Most businesses want to be adaptable and innovative – but they must modernise applications to realise their ambitions. Credit: AWS | IBM The business world is changing at a rapid pace. Less than 10% of the FTSE 500 companies that existed fifty years ago are still around today and less than half of the companies founded since 2000 are still operating. Company executives are well aware that their businesses need to adapt to keep up with the rapid transformation now taking place. Two things play an essential role in a firm’s ability to adapt successfully: its data and its applications. If these don’t have a modern foundation, then the whole transformation project will be doomed to failure. That’s why the issue is so important today. What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. Which is why modernising applications is so important, especially for traditional businesses – they need to keep pace with the challenges facing trade and commerce nowadays. The matter is particularly pressing in view of the stiff competition from tech-savvy companies working […]