Application modernisation field guide
It’s time to modernise your application portfolio


Business pressures demand faster time to market and app modernisation. The best approach to modernisation depends on your existing estate. Modernisation approaches include refactoring into cloud-native microservices and replatforming traditional apps on container platforms.
This field guide provides a high-level overview of IBM’s application modernisation approach, including how to:
- Accelerate digital transformation
- Change the developer experience
- Accelerate delivery
- Deploy enterprise applications on hybrid cloud platforms
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