Rewrite, refactor, containerise, lift and shift. All four require changing the application. Foundry offers a fifth path, one that respects what's already running, and gets it to where it needs to be.

  • Legacy Windows and Linux services still running business-critical workloads
  • VMware estates under cost pressure post-Broadcom, every renewal a problem
  • Daily VDI rebuild cycles stretching past the maintenance window
  • Complex application portfolios with no installer, no source code, no path forward
  • Internal teams stretched, no engineering capacity for rewrites
Five paths to modernisation
1
RewriteRebuild the application from scratch
Highest cost
2
RefactorModify code for new platforms
Engineering heavy
3
ContaineriseMove workloads into containers
Architecture dep.
4
Lift & shiftMove existing virtual machines
Often temporary
5
Application portabilityDecouple apps from infrastructure, no rewrite
No code change
Two ways to use Foundry

One platform.
Two delivery tracks.

Foundry is built for two distinct modernisation jobs. Studio handles server-side and VM-to-container modernisation. Flow handles desktop and VDI delivery, with a dedicated path for AWS WorkSpaces.

For server & cloud teams

Foundry Studio

VM-to-container, without the rewrite. Move legacy server applications onto modern infrastructure while preserving exactly how they behave.

  • No source code or installer required, just a VM image
  • Windows and Linux supported, including legacy OS compatibility
  • Modernise to containers and AWS-native services
  • Accelerate VMware lift & shift in the post-Broadcom era
  • Self-service pipeline, minimal specialist effort
Best for: Server apps, custom LOB, multi-tier stacks, VMware workloads
Explore Foundry Studio →
For desktop & VDI teams

Foundry Flow

Daily virtual desktops, ready when your users arrive. Automated app delivery for non-persistent VDI, with a dedicated AWS WorkSpaces path.

  • Apps available the moment a user logs in, every day
  • Eliminates manual packaging and fragile golden-image cycles
  • Win32, legacy installers, custom enterprise apps
  • Works with Microsoft AVD App-Attach and Amazon WorkSpaces
  • MSIX-ready output for modern desktop estates
Best for: Non-persistent VDI, complex app portfolios, MSP delivery
Explore Foundry Flow →
The AWS WorkSpaces path

Every morning, your virtual desktops rebuild from scratch.
Foundry Flow makes sure the apps are already there.

AWS Partner
AWS PartnerWorkSpaces ready

Non-persistent virtual desktops are the standard for security, compliance, and cost. The trade-off has always been delivery: rebuilding apps into the golden image, packaging them by hand, troubleshooting the morning users cannot open Excel.

Foundry Flow automates the full daily cycle. Apps are packaged once into portable runtimes, attached at login, and delivered to AWS WorkSpaces or Microsoft AVD without touching the underlying image. Every desktop is fresh. Every app is ready.

For AWS customers, Flow integrates directly with WorkSpaces and aligns with AWS EUC modernisation programmes. An end-to-end path from old VDI to managed cloud desktop, with no installer chaos in between.

100%
App availability at user login
0
Manual packaging in the morning rebuild
AWS
WorkSpaces and EUC-aligned
MSIX
Modern app format, ready out of the box
01

Package once

Capture the app as a portable runtime, source-code-free

02

Stage to Flow

App becomes available to the delivery pipeline, no image rebuild

03

Attach at login

Apps appear on the WorkSpace the moment the user signs in

04

Refresh tomorrow

Desktop rebuilds overnight. Apps are ready again. No IT lifting a finger

How Foundry works

Five steps from legacy
to portable.

The same pipeline powers Studio and Flow. One process, two delivery destinations.

01

Analyse

Map the application, dependencies, runtimes and OS hooks, automatically.

02

Package

Create a portable runtime that travels with the app, infrastructure-independent.

03

Validate

Test the package against the target platform, confirm behaviour matches the original.

04

Deploy

Ship to containers, AWS, AVD, WorkSpaces, or any modern target environment.

05

Secure

Layer isolation and security controls around the application by default.

Customer proof

Foundry in production,
across regulated and creative estates.

From classic gaming services to global financial services, Foundry has done the hard yards on real workloads.

All customer stories →
Foundry Studio Featured · Gaming · United Kingdom

Team17

Classic multiplayer game services, kept alive for the player community while Team17's engineers focused on new development. Wormnet, lifted to AWS without rewriting a line.

AWS ECS Fargate RDS MariaDB Legacy Linux Web & IRCD services
✓
Migration off unsupported OS, complete
0
Disruption to player-facing services
→
Clear pathway to full containerisation

Foundry analysed the components, packaged the services, validated compatibility, and deployed onto AWS ECS Fargate with MariaDB on RDS, while the games kept running for players around the world.

Foundry Flow Banking · Asia-Pacific

A global retail bank

A vast, regulated application portfolio across thousands of desktops, with manual packaging cycles getting in the way of every release.

10x
Throughput vs manual packaging
100%
Compliance audit-readiness
1
Standardised desktop pipeline

Foundry standardised packaging and delivery, removed the bottleneck, and made release cycles predictable across the regulated estate.

Foundry Studio Enterprise IT · Cross-sector

From VMs to containers

Customers facing Broadcom-era VMware costs needed a faster, cheaper way to modernise workloads, without engineering teams that did not exist.

~40%
Infrastructure cost reduction
0
Application source code changes
→
Path to AWS-native opened

Foundry takes the application as it is, and lifts it into a container or modern desktop environment. The team that owned it yesterday still owns it today.

~40%
Typical cost reduction vs running on VMs
0
Source code, installer, or rewrite required
5
Steps from legacy to portable runtime
2026
VMware renewal pressure, addressed without rewriting
Foundry support

Modernisation is a project.
Running it forever isn't.

Foundry is a platform, not a one-off engagement. Every package built in Studio or Flow is supported as long as you run it, with a UK-based engineering team that knows your estate and your applications by name.

  • Lifecycle support Every package is supported for as long as it is in production
  • UK-based engineering Direct access to the team that built your packages
  • Self-service pipeline Your desktop and platform teams own the day-to-day
  • Roadmap commitments MSIX, AVD App-Attach, AWS WorkSpaces, all on the active roadmap
Book a Foundry walkthrough →

Foundry let us keep services running for our players while moving off unsupported infrastructure, without our team rewriting a single line of legacy code.

T17
Team17 engineering
Wormnet modernisation programme
What now

One platform. Three ways in.

The fastest way to know whether Foundry fits is to start with the workload that hurts most.

Foundry
Foundry

Not sure which track fits your problem?

Bring us a workload, a VMware estate, or a VDI delivery problem. We will show you what Foundry would do with it, on your timeline.

Book a demo → Or try the VM cost calculator
Foundry Studio
Foundry Studio

VMware bills doubling, no rewrite capacity?

Move VMs into containers and AWS-native services without rewriting the application. Studio is the route off VMware that respects what is already running.

Talk to engineering → Calculate the saving
Foundry Flow
Foundry Flow

Rebuilds taking all night, apps still missing?

Daily VDI rebuild cycles brought back inside the maintenance window, with apps available the moment users log in. Built for AWS WorkSpaces and Microsoft AVD.

Speak to a Flow engineer → Or read the AWS path