As a business you need to react quickly to changing customer demands. In order to focus on your customer facing application you want to avoid taking on any work that can be done by your cloud provider. In this presentation we will explore how you can modernise your application to maximise your customer focus.
4. Ford, RCA, GE,
Boeing, P&G, Sony
Age of
Manufacturing
Mass manufacturing
boost industrial
powerhouses
Age of Distribution
Global connections
made distribution easy
Age of Information
Connectivity benefits
those who control
information
Age of the
Customer
Empowered buyers
demand customer
focus
Toyota, UPC, K-Mart,
CSX
Microsoft, Google,
Deli, Capital one
Apple, Amazon,
Spotify, Netflix
1900-1960 1960-1990 1990-2010 2010 - ?
Why App Modernisation?
5. What does your customer expect?
● Great customer experiences
● ‘Always new’ features
● Frictionless eCommerce
● Data protection
● Personalisation
6. ● Massive peak loads
● Security & regulatory compliance
● Never-ending new feature demands
● Data quality
● Complexity of application stack
Technology Challenges
7. Theory of
Constraints
A chain is no stronger than weakest link
After Sales
Service
Fulfillment
Transaction
Processing
Order
Management
Customer
Interface
Data
Value
Chain
Theory of Constraints
A technology chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
10. Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting
Infrastructure as a Service Fully managed database service
App Optimization
Scaling
High Availability
Database Backups
DB s/w patches
DB s/w patches
OS patches
OS installation
Server maintenance
Rack and stack
Power, HVAC, net
App Optimization
Scaling
High Availability
Database Backups
DB s/w patches
DB s/w patches
OS patches
OS installation
Server maintenance
Rack and stack
Power, HVAC, net
Customer
Customer
13. ● Define strategy
● Embed business agility
● Milestones & dependencies
● Link objectives to roadmap
2. Roadmap Creation
14. ● Review your architecture
● Identify legacy & duplicates
● Treatment plan
● Automation
3. Simplify & Modernise
15. ● Provide visibility of the ‘Why’
● Cross-functional
● Continuous improvement culture
● Guard rails
4. Enable Product Teams
16. ● Game day
● Canary testing
● Observability & data insights
● Surveys
5. Experiment & Continuous
Improvement
17. ● Business agility requires app
modernisation
● The Theory of Constraints & legacy
applications can be your biggest hurdle
for growth
● Modernising your applications creates a
competitive advantage by increasing
speed to market & improving customer
experience
Takeaways