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Bridging Legacy to Cloud with WebSphere Liberty

Key Points

  • Legacy, mission‑critical applications struggle to keep pace with the demand for rapid, agile development and hybrid‑cloud workloads.
  • Modern applications are built with containerized middleware, requiring Kubernetes for streamlined deployment, orchestration, and monitoring.
  • IBM WebSphere Liberty bridges the gap by offering a rich set of APIs and capabilities that run in containers and integrate natively with Kubernetes.
  • Liberty’s minimal server size delivers fast startup, a small footprint, and enterprise‑grade performance, throughput, and security for cloud‑scale environments.
  • The platform boosts developer productivity with consistent, open‑source tools and flexible, pay‑for‑what‑you‑need licensing models.

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# Bridging Legacy to Cloud with WebSphere Liberty **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQZVMTnmgM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQZVMTnmgM) **Duration:** 00:01:51 ## Summary - Legacy, mission‑critical applications struggle to keep pace with the demand for rapid, agile development and hybrid‑cloud workloads. - Modern applications are built with containerized middleware, requiring Kubernetes for streamlined deployment, orchestration, and monitoring. - IBM WebSphere Liberty bridges the gap by offering a rich set of APIs and capabilities that run in containers and integrate natively with Kubernetes. - Liberty’s minimal server size delivers fast startup, a small footprint, and enterprise‑grade performance, throughput, and security for cloud‑scale environments. - The platform boosts developer productivity with consistent, open‑source tools and flexible, pay‑for‑what‑you‑need licensing models. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQZVMTnmgM&t=0s) **Bridging Legacy and Cloud Apps** - The passage outlines how IBM WebSphere Liberty helps enterprises modernize legacy software by providing a container‑ready, Kubernetes‑compatible runtime that supports both traditional on‑prem workloads and new cloud‑native applications, enhancing agility, scalability, and cost control. ## Full Transcript
0:00as an app developer there's a widening 0:02gap between where you are and where you 0:05want to be most legacy apps can't 0:08support the rapid pace of change in 0:10demand for agile development and the 0:12faster delivery of innovative apps and 0:14updates you have mixed workloads and you 0:17operate in a hybrid world while you 0:19continue to have some traditional 0:20mission-critical apps on-premises new 0:23applications have to be container in 0:25kubernetes ready today's applications 0:28are developed with containerized 0:29middleware that can make development 0:31deployment and monitoring easier and 0:34faster 0:34how can your enterprise compete IBM 0:38WebSphere Liberty's rich set of 0:39capabilities and api's bridge the gap 0:42between old and new apps WebSphere 0:44Liberty is delivered in containers that 0:46can use kubernetes to manage deployment 0:49and orchestration Liberty is a modern 0:51flexible runtime that's designed with a 0:54cloud in mind without sacrificing the 0:56ability to support traditional workloads 0:59minimize server size means faster 1:02startup and a smaller footprint for 1:04increased scalability in a cloud 1:06environment without sacrificing the 1:08performance throughput and security 1:10required by enterprise applications and 1:13WebSphere Liberty increases developer 1:15productivity with consistent tools and 1:18processes built on open source plus 1:21WebSphere Liberty's flexible licensing 1:23models mean you have control over your 1:25startup costs and the ability to evolve 1:28at your own pace paying only for what 1:30you need when you need it 1:32bridging the app development gap is 1:34easier with a trusted partner by your 1:37side modernize your development with one 1:40of the most flexible security rich and 1:42reliable platforms available IBM 1:45WebSphere Liberty learn more today 1:49you