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Legacy Systems
Legacy systems instead of new developments
Further development, operation & Maintenance
The further development, operation and maintenance of legacy systems (e.g. old, customised software or standard software) consume a large part of the time available to companies' IT departments. Therefore, they leave little room for driving innovation. At the same time, legacy systems often cover important business processes in a company but, in some cases, no longer optimally reflect the changing business processes.
However, old code from customised software does not rust. Instead of investing in expensive and time-consuming new development, many companies are often better off with ‘life-extending measures.’ Especially when there is no budget for costly new software development, companies should explore possible options that allow the legacy system to continue operating.
Legacy systems - offer for the customisation of legacy systems
Are you considering customising legacy systems? Let us provide you with a non-binding offer.
If there have been changes in your business environment and it is necessary for your software to map additional processes, our software developers will further develop or customise your old software within the company.
Our developers will support you with creative ideas throughout the entire development process to optimise your existing software by adding new functions and analysis options.
Master and transaction data from legacy systems is transferred to your newly expanded system. This ensures that your extended software can continue to work with your old data without any issues. Logical links between the individual data records can be reassessed here.
Services for the further development of legacy systems
- When analysing legacy systems, we assess which applications could potentially become problematic in the future.
- We then carry out a risk assessment of the old software based on its importance and function within the company. For example, would a failure lead to a complete production stop, or would it only cause a minor disruption?
- The goal here is to identify, plan and implement measures for each case to ensure continued operation.
- By migrating the existing software to new virtualised platforms that enable independent operation in a secure cloud infrastructure, it can continue to be used.
- IT security is enhanced with a state-of-the-art infrastructure since outdated systems often no longer meet current security standards.
- Additionally, the business and process knowledge embedded in the legacy software is preserved.
- This involves continuous further development of legacy systems, provided the effort is justified and they can also be operated on a newer platform, for example.
Advantages of continuous development:
- The risk is manageable, and the error rate is low due to years of use and the associated robustness of the software.
- Employees do not need to familiarise themselves with new software, saving the company training and familiarisation costs.
Interface programming for data exchange
Would you like to ensure communication and data exchange with existing software systems? Interface programming is required to transfer data from one IT system to another. Interface programming allows you to avoid media discontinuities and saves affected users a lot of time. Let our developers design the interfaces for you.
Proven software systems can continue to be used and, if necessary, integrated with software that needs further development.
Interfaces can take many forms. A web service is an interface that a system makes available online, accessible by other IT systems. However, even the export of a file that is read into another system is a type of interface.
We use interface programming to connect your IT systems with each other, or with those of your partners, ensuring smooth processes and breaking down data silos.
Services for operation & maintenance
Choose the services your company needs for the operation & maintenance of legacy systems.
- Reliable support and advice from a project manager and/or software developer assigned to your company.
- Maintenance of applications, with support ranging from 1st to 3rd level.
- Ensuring performance, availability, and reliability.
- Expertise in legacy technologies in the Microsoft and Java environments.
Your benefits for operation & maintenance
Billing according to consumption
A monthly flat rate can be agreed upon for each service on request, with billing based on actual consumption. This offers planning security and ensures you stay within your budget.
High availability of our IT experts
When outsourcing the operation and maintenance of your legacy systems, our IT experts take over the ongoing operation, including monitoring, ensuring that the functionality of your legacy system remains guaranteed..
Advantages of outsourcing legacy Modernization
After around 10 years, IT systems and application software are considered legacy systems and increasingly become a challenge. Outsourcing legacy modernization offers several advantages:
- Customised further development or adaptation of old software in your company gives you a competitive advantage over your competitors.
- You can reduce maintenance costs by up to 40% and optimise the planning and control of renewal costs over a longer period. This is possible through continuous further development of old systems instead of completely new development with high investment costs.
- You can free up your internal resources for innovation.
- Older employees who retire can be replaced without disruption.
- You can relieve young IT specialists from having to manage legacy systems.
We offer individually tailored support for your legacy modernization so that you can continue to use your IT systems and software, which have been individually developed, tested and optimised at great expense, for a long time without worry..
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