Application modernization is the process of progressively transforming applications, infrastructure and processes to gain the availability, scalability, business agility and cost optimization benefits that the cloud was designed to offer. Modernization is not about meeting the needs of a single point in time, because it’s not trying to achieve a static state. Instead, it’s ever changing in ways that allow organizations to meet the needs of the present and future — in particular, the frequency required to consistently deliver value to customers.