2 years ago

Is the phrase “application modernization” simply shorthand for application refactoring and re-platforming to the cloud and dumping whatever legacy database you’re currently using? It’s often presented as the only way for companies with legacy databases — which is, arguably, most companies — to meet users’ demands for real-time, or near real-time, experiences and cope with the massive amounts of data this assumes.

But as legacy databases are hit with ever more data, he added, “your tables become very large — then performance may start degrading.”

Maintaining a legacy database alongside a caching layer helps keep a lid on future license and infrastructure costs.

Ultimately, many organizations may want to get to the cloud, and even ditch their legacy data infrastructure completely, said Mohan.