Many modernization and migration experts have spoken on how to accomplish modernization without bringing down existing business workloads and IT services. To perform modernization, whether to go for re-engineering, re-architecting, re-platforming, and so on, is the moot question to be answered. Other considerations include whether modernization helps applications maintain their original performance level and capabilities, such as scalability, availability, reliability, and security. The following diagram shows how a litany of application modernization and migration technologies come in handy for elevating legacy applications to newer applications that fulfill business needs, market demands, customer satisfaction, and higher productivity:

Path-breaking technologies and breakthrough tools enable the smooth transition toward newer applications that are knowledge-filled, event-driven, service-oriented, cloud-hosted, process-aware, and people-centric.