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Application Modernization

Unlock the value of your digital business by modernizing your applications

What we do

Modernize your applications to enable business agility 

Kyndryl modernizes your application portfolio by integrating AI and other new technologies, while aligning the transformation strategies with your business goals. We convert legacy systems into secure, scalable, and agile applications ready for cloud and AI. This reduces costs, improves efficiencies and enhances user experience. 

We combine deep expertise, architecture blueprints, robust culture and change management practices and AI to pragmatically modernize your applications. Our tailored approach enables adaptive operating models while mitigating risks tied to technical debt, user adoption, cost and security—delivering real business value. 

how kyndryl helps

Our application modernization capabilities

Application discovery and planning

We design future-ready application architectures, roadmaps and strategies aligned with new business models and operational strategies. We assess modernization readiness for ERP, bespoke distributed and mainframe applications using AI agents, advanced software mapping tools and insights from Kyndryl Bridge Intelligence. We integrate applications and data, reduce tech debt and improve user adoption. Our code analysis offers deep insights into application structure, helping prioritize workloads and data for seamless transformation and AI integration. 

Cloud modernization and migration

Our cloud migration services unlock the benefits of enhanced scalability, user experience and cost optimization. We modernize legacy applications to cloud-enabled and cloud-native applications, improving user experience and enabling low-code-based application development. By migrating and re-platforming databases, we address tool sprawl, licensing complexity, and end-of-life challenges, optimizing performance and scalability. Our tailored architectures support seamless migration of your applications to a preferred cloud

Organizational change management (OCM)

Kyndryl takes a human-centered approach to modernization, driving seamless transition and sustainable success. Our integrated OCM strategy and program combines technology and business transformation with skill enablement, to support every aspect of change. This includes empowering employees with the knowledge and tools to adapt to the modernized landscape. By fostering a culture shift beyond technical changes, we ensure your organization navigates the transformation effectively while reducing risks related to AI, modernization and user adoption. 

Containerization and microservices adoption

Kyndryl transforms your monolithic applications into flexible microservices and containers for deployment on industry-leading Kubernetes platforms to deliver greater agility, cost savings, and operational efficiency. Through robust DevOps pipelines, platform engineering, and testing strategies, we deliver a secure and smooth migration to modern platforms. We ensure seamless integration between old and new systems and create a unified environment with modular elements, making your applications more scalable and resilient.

Application integration

Our experts streamline application integration with a human-led, AI-augmented approach. We assess your technical landscape and inventory data, identify integration needs across applications, data and infrastructure while defining deployment and security models. We create reusable APIs, map your target architecture, and implement seamless API-led connectivity. AI-augmented automation and tooling simplify the integration process, while deployment includes building configurations, monitoring, capacity planning, and ensuring operational resilience. 

Application security

Kyndryl provides end-to-end protection for your applications by embedding robust security measures throughout the application lifecycle. With a security-by-design and zero-trust approach, powered by advanced DevSecOps,, we enable proactive threat detection, precise access control, regulatory compliance, responsible AI, and rapid incident recovery. Our integrated services deliver scalable, secure applications that enhance business agility without compromising trust or reliability. 

Why work with us?

Business-aligned modernization
We modernize and integrate applications with change management to align with business goals, reduce technical debt, and boost agility.
Faster time-to-market
We accelerate delivery with API-first design, microservices, cloud-native architecture, and embedded AI to enable seamless user experiences and faster time-to-market.

Reliability and resilience
We use proven reference architectures, automation and integrated security strategies to deliver application modernization, reducing risks of downtime.

What we're thinking about application modernization

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Transform applications to improve business agility and user experience

Modernize your applications dispositions – from mainframe to back-office business applications – in a faster, more predictable, secure, and scalable manner. 

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4 steps to understanding your mainframe applications – before you modernize

Understand your applications to accurately scope our application modernization, ensuring your systems remain stable, secure and high performing.

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How to accelerate your time-to-value while mitigating business risks

Learn how to navigate the business, human and technical challenges of SAP transformation. 

Customer stories
Enabling our customers in their application modernization journey
Kyndryl upgrades Canara Bank’s end-to-end IT operations to enhance their customer experience

Canara Bank works with Kyndryl and streamlines service delivery across core banking, applications and IT infrastructure while enhancing reliability.
Reducing operational costs and improving customer experience through cloud modernization 

National Australia Bank and Kyndryl improved the bank’s customer experience by enhancing the resiliency of critical business applications.

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