Friday 16 December 2016

Application Modernization - Why Is It Crucial For Your Enterprise?

Application modernization is a new key area, enterprises are now focusing on to simplify complex app development infrastructures and accommodate marketing and business need to stay competitive in the tech-driven economy. Many organizations consider application modernization to be a savvy method for modernizing legacy systems in a cost-effective, efficient and integrated way. And with the latest Microsoft software development technologies, it becomes easier to modernize your enterprise app. But what does application modernization exactly mean and how can organizations achieve it?

As defined by Tech Target, “Application modernization is the refactoring, re-purposing or consolidation of legacy software programming to align it more closely with current business needs.” It creates new business value for your existing applications. Smoothly running legacy applications is a resource-intensive process and time-consuming especially when the software you have deployed becomes outdated and new versions of system hardware or underlying operating systems become incompatible. 



Recent studies reveal that those organizations which do not streamline their business operations and modernize their current systems and processes through effective audits and adoption of latest trends, fall prey to competition and quickly go out of business. In order to modernize your enterprise applications, here are five keys to application modernization you need to consider.

1. Evaluate your application modernization systems:

Before setting out with any app modernization initiative, it is important for your organization to critically analyze your legacy systems you want to refactor. Since your application needs to be repurposed into a highly robust SaaS app, you need to thoroughly analyze the operating systems and network servers to make sure they can manage SaaS applications. If your organization has implemented BYOD policies then consider evaluating your mobile devices to ensure its capabilities for running SaaS apps.

2. Execute risk analysis of your legacy data:


Besides analyzing servers and OSes, you must determine the contingency measures for the proposed data migration initiative and be prepared for it in advance. For instance, if the legacy data is too critical to run the business operations, the lack of availability due to an unforeseen event can cause great damage to your organization in terms of loss of sales and revenue, and damaged reputation. As a result, you must consider data backup and disaster recovery solutions.

3. Consider your business needs:

The primary objective of modernizing your applications is to align app functions to your business strategy and workflows. Therefore, it is important to first consider the business requirements, identify the challenges in addition to process and operational requirements. You must also consider the intended positive outcomes you want to achieve through your app modernization initiative.

4. Detect app flaws early on in the project:


Once you start developing and checking your modernized applications, it is important to identify the flaws and defects in it as early as possible. Ensure several testing approaches and system-wide checks to achieve a thorough assessment of the app’s performance and its impact on your business process and workflows. If you identify the flaws in your app early on in the process, the costs of fixing the flaws are considerably low.

5. Establish an IT governance mechanism:

After identifying the flaws in your application, it is crucial to establish an appropriate IT governance mechanism. It will help you emphasize the core IT and organizational activities while keeping up the status of your application and project. Also, implement data management and enterprise content management (ECM) systems to ascertain the alignment and fulfillment of application growth objectives over a long-term.

Once your organization modernizes outdated applications, your network becomes more responsive and productive. What other possibilities do you think can exist for modernizing your enterprise applications? Share your thoughts with us through the comments.

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