The buyer’s guide for application services

The buyer’s guide for
application services

What does “application modernization” entail?

Application modernization” typically encompasses a wide range of strategic improvements that can be made to application infrastructure, security, and performance. Within the scope of this guide, we use this term to refer to the process of updating and transforming existing software applications (and their underlying infrastructure) to better align with an organization’s current and future needs.

This process can be broken down into three approaches (which may be applied concurrently or in a different order than the one laid out here):

Rehost (“lift and shift”): Migrate application and application infrastructure “as-is” to the cloud (or viceversa), with no code changes to the underlying application.
Replatform (modify for hybrid and multi-cloud): Optimize application infrastructure (e.g., with containers, serverless, or managed services) for multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Refactor (build AI services, applications, and APIs): Transform and build new application architecture to use modern technologies (e.g., AI, serverless, and microservice architectures) and reduce tech debt.

The use cases outlined in this guide are designed for application performance and security, which fall under one or more of the above approaches. As you begin — or continue — your modernization journey, consider which of these approaches feels the most applicable to your current priorities.

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What areas of your organization’s cybersecurity do you have responsibility for? *

Executive level strategy and planning

Security Leadership (e.g. defining organization’s security posture)

Security Management (e.g. running day-to-day of security team)

Technical (e.g. providing technical support expertise in areas such as engineering, architecture, response, intelligence)

What strategic initiatives are a priority for your organization? *

Network modernization

Modernizing application development

Reducing tech complexity through consolidation

Holistic, intelligent threat defense

Data protection and compliance

Data visibility and localization

Integrating AI into IT, security, and engineering operations

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