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Is complexity slowing your IT modernization?

Enable innovation with a pragmatic approach to hybrid IT

Why take a pragmatic approach?

Take the risk out of mission-critical modernization

Organizations often take a “big bang” approach to transformation, trying to reinvent everything at once. This approach can delay time to value because the growing complexity of technology environments hinders the ability to drive mission-critical modernization initiatives. As a world leader in designing, modernizing and operating mission-critical systems, we know that a pragmatic and continuous approach to modernization is what works.

Our experts help you develop transformation roadmaps that work with your unique technology and business needs. Using insights from Kyndryl Bridge, we help you run your modernization program at the pace your organization needs while delivering continuous ROI.

Why work with us?
01
Mission-critical expertise
With expertise in mission-critical infrastructure, we help you modernize applications and infrastructure with a pragmatic approach, delivering continuous ROI and allowing you to reliably run the business while you transform.
02
Open integration platform
With deep insights surfaced by Kyndryl Bridge — our AI-powered open integration digital business platform — we help you design and execute a phased modernization program to deliver priority business outcomes.
03
Co-create solutions that work
We build on strategic partnerships across cloud providers by co-creating with customers and partners to provide unique solutions that work in your environment.

how kyndryl helps

We help the world’s leading institutions modernize hybrid IT
Centralized cloud operating model prepares retailer for new business capabilities

Kyndryl helped a large European bank lower costs, improve efficiency, and prepare for growth by migrating 3,500+ workloads to a hybrid cloud environment.
Modernizing IT for better, more sustainable public transportation experiences

Kyndryl helped an Asian state public transportation service standardize its hardware and software to ensure critical, high-availability systems run smoothly and securely for 24x7 operations.

Reinventing your IT operating model to fuel business flexibility, agility, and growth

Grupo Romero wanted to decentralize its IT operating model, enabling the flexibility to better compete in diverse industries.
Driving digital into the heart of plant maintenance for safety, agility, and reliability

Kyndryl helped Dow digitalize and modernize operations using a private cellular network and a secure wireless device management system.
expert voices
Kyndryl's POV on IT modernization

"Our view is that because the stakes are so high and mission-critical systems are so complex, what’s required is an agile and continuous transformation model that takes into account business, technology, and regulatory challenges to manage risk."

You have questions. We have answers.

Hybrid IT is the design and integration of multiple IT environments, such as on-premises, cloud, edge, and mainframe, to deliver the best business outcomes: flexibility, scalability, performance, security, and cost-efficiency.


With Hybrid IT, businesses can optimize their IT resources, manage their IT complexity, and leverage their IT investments to drive business transformation and customer value.

With hybrid IT modernization, you can achieve both business and operational outcomes, such as:


  • Increase growth by entering new markets, creating new business models, and enhancing customer engagement
  • Optimize cost by reducing CapEx and OpEx, removing waste, and self-funding your modernization initiatives
  • Manage risk by complying with regulations, securing your data and assets, and mitigating tech debt
  • Delight your employees by improving their digital experiences, enabling their innovation, and driving their agility
  • Improve your sustainability by lowering your carbon footprint, extending your IT asset lifecycle, and optimizing your IT resource utilization

While each company’s challenges are unique, there are some common reasons why IT modernization efforts fall short:


  • Oversimplifying cloud
    The cloud is an easy way to consolidate all your compute, storage, access, and security needs while reaping the benefits of cost savings, operational agility, and scalability as your business grows. But migrating to the cloud is no small feat. Migration costs, downtime, transition, and unexpected events can add up, especially if the project runs behind schedule.
  • Changing too much
    The average company can have up to 10 digital transformation initiatives running at once, often competing with each other for talent, attention, and resources. If something goes wrong, it can take days to detect and diagnose it, leading to downtime or outages that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per hour.
  • Moving too fast
    Modernizing an entire organization’s tech stack isn’t about being quick–it’s about reaping benefits for your business. Doing it right is much more important than doing it fast, and that means centering your process on your workloads.
  • Legacy challenges
    One of the hardest parts of modernizing for a digital-first economy is integrating your legacy systems. Complex, siloed legacy systems purpose-built for the needs of another time can create ongoing (not to mention expensive) barriers to IT modernization.

Read the '4 Reasons IT modernization falls short—and pitfalls to avoid' article >

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