For a growing number of companies today, app modernization is a high priority. They’re attempting to update their IT infrastructure and reduce costs by moving software applications out of their on-premises data centers and into the cloud. According to CloudZero, more than two-thirds already have some or all of their IT estate in the cloud, […]
Application modernization continues to gain traction. According to Foundry’s State of The CIO Study 2023, modernizing applications and infrastructures remains the third-highest initiative for Chief Information Officers (CIOs). It is also among the top five factors driving IT investment dollars in 2023. In fact, 91% of CIOs expect their budgets to increase or remain the […]
How to avoid mistakes when modernizing applications As Chief Ecosystem Officer at vFunction, Bob Quillin is considered an expert in the topic of application modernization, specifically, modernizing monolithic Java applications into microservices and building a business case to do so. In his role at vFunction, inevitably, he is asked the question, “Where do I start?” […]
How to get buy-in and budget for successful application modernization Bob Quillin, chief ecosystem officer at vFunction, is an industry expert when it comes to application modernization. He often finds that the biggest hurdle to application modernization is developing a compelling business case to take on such a complicated task that can be costly and […]
Why do application modernizations fail 79% of the time? Red Hat and vFunction answered that question at Red Hat Summit 2023 and provided three recipes for success. Co-presented by Markus Nagel, Principal Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat and Bob Quillin, Chief Ecosystem Officer at vFunction, the session is now available on-demand on the Red […]
Can technical debt cause business disasters? Just ask Southwest Airlines: their technical debt caused a shutdown during the 2022 Christmas season that cost the company more than $1 billion, not to mention the goodwill of irate customers who were stranded by the collapse of the carrier’s flight and crew scheduling system. Or you could ask […]
The three-layered (or three-tiered) application architecture has served for decades as the fundamental design framework for modern software development. It came to the fore in the 1990s as the predominant development approach for client-server applications and is still widely used today. Many organizations continue to depend on three-layer Java applications for some of their most […]
To keep pace in their marketplace, many businesses today are attempting to modernize their business and the legacy apps they depend on by moving them to the cloud. But experience has shown that migrating workloads requires a structured framework to guide developers and IT staffers in this new environment. That’s what the cloud center of […]
It Takes a First-Class Seat: Demonstrating the Benefits of Continuous Application Modernization Continuous application modernization allows organizations to address legacy code in iterative steps. It adheres to an agile-like methodology where incremental improvements are delivered faster with less risk than traditional waterfall methods, where multiple updates are delivered at once. However, an effective agile environment […]
As we settle into 2023, today is the perfect time for your organization to start considering modernization in the year ahead. it’s essential that organizations regularly upgrade their operations to remain competitive. Keeping systems current and up-to-date also facilitates stability, growth and higher levels of success. That said, the variety of options available for app […]
