Our Approach to Application Modernization

We address modernization with a structured methodology that combines 12-factor principles with the latest cloud-native practices. Our framework is organized into four fundamental areas, ensuring a complete and coherent transformation.

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

We implement container-based architectures orchestrated with Kubernetes, which provides the foundation for automatic scalability, resilience, and portability. We use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage environments in a declarative and reproducible way, eliminating configuration drift and facilitating multicloud consistency.

Automation & DevOps

We introduce fully automated CI/CD pipelines that accelerate development cycles, reducing time-to-market by weeks. We integrate DevOps and Platform Engineering practices that break down organizational silos and improve collaboration, with measurable results in terms of release speed and environment stability. Our Supply Chain Security solution ensures the security of the entire delivery process.

Microservices Architecture

We logically decompose monoliths into independent and modular services with well-defined responsibilities and clear interfaces. We use domain-driven design and event-driven architecture patterns to ensure optimal granularity, facilitating the independent evolution and maintenance of each component. When needed, we develop new components with modern technologies through our custom application development service, ensuring that each service follows modern design principles.

API & Communication

We develop API-first strategies with well-documented RESTful or gRPC interfaces that facilitate system integration and enable new business models. We implement service meshes to transparently manage traffic, security, and observability of service-to-service communication. For applications requiring advanced capabilities, we integrate artificial intelligence to enrich services with predictive analytics, natural language processing or computer vision.

Our Modernization Strategies (5 Rs)

Rehosting

The 'lift and shift' is the first step towards modernization: we transfer the application from the previous on-premises or legacy cloud infrastructure to a new cloud infrastructure, with minimal code changes.

This approach minimizes risks, ensures operational continuity, and offers quick advantages in terms of infrastructure costs. Ideal for mission-critical applications that cannot experience downtime, or as an initial phase before deeper refactoring. With Kubernetes support, we guide the migration process with proven methodologies and automations that accelerate the transition while maintaining high reliability.

Refactoring

Refactoring is the internal redefinition of application code to optimize it for the cloud, maintaining existing functionality while improving structure.

Through containerization and the introduction of DevOps practices, we modernize the codebase to leverage the advantages of cloud infrastructure. We implement advanced automations for testing, deployment, and monitoring, making the development process more agile. This approach, combined with incremental migration to microservices where appropriate, significantly improves software performance, scalability, and maintainability, with contained risk and quick ROI.

Rearchitecting

Rearchitecting involves significant redesign of the application to fully leverage cloud-native potential. We transform monolithic applications into microservices architectures, enabling scalability, resilience, and independent deployments.

Using technologies such as Kubernetes, service meshes, and event-driven architectures, we create more flexible distributed systems. This approach enables continuous innovation, allowing teams to work in parallel on isolated components. Our experience in domain-driven design and API modeling ensures that the new architecture accurately reflects business needs and supports future evolution.

Rebuilding

Rebuilding involves completely rewriting the application using modern cloud-native technologies. This strategy is ideal when the existing application is excessively complex, expensive to maintain, or technologically outdated.

We reimplement core functionalities with the latest development best practices, creating cloud-native by design systems with API-first, stateless, and event-oriented architectures. The application is redesigned from the ground up with modern technologies like Kubernetes, cloud-optimized databases, and DevOps principles. This approach, although more challenging initially, offers the greatest long-term advantages in terms of performance, scalability, security, and total cost of ownership.

Replacing

The 'replace' approach consists of substituting legacy applications with equivalent SaaS or PaaS solutions. This is often the most efficient option when market solutions exist that meet functional needs without requiring custom development.

We support the analysis, selection, and migration to the most suitable SaaS platforms, ensuring integration with existing systems through APIs and connectors. We manage data migration and guide change management for end users. This approach offers immediate benefits: predictable costs, automatic updates, immediate scalability, and focus on the company's core competencies rather than maintaining non-differentiating software.

THE CIO GUIDE TO NATIVE CLOUD APPLICATIONS

Application Modernization

The Strategic Benefits of Application Modernization

Business Agility and Accelerated Innovation

Superior User Experience and Increased Adoption

Cost Optimization and Intelligent Scalability

Our Approach to Application Modernization

Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Automation & DevOps

Microservices Architecture

API & Communication