Application Modernization

There isn’t a single, one-size-fits-all strategy for migrating applications to the cloud. The right migration strategy for you will depend on your organization’s needs and priorities, and the kind of applications you are migrating. Not all applications warrant the investment of moving to a platform as a service (PaaS) model or developing a cloud-native application model. In many cases, you can take a phased or incremental approach to invest in moving your assets to the cloud, based on your business needs.

For modern applications with the best long-term agility and value for the organization, you might benefit from investing in cloud-native application architectures. However, for applications that are existing or legacy assets, the key is to spend minimal time and money (no rearchitecting or code changes) while moving them to the cloud, to realize significant benefits.

REHOST

Redeploy as-is to the cloud

• Reduce capex
• Free up DC space
• Quick cloud ROI

REFACTOR

Minimally alter to take better advantage of the cloud

• Faster, shorter updates
• Code portability
• Greater cloud efficiency (resources, speed, cost)

REARCHITECT

Materially alter/decompose application to services

• App scale & agility
• Easier adoption of new cloud capabilities
• Miscellaneous technology stacks

REBUILD

New code written with cloud-native approach

• Accelerate innovation
• Build apps faster
• Reduce operational cost
• Serverless, functions

“One of our big objectives was to eliminate $3 million in capital costs over about three years, and to reduce our operating costs by approximately the same amount. At the same time, we wanted to improve our quality of service. With Azure, we’re confident that we’ll meet those goals.”

Jim Slattery – Chief Financial Officer | Capstone Mining

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