Sponsor: Chef

End-of-support (EOS) for Windows Server 2008/R2 is a critical event that, if left unaddressed, puts an organization at much higher risk for security breaches. Unfortunately, most organizations don’t align their internal application lifecycle schedules to the EOS schedules maintained by software vendors like Microsoft, and therein lies the problem. How do you migrate applications running on Windows Server 2008/R2 to a supported OS without disrupting current business or projects.

Technology today moves fast. Customers demand unique, high-quality digital experiences for interacting with your company, and they'll move on quickly to a competitor if they don't get what they want. Yet enterprises today struggle not only with new product development, but also with the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of a significant legacy application portfolio that has been a bedrock of their company's longevity. IT executives are quickly realizing that a bi-modal approach to their application portfolio, where some components can evolve quickly while others are left to stagnate, is now inhibiting growth, because innovative customer experiences are forcing fundamental changes in business processes. These modifications, which touch all applications, mean that legacy systems are now becoming a drag on innovation. A new approach is needed.