America’s Legacy Systems Crisis: How Microservices and Federated Cloud Architectures Are Reshaping U.S. Digital Infrastructure

Authors: Milind Malthankar

Country: United States

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The digital infrastructure in America is undergoing a change as the country struggles to deal with the increasing crisis of legacy systems. These old systems, which are deeply rooted in such sectors of the economy as health care, finances, and government, are expensive to maintain, may be easily attacked by hackers, and cannot be scaled to meet the needs of contemporary technologies. With the digital world transitioning to more adaptable, agile systems, legacy systems have become an innovation, efficiency, and security bottleneck. The microservices architecture and federated cloud systems have come out as a strong solution to these problems. Microservices provide a modular mechanism in the development of software that can be more scaled, deployed faster and more resilient. Federated cloud architectures provide interoperable data sharing, which is secure, across several cloud environments and disaggregates the silos that exist with traditional, centralized systems. When combined, the technologies will help to transform the U.S. digital infrastructure to modernize it and create more efficient, secure, and nimble systems that will be able to meet the demands of the future. This paper will examine the role of microservices and federated cloud architecture in transforming the digital landscape of America, dealing with the inefficiencies of the old system, and allowing organizations to keep up with the technological landscape that is changing so fast. The article explores the advantages, issues, and opportunities of these transformative technologies through the expert opinions, case studies and real world examples. It eventually provides a guide on how organizations could seek to modernize their digital infrastructure and remain competitive in an increasingly digitalized world.

Keywords: Legacy Systems, Microservices Architecture, Federated Cloud, Digital Transformation, U.S. Digital Infrastructure, Scalability, Cloud Computing, Data Interoperability, Security, Innovation, Modernization, Technology Adoption.

Paper Id: 232947

Published On: 2026-02-27

Published In: Volume 14, Issue 1, January-February 2026

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