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Chapter 7

Consideration 6: Gain insight

As mentioned earlier, software modernization is not a one-time thing, rather we could almost apply the term “continuous modernization”. In order to find out where modernization might be needed in the future, we recommend incorporating technical and functional monitoring into any software that is modernized.

Better safe than sorry

Fundamentally, monitoring provides overview. More specifically, it ensures fast insights and solutions to incidents, which support the business even more. It also allows an organisation to become more proactive and gain increased control over their suppliers. Monitoring provides you with a proactive approach towards incidents, enabling you to avoid impact on your day-to-day business. Causes of incidents are found and solved fast, and troubleshooting takes less time.

As the subtitle explains, monitoring your new or modernized application is a must. The next level in monitoring, however, brings you much more. Imagine having one centralized monitoring tool with just a couple of dashboards, showing you the state of your entire IT landscape, from front-end to middleware and back-end.

  • Central storage of logging data: Clear central place where logging is collected and secured.
  • Single source of truth: Everyone uses the same source data for research and monitoring, «single source of truth».
  • Advanced Alerts and Machine Learning: Can be used from many sources and central storage.