As more and more citizens use online services and government employees continue to need remote-work capabilities, legacy applications need an upgrade. Government agencies that fail to do so could fall behind in their capacity to provide quality services to citizens and deliver mission value.
Legacy modernization is planned and designed to replace outdated architecture, hardware and software applications critical to current operations with modern equivalents. All legacy modernization approaches employ a cloud delivery model as part of the process.
Legacy modernization allows organizations to build the necessary foundations for a move to relieve manual process pressure points through the use of increased automation, including hyperautomation. Creating a software-defined infrastructure and using cloud to deliver automated citizen services increases agility and resilience.
To support agency mission and strategy, government CIOs must critically assess the business capabilities required and the technologies needed to deliver them, taking steps to:
Build and articulate a compelling technology roadmap to modernize their legacy applications and integration technologies.
Enable future agility and resilience by adopting a composable approach to their unique government platforms and solutions.
Adopt a blend of sourcing models and technologies like cloud, shared applications and XaaS models.
By optimizing the information and technology (I&T) operating model and instilling effective governance mechanisms, CIOs can maintain momentum and business support for modernization initiatives.