Application modernization is the process of improving your current applications, or creating new ones, in order to take advantage of technology and align your company\u2019s hardware architecture with business needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An application is a program designed to perform a specific task directly for user\u2019s benefit or in some cases for another application. That\u2019s why the launching of an application modernization project is not an easy job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
IT teams are responsible for keeping applications running without problems in order not to affect the continuity of business operations and this may be time-consuming and resource-consuming. Furthermore, we should be clear about the value of such updates on existing applications in terms of improvement of functions and\/or features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes application modernization is required since the old software becomes incompatible with new versions of operating system within a system hardware and the same operation requires an update for the purpose of a more efficient use of time and resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a variety of traditional methods to modernize applications like rewriting existing application code and update it to a more modern, web-friendly programming language. Other programmers prefer a web interface to be placed in front of the obsolete application in order to save still valuable parts therein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main challenge is that many out-dated applications contain a business process workflow which is coded and tied to other aspects of the legacy code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Planning a modernization process of application infrastructure is very important. An option may be migrating the entire application to a new environment which may contain different parts of application and organize the entire application with a container orchestrator like Kubernetes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another option is the creation of cloud-based native capabilities that connect with existing applications, through APIs, in order to provide new functionality. From containers to microservices, DevOps and security, we must understand all the different facets of application modernization process when we plan architecture and \/ or migration thereof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are containers?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Like a shipping container, a software container is a standardized package of software. A container contains everything required to make a software run, such as software code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and configuration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From the point of view of the users or owners, containers may look like a real server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a variety of containers such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Benefits Containers can bring to Organizations <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Mexico, organizations started learning about containers just a few ago; in the Mexican business landscape there are companies more advanced than others on such topics. If you are considering to adopt containers, here are some benefits you can get from them: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Are containers and microservices the same?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Container deployment and use are practically one step away from microservices. Microservices are not a \u201cwhat\u201d, but a \u201chow\u201d, they refer to the way the application architecture is designed. An architecture based on microservices allows dividing applications into multiple compact and independent elements. Unlike the traditional, monolithic approach of the applications, where everything is compiled into one piece, microservices are independent elements working together in order to accomplish the same tasks and achieve the business goals. Containers help to make the above happens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Example of a microservices-based application<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Netflix is \u200b\u200bone of the first companies to make extensive use of containers. They redesigned and restructured the applications that once ran their entire video service using a microservices architecture. For some years, Netflix has made use of more than 700 microservices approximately to manage each of the functions the entire service they offer consists of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is an example of some microservices of Netflix: <\/p>\n\n\n\n We know that modernizing legacy applications make digital transformation more difficult, time consuming, and costly. Even when the budget is not a concern for the organization, IT teams know that software is becoming obsolete faster and faster and we require action plans to modernize the infrastructure of our applications in the most efficient way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every application was an investment at the beginning, so the main challenge is to retain the value of applications, without restricting the innovation and adaptability to modern hardware. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Application modernization is the process of improving your current applications, or creating new ones, in order to take advantage of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"temas":[41],"class_list":["post-6881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","temas-digital-transformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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