Legacy platforms have been a staple of many organizations since computing became prevalent many decades ago. Some of these legacy systems have had difficulties in adding new features and integrating with other applications, databases and the latest technologies. Fortunately, the expertise and guidance of our IT migration consulting experts can help mitigate any difficulties and ensure a seamless transition of data to the modernized system.
While legacy systems are often strongly integrated into the main functions of an organization, they are increasingly expensive to maintain and support – both from an infrastructure and an R&D point of view. The latter issue should not be discounted as there is an ever-decreasing pool of developers who are familiar with languages such as COBOL and RPG.
For many organizations, it is critical to pursue the continuum of legacy system migrations into modern platforms. Estrada Consulting Inc. (ECI) performs seamless legacy software migrations, allowing your organization to benefit from various aspects including improved features and functionality. Migrating to current development platforms like Microsoft .NET can allow you to unlock the value of your current legacy applications and combine them with the latest technologies. The following are some of the benefits and features of migration:
If you hire our migration consulting team and decide to adopt a SOA or object-oriented architecture, you can add the new functionality customers crave. You can advance usability with a modern GUI that will improve customer satisfaction effectively adding significant business value. ECI has senior-level staff available to assist your organization in attaining the potential of your legacy applications.
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As information technology systems continue to grow and evolve, so do the number of legacy system migration projects. Advances in software and hardware technology along with newly developed standards make it important for organizations to keep their systems updated.
If a legacy system can no longer conform or comply with new standards, it quickly becomes a hindrance to your organization. One of the biggest challenges is to successfully migrate legacy data into a new environment. This is a challenge because of the complexities involved in retaining the required business data when removing a legacy system.
ECI understands and can help you carefully plan the migration of legacy data to your new environment. ECI is a recognized leader with a sterling reputation and a proven track record in legacy system migrations. ECI’s legacy software migration methodology helps you get the most from your data. By guiding the process and anticipating the roadblocks, our migration consulting firm can provide a conversion methodology that will help your organization attain project success.
Organizations constantly face the challenge of understanding when doing business in an existing environment has become more painful than the task of migrating to an improved one. We at ECI view legacy modernization as an opportunity to align business processes more closely with new IT capabilities.
The most common migration triggers include technology obsolescence, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganization, competitive and regulatory pressures and poor financial performance. Legacy system migration is a proactive way to aggregate these various triggers into one coordinated program reaching across an entire organization.
ECI consultants will tackle your challenges by addressing software architecture at both the application and enterprise level. We offer in-depth experience in architectural issues, patterns and approaches, and a variety of enterprise applications including: