by webadmin | Aug 1, 2012 | Legacy integration, legacy modernization, legacy system, Software Modernization, system integration
Legacy modernization – What? Legacy modernization is a constant attempt for companies to improve their services and to provide the quickest access to information. Organizations are challenged to cope with new applications and to constantly adapt their legacy software to keep up with the latest trends on the business field. The purpose is to improve customer service and compete with the same enterprises. Basically, a legacy application is a software application that uses older programming languages. They may run on any platform, use any language and they can be in use for several years. Legacy modernization is a software update that combines the strength of the past applications, reused up to a point, with the cutting edge technologies available today, modern software architectures. Legacy modernization – When? A modern company should be constantly updating to all the changes in the business field and should be able to modify the application it buys without major problems. And a responsible manager should ask for a five year prediction on the impact that business trends and technology could have. When legacy modernization is needed, a company must evaluate its resources, meaning the applications it already has, establishing their value and their possibilities of merging with newer ones. The main issue is the balance between maintaining the old applications already paid for and investing in new up to date business opportunities. The options are quite simple, leaving things as they are without spending, or on the contrary remove them all and replace them, or, best of all, integrating new technology. There are a few factors an enterprise must consider in order to make...
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