Why do enterprises need Application Modernization?

Question

Options

• ATo build new applications is the only way to achieve a modern application
• BTo realize the benefits of unstructured data over relational databases
• CThe cost of maintaining older applications are too great
• DTo migrate all applications to the cloud

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  96% (43)

Explanation

Enterprises pursue Application Modernization primarily because legacy systems accumulate prohibitive maintenance costs - outdated code, scarce expertise, expensive licensing, and compounding technical debt that consumes budgets without delivering competitive value.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is incorrect because modernization doesn't always mean building from scratch; refactoring, re-platforming, and re-architecting existing apps are all valid modernization paths.
• B is incorrect because modernization isn't about preferring unstructured data over relational databases - organizations use both, and the choice depends on use case, not modernity.
• D is incorrect because cloud migration is one strategy within modernization, not its definition or universal goal; some modernized apps remain on-premises.

Memory tip: Think of Application Modernization as a cost-vs-value problem - when the price of keeping old systems running outweighs the investment to update them, modernization becomes a business necessity, not just a technical preference.

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