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Approaches to Legacy Systems Modernization
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What is a Legacy System?
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A Legacy System is an old and outdated software that is still in use because it provides the solution or solutions for which it was developed.
To evolve a Company to better cope with User needs, Business and Market requirements: that's Digital Transformation.
Problems of Legacy Systems
For Digital Transformation to succeed your company needs to be able to have "bimodal IT" capabilities, that is to be able to deliver trustworthy software systems (usually a slow process) and to be able to innovate with agility (a quick process). You can solve this by having two different teams, or one team with the right software development Platform (GeneXus).
Many organizations that use legacy software do so because it is difficult or costly to replace it.

Because they are obsolete, these systems generally:

  • Lack of support and maintenance services, preventing their adaptation to new market requirements and limiting their growth.
  • They suffer from incompatibility with new systems.
  • Have their data isolated.
  • They are IT vulnerable.
  • They are not scalable.
  • They cannot access third-party services (such as GPS, camera and sensors, among others).
  • They have unattractive and unintuitive user interfaces.
  • They lack agile development.
  • They cannot be developed on any platform, giving up those markets and vertical, horizontal and responsive adaptations.
  • They are unable to work with offline connections.
What external elements shake Legacy Systems?
  • Emergence of new technologies.
  • Modification of legislations.
  • Economic and social changes (as happened with the Pandemic).
  • Lack of qualified personnel who can respond to maintenance or to the appearance of problems.
Why is it so difficult to migrate Legacy Systems?
An error in the migration or replacement of these systems can trigger problems or risks in the operation of the organizations that use them.

In addition to the dilemma of complexity, there are the costs in money and time that the effectiveness of the process may require.

Correctly planning an evolution strategy is the only possible approach for companies to upgrade their existing systems... And that is precisely what we call Legacy Systems Modernization.
GeneXus, the best approach to Legacy Systems Modernization
Maintaining complex software without dying in the attempt to innovate is possible with GeneXus.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping companies to digitally transform with Low-Code, improving their productivity and reducing development costs with an agile and future-proof solution.

We are pioneers in the use of Artificial Intelligence to simplify, create and develop software solutions quickly and automatically.

Our non-destructive and incremental approach easily adapts to IBMi / iSeries / AS400 based realities and all your applications.
 
GeneXus...
  • It is easy to learn.
  • It offers transparent access to the current IBMi / iSeries / AS400 database, with high-level operators, as if it had been created and managed with GeneXus itself.
  • It allows the development of applications in an agile and fast way.
  • It is multiplatform and multi-experience (it generates optimal applications for Apple iOS, Google Android and Web, among others, from the same specification).
  • Allows applications to operate in online and offline modes.
  • Provides automatically controlled security.
Everything you need to know about Legacy Systems Modernization.
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Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session
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In these online cycles, our experts answer questions from attendees and share tips and news about Legacy Systems Modernization.
AMA: GeneXus 18
Tuesday, November 8
14.00 hrs. (UTC -3)
Recent Blog Posts about Legacy Systems
"The Legacy Trap" is the term that describes the situation in which existing software code becomes outdated and problematic to maintain. It may sound like a common issue in the software industry, but its scope and impact are much deeper than we usually think.
Technological migrations are essential for companies to remain competitive and sustainable, enabling them to meet current and future market and user expectations effectively.
Technological migrations are of the essence in the world of software, in order to preserve the importance and efficiency of digital solutions.
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In the world of software, technological migrations are essential to drive agility, security, and efficiency in businesses.
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Recent Blog Posts about Legacy Systems
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This is the transformation and growth story of NEURONIC, an Argentinean software house dedicated to consulting and development with GeneXus. What was the company like before the pandemic? How did they adapt to the home office? What is the importance of having Low-Code technology in the context of digital acceleration?
These are the five problems that the Low-Code GeneXus platform has solved for one of the largest sellers of college textbooks in the United States: MBS Textbook Exchange. Discover the story of a digital transformation of this company that started operations more than 4 decades ago.
The CEO of Madden & Co, Incorporated, Kim Poynter, shares the reasons why she has been using GeneXus for more than 20 years for her company MaddenCo, a U.S. company dedicated to producing software for tire dealers.
What are CEOs, CIOs and CTOs worried about? They all have concerns about the future and the role that emerging technologies will play in transforming their businesses.
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Overcoming “The Legacy Trap” and Promoting Sustainability in Software Development
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Modernizing Legacy Systems With GeneXus™
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