1MOVE TO THE CLOUDContainer orchestration on Kubernetes platforms is rapidly adopted virtually across cloud providers. This makes it - a better way to move the monolith to cloud. The Virtual Machine (VM)-based “lift and shift” method is used for application migration to the cloud.

3ALIGN IT ANDBUSINESS STRATEGYOn your path to legacy application modernization, ensure that IT goals are well aligned with business objectives. Identify technical and business drivers. Set up the target environment before creating a roadmap to accomplish modernization goals.

5INTEGRATE WITH DEVOPSUpgrade enterprise applications, as you adopt a point-and-click, push-button approach through a modern user interface (UI). Implement tight integration of your enterprise apps with continuous deployment tools and processes, like DevOps. Connect a catalog of portable, virtual application components directly with the orchestration tools.

7USE A HYBRID CLOUDPLATFORMModernize your business using an integrated platform that supports legacy systems and cloud-native applications. As you use a hybrid cloud platform, you globally control your IT infrastructure, streamline operations across your data center, edge, and cloud locations, and execute intrinsic security across workloads.

2MODERNIZEINFRASTRUCTUREGartner2 believes that businesses can deliver a more agile IT environment using commercial off-the-shelf infrastructure. This modern infrastructure should be able to support legacy and new apps, while extending to the cloud.

4PROVIDE RIGHT TOOLS TOYOUR DEVELOPERSTools you provide to your developers should enable them to modernize legacy apps quickly. You may adopt any approach to app modernization, ranging from application repackaging to replatforming to refactoring. Use tools that act like a key to successful deployment.

6ESTABLISH A STRONGDEVOPS TEAM CULTUREDevOps equips your software developmentteams with speed, resiliency, scalability,and flexibility. As your business strives toachieving a DevOps culture, expertpractitioners share responsibility forrunning the code in production.

1. Gartner Report “Market Insight: Cloud Shift – 2018-2022”

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2. Smarter with Gartner Blog Resource, Modernize Your IT Infrastructure in 5 Steps

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