Building for AI: Modernizing applications

Applications are central to enterprise performance, and they’re being entirely transformed by agentic AI. This new era of agentic automation is revolutionizing application modernization and redefining what applications can do for organizations.

No longer mere static systems, applications are evolving to become intelligent, adaptive and intent-centric. “Frontier firms,” as Microsoft describes them, are redefining their applications as data-driven and adaptive, infused with decision-making power and serving as catalysts for innovation

Let’s explore three key paradigm shifts that are changing the way organizations think about their approach to building modern applications.

1. Reimagine applications as intent-centric for value transformation

2. Increase developer productivity through AI-augmented development

3. Support industry-specific innovation — sustainably

read the whole article at https://services.global.ntt/en-us/insights/blog/building-for-ai-modernizing-applications-with-microsoft-azure 

Getting Application Modernization Right

 What is App Modernization?

You frequently hear the term - and this can cover and mean a wide set of things.

If you are hampered by your legacy IT systems, you will be keen to take up an application modernization. This is an overall transformation towards a highly scalable and always-on IT ecosystem that changes the traditional project driven mindset of longer release cycles. You want to get away from siloed functions and thinking of quality and operations as an afterthought, to a mindset where you are delivering and operating applications frequently, with much smaller release cycles, improved quality and automations. 

And delivering real business value - not just falling into a trap of measuring how many Story Points were delivered in each sprint. I've frequently seen Story Points as a false measure of business value 

App modernization should provides benefits to an enterprise that accelerate their journey towards a truly digital business - for example - enabling them to launch new and innovative products and focus on their core business instead of spending costs and time in resolving IT issues.