What is this report about?

This sample report includes prioritized actions for modernizing custom applications to be deployed in a PaaS environment.

Why this report helps plan cloud native application modernization?

Modernizing existing applications to become cloud native and deployed in a PaaS environment without re-developing an entire software system can deliver on the promise of cloud – scalability, resiliency, performance, economics, access to services such as AI/ML, DBaaS, containers, and more.

However, the process can be slow and risky, requiring accurate understanding of the existing application inner workings, necessary to determine the following:

• The best modernization approach, such as Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, etc.
• The blockers to PaaS deployment, required code changes and effort
• The specific cloud native services best suited for the applications to utilize once on the cloud
• The additional changes for improving software health, reducing open source risks, making the software greener

What’s included in this sample report?

This document is a sample of automatically generated intelligence about a portfolio of 17 applications considered for modernization to cloud native. Some of the applications are still on-premise and others have already been rehosted on cloud (IaaS).

Key insights in this report include:

• Specific recommendations on how to modernize each application to be cloud native
• Specific recommendations on open source risks, software health, and green impact to be considered as part of the modernization

CAST Highlight was used to produce the intelligence in a few hours by automatically analyzing the source code and completing a few survey questions for each application.