Services. Legacy Modernization

Leverage your investments instead of replacing them

Software Associates Modernization is a process designed to enhance business by providing new methods for software interfacing, increased platform flexibility and functional improvements that enable your business to compete effectively in today’s on demand world. Our modernization process provides the means by which you can leverage legacy applications to simplify end-user access, streamline business processes and realign your business objectives.

Illustration 11: The Five Disciplines of Legacy Modernization

Organizations that seek to modernize legacy applications frequently lack of two things: a clearly defined approach, and the tools to implement and maintain a proven, end-to-end solution. 

Software Associates has a proven approach to help you transition not only your applications, but also your internal skill sets and methodologies. This approach includes careful planning and possible use of frameworks and service-oriented architecture (SOA) products.

Legacy Modernization Assessment is oriented to obtain an initial understanding of the customer's IT environment and tentative scope of the Legacy System modernization at hand, and which is based on the customer's inventory planned to undergo modernization or face lifting. Usually our Legacy Modernization Assessment includes the Pilot Phase - performed on a sample of the customer's inventory, providing the customer with a sampling of measured and confirmed assurances that the proposed solution will best achieve the customer's objectives - from a technical, operational and business perspective.

Legacy Modernization Analysis and Design is performed on the entire IT inventory, and provides the customer with a detailed analysis of the target solution, including analyzed complexities, a detailed assessment of the required undertaking, project plans and required resources. Software Associates offers three types of Legacy Modernization assessments:

• Enterprise Roadmap: How will your enterprise evolve to meet current and future business objectives? We focus on opportunities to streamline business processes, increase market share, maximize productivity and increase innovation.
• Architecture Analysis & Design: What software architecture will enable your modernization efforts? We focus on leveraging existing systems, identifying hardware and software preferences, and understanding business requirements related to interoperability, flexibility, redundancy and security.
• Application Analysis & Design: What are the business requirements for a new or existing application, and how do they map to functional requirements? We focus on both, as well as UI requirements, quality metrics and standards. Software Associates will help you determine the best software solution based on your: o Specific business requirements o Application environment o Hardware and software preferences o Skills transfer needs o Resource availability

Legacy Modernization Integration and Implementation: The Software Associates Legacy Modernization Consulting Services team knows you can’t successfully build a solution without first thoroughly understanding your needs and options. By assessing your business issues to determine project parameters, gathering input from all stakeholders and compiling a detailed requirements document, we can design the solution that will best serve your needs.
Our Legacy Modernization Integration & Implementation Services are centered in five disciplines:

• Application Understanding & Optimization. Provides automated analysis of application portfolio and improves code quality and internal application structure
• Web Enablement. Simplifies the usage and extends the reach of your legacy systems to the Web, portals and modern devices
• SOA Enablement. Leverages existing functionality as Web Services in order to reuse and extend the application scope to other platforms and environments
• Application & Data Integration. Connects heterogeneous environments through an optimized and standards-based approach
• Platform Optimization. Modernizes legacy platforms by moving applications and databases to another platform, and by optimizing the operational efficiency