Are you struggling with outdated and legacy applications that are holding your organization back? It's time to embrace the power of application modernization! Join an Application Modernization Practice Lead as we explore the latest trends and best practices for updating and transforming your applications to meet the needs of today's dynamic and fast-paced business environment. We'll explore how cloud migration, microservices architecture, and modernization frameworks can help you improve performance, scalability, reliability, security, and user experience. Learn from real-world examples and case studies of successful application modernization projects and gain insights into how you can overcome common challenges and obstacles.

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Dive into the World of Application Modernization
Transforming Legacy to Leading Edge
Presented by Chris Steele

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Quick thank you!
Applause 

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About Me

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Today’s Focus
Understanding Application Modernization
Challenges of Legacy Applications
Modernization Strategies
Best Practices
Closing

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Understanding Application Modernization

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Microsoft
Application modernization
is the process of updating
current apps and data to a
cloud-first model to align
with business needs. This
may involve migrating to
the cloud

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AWS
Modernization means taking
your application environment
in the form that it’s in today
(most likely, legacy and
monolithic) and transforming
it into something that is more
agile, elastic, and highly
available

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IBM
Application modernization
is the process of taking
existing legacy applications
and modernizing their
platform infrastructure,
internal architecture, and/or
features.

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Why should you care?
Strategic response to challenges and opportunities
Market dynamics Agility and
innovation
Regulatory
changes
Cost efficiency

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Challenges of Legacy Applications

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Common Issues with Legacy Applications
Cost
Management
Data
Integration
Agility Scalability Security Technical
Debt
Lack of Talent

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Impact on Business
Business Agility
Security Breaches
Increased Cost

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Some Stats
Data Science Central

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Modernization Strategies

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Strategies
Retire
Remove
obsolete
components
Reduces
technical
landscape
Cost savings
Rehost
Faster
migration
Typically,
automated
Still requires
infrastructure
maintenance
Replatform
Leveraging
cloud services
Minor code
changes
Structure
largely the
same
Refactor
Restructuring
of code
Deep cloud
integration
Requires
rearchitecting
Replace
Start from
scratch
Tech debt
refresh
Can take the
longest

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Strategy Effort
Retire Rehost Replatform Refactor Replace
Effort

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Common Approaches
Cloud
Computing
Automation /
DevSecOps
Containers
Microservices AI / ML

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Best Practices

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Key Principles for Success
Business Alignment
Comprehensive Assessment
User-Centric
Incremental Approach
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Up-to-date Technical Approach
Change Management
Monitoring/Metrics
Documentation
Risk Management

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How to get started
Identify
challenge
Focus on
business
outcomes
Define
modernization
strategy
Determine
success
metrics
Conduct risk
assessment
Start small
Consider
leveraging a
partner

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Common Obstacles
Resistance to
change
Limited
resources
Legacy
complexity
Scope creep Unrealistic
Expectations

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Case Study
Microsoft +
Forrester Consulting

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Recap

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Key Takeaways
Understand
the
importance
Identify the
challenges
Define the
strategy
Plan for the
obstacles
Start small

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Questions? Comments? Heckling?

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Thank you for joining my talk!