This paper discusses the key factors driving the application modernization decision and proposes an approach to legacy application modernization – "establishing and executing a realistic strategic roadmap that starts from the current state environment, captures existing and new business and IT goals, budgets and skills, establishes the future strategic architecture and charts a path through a custom strategic transition roadmap."
This research study provides insights into the best practices for SOA migration and discusses a capability framework to assess an organization’s maturity in SOA enablement.
This paper aims to provide "a clear illustration of the process of Mainframe modernization, and why this has an immediate and long term positive effect on both shareholder value and competitive position."
This paper discusses a practical approach to realizing application modernization beyond SOA – beyond simple Web enablement and service-oriented architectures and embracing more recent innovations and technical enablers, such as cloud computing, software-as-a-service, next-generation mobile computing, and even social computing.
This paper outlines the business reasons and provides guidance for developing a legacy modernization strategy. 
This presentation discusses a business focused approach to application modernization in the context of IT governance and application portfolio management.
