Survey finds on average, IT managers report at least three to four measurable improvements from IT modernization efforts.
« Application modernization » has been an endeavor on IT’s overflowing work palette for decades now. Now, a recent survey suggests that it is finally making inroads into amping up companies’ digital capabilities. The recent survey of 400 IT leaders, commissioned by Insight and conducted by IDG, finds « modernization efforts to-date are already generating measurable improvements in service quality, user experience, and cost-efficiency, » the survey’s authors state. So what is « modernization » in a 2022 context? Just few years back, it meant pulling away from mainframes and midrange-class servers to Windows and Linux (and Unix). Then it became moving from Windows/Linux server collections to cloud-based services. And now? It means continuing embrace of wholesale digital transformation for the business as a whole, built upon « As-a-Service » environments that provide capabilities ranging from artificial intelligence to IoT data management.
