This white paper explains why application modernization is central to digital transformation in a cloud-first world, because bulky legacy systems are rigid, hard to integrate, and often lack the security and scalability modern businesses need. It argues that “lift and shift” alone is usually insufficient, so organizations should modernize applications to improve performance, reliability, and cost to support, while also gaining stronger security features and a better employee experience. It recommends a practical approach: first understand each application and dependencies, then prioritize based on risk, cost, and expected benefits, choose the right strategy (rehost, re-platform, or refactor), plan data migration carefully to move only relevant data and validate accuracy, address user resis

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