Application
Modernization
White Paper
A comprehensive white paper explaining Application Modernization best practices, and a blueprint for planning your own roadmap.
Solution Guide
A buyers guide presentation showcasing the landscape of technologies and partner solutions available for Application Modernization projects.
Application modernization is a strategic initiative that involves transforming legacy systems into modern, cloud-native, and scalable solutions. This practice is crucial for organizations looking to stay competitive in the digital age and drive innovation through technology.
Enterprise Applications
Modernized applications support agile development methodologies, allowing for faster innovation and adaptation to market changes, better integration with other systems and leveraging of advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities.
Desktop Applications
Legacy Windows applications refer to software programs that were developed using older technologies and frameworks, typically built using technologies such as Visual Basic, C++, or .NET Framework.
Modernization ROI
A Forrester study documented that following the Azure PaaS modernization process can realize benefits including: A three year 228% ROI, with a payback period of 15 months; a 50% increase in the speed of application development. and a 40% reduction in app-dev related infrastructure costs.
Application Modernization offers a decision tree framework where a choice of three Azure PaaS (Platform as a Service) scenarios are offered as the target architecture for modernization.
Partner Directory
Azure Partners offering modernization services.
Maturity asssessment
A maturity model provides a structured framework that helps organizations assess their current capabilities and identify areas for improvement.
There are various approaches to application modernization, such as re-platforming, re-architecting, or rebuilding from scratch. The assessment sets clear objectives for the modernization process, determining what you aim to achieve through modernization, whether it’s improving user experience, reducing maintenance costs, or enhancing performance.
An audit to assess the current state of your applications, identifying areas that need improvement, evaluate dependencies, and understand the overall architecture.
This enables you to determine your current digital maturity level, set clear goals and objectives, identify gaps, prioritize areas for improvement and track progress and measure success.
Diane Wright
Application Modernization Leader
Modernization
PMO
Project Management Office for co-ordinating the transformation of complex application portfolios.
A PMO provides centralized governance and oversight, ensuring that modernization projects align with strategic goals.
With a structured approach and dedicated oversight, organizations can navigate the complexities of modernizing their applications effectively and efficiently.
Roadmap Modules
Individual Competency Journeys That Can Be Aligned to Your Identified Maturity Gaps
This enables your Roadmap to be assembled in a modular fashion
Implementing best practices in application modernization is crucial for successful migration to cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure.
Cloud Native Computing involves developing applications as a collection of loosely coupled and independently deployable microservices, packaged in containers.
