The State of Application Modernization

From the perspective of IT and business technology leaders, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ultimate digital transformation pressure test. As organizations scrambled to support fully distributed workforces and securely integrate new cloud-native data platforms and collaboration apps into already-complex ecosystems, many cranked their existing application modernization efforts into overdrive.

Key findings:

• Organizations are waist-deep in application modernization — 71% say at least one out of four applications are undergoing active modernization, and 24% say more than half of all their applications are undergoing modernization.
• Most have already paid a price for dragging their feet — Over half say delaying application modernization has resulted in prior failures to meet compliance requirements (56%) and/or to scale critical services when required (51%).
• Cloud expertise is the #1 desired trait in a partner — The top criteria for selecting application modernization partners is proven ability to deliver to the cloud (especially for enterprises).