The ongoing wave of Digital Transformation requires a fresh look at how IT infrastructure is managed and how applications are developed, deployed, and supported in a fast-paced manner, and also how they are priced and delivered to the customers. Hardware resources are being commoditized and there is a shift towards software control and solutions that operate independently of any hardware-specific dependencies and are programmatically extensible - making Software the place where competitive advantage is determined. All this has culminated into a new Industry shift called Softwarization. The whitepaper explores Softwarization trends across Industries and introduces HCLTech Softwarization Services to fast-track the transformation journey from traditional monolithic hardware platforms or legacy software technologies to cloud-native solutions to support next-generation services.