Moving Legacy Applications To Containers

Deploying legacy applications in containers can remove the barriers to change and provide the flexibility to evolve. The process starts by decoupling applications from old infrastructure and then using the same platform to host legacy applications and new greenfield development. Both can coexist on the same container or cloud platform and can be managed with the same tools. Operational efficiencies can increase once automation and modern management tools are used with legacy applications without the constraints of old infrastructure.

Many organizations have successful initial public cloud projects, but they are primarily new greenfield application projects carefully chosen as good candidates for running in the public cloud. As a result of these successes, IT organizations are attracted to the elasticity, scalability, and speed of deployment that cloud computing offers. By using cloud technology, IT organizations can more quickly respond to developer and line-of-business demands.