#application-modernization

Deploying java based microservices to cloud- Runtimes

So .. which one is the best or right choice of the runtime for your java based applications ? There is no direct answer for this question as it depends on various factors. Most of this series deals with enterprise envrironments hence some runtimes havent been disucssed. If you feel it worth putting them into contention , please let me know in the comments section. What do you need to consider…

Application Modernisation – using IBM Transformation Advisor

In the last post, we saw how to install IBM Transformation advisor. In this post, we will learn how to use it for analysis and creating migration artefacts

Open your transformation advisor UI and it should look similar to this

You should get started by creating a new workspace that will be used to house your recommendations, this can be any string you want, such as the project name or the name…

Installing IBM Transformation Advisor [IBM TA]

IBM transformation advisor local installation makes use of Docker runtime. IBM provides you with a docker-compose.file which you can run locally to download and run the required containers for IBM TA.

Pre-requisites

Make sure you have docker installed

Register and download the docker compose and environment files of IBM TA, from https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/signup?formid=urx-38642

Install…

This blog post focuses on IBM specific application hosting environments and analysis tool ‘Transformation Advisor.

IBM Transformation Advisor (IBM TA)

One of the tools available to analyse the applications is Transformation Advisor from IBM. IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor helps you to analyse your on-premises workloads for modernisation. It determines the complexity of your applications,…

Application modernization strategy – Recommendation phase

In this phase, the key is to understand if your problem is caused by technology, architecture or functionality of the application, and how each modernization approach improves those aspects.

Gartner predicts that every dollar invested in digital business innovation through to the end of 2020 will require enterprises to spend at least three times that to continuously modernize the legacy…

Application modernization strategy – Analysis phase

An analysis phase is typically where to understand your application to realize the complexity/ease of the application, time it takes to make required changes and the value the changes can bring by analysing application architecture, dependencies, infrastructure, processes, governance, and knowledge/documentation.

During this phase

Analyse code to understand if any changes are required on…

Application modernization strategy – Discovery phase

You need to first Understand the business drivers, technical drivers, and external factors that are motivating you to modernize your applications, followed by a discovery assessment which typically is the starting point of a modernization initiative. This phase gathers information that includes current technologies, lines of business, programming languages, database-management systems,…