Cloud and Application Modernization
Technical articles and architecture insights on cloud migration, modernization strategy, legacy transformation and enterprise IT.
TL;DR — A feature is semantic meaning + code + runtime behavior, all three at once. Its category (UI, Business, Data, Cross-cutting) predicts how hard it will be to move. Cross-cutting features are features, so name them first. And a …
I have seen a lot of “AI modernizes your monolith” demos, and they all trip on the same rock. You ask the model where a capability starts and stops. It answers with total confidence. And it is wrong in the one spot you …
Every organization I’ve worked with has an application inventory problem. The inventory exists — but it lives in a spreadsheet that was accurate six months ago. It’s been forked by four teams. And developers won’t update …
Some of the most critical business logic in enterprises lives in spreadsheets. Not in applications. Not in databases. In .xlsb files that one person understands, everyone depends on, and nobody dares touch. I recently had to modernize …
Picture a sprawling enterprise catalog system, born in an era when monolithic applications ruled. It processes thousands of product queries daily across multiple regions. It has served its purpose for years — but it’s now showing its …
Originally published on the AWS Builder Center. Republished here with light formatting adjustments. TL;DR — Transformation isn’t new; AI just makes it faster. The same five-phase framework (Assessment → Target roadmap → Preparation → …
You cannot improve what you do not measure. This principle applies to code quality, system performance, and — critically — cloud modernization programs. Yet most organizations run multi-year, multi-million-euro transformation programs with …
Every enterprise has them: critical business calculations running in Excel workbooks that have grown into unmaintainable monsters. Hundreds of formulas, cross-sheet references, VBA macros, and a single owner who is terrified of breaking …
PowerBuilder applications are the cockroaches of enterprise software. I do not mean that disparagingly — they survive everything. Economic downturns, technology shifts, organizational restructuring, multiple failed “rip and …
Watch the 30-second summary Your browser does not support the video tag. Auto-generated summary — read the full article below for details. When organizations face technical debt and aging systems, a common reflex is to assume that …