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Application ModernizationBreathe New Life Into Legacy Systems

We modernize applications to improve performance, reduce costs, and enable innovation—without disrupting your business. Preserve your valuable business logic while gaining modern capabilities.

Expert system modernization | 10x performance gains | Zero business disruptions

Challenges We Solve

We understand the obstacles that hold organizations back from achieving their technology potential.

Legacy Systems Holding You Back

Your core systems work but can't keep up with modern demands. They're slow, expensive to change, and prevent you from implementing new capabilities your business needs.

Scarce Legacy Skills

The people who built your systems are retiring. COBOL, mainframe, and legacy technology skills are increasingly rare and expensive.

Integration Nightmares

Your legacy systems don't play well with modern applications. Every integration is a custom project, APIs are non-existent.

Rising Maintenance Costs

You're spending more each year just to keep legacy systems running. Maintenance consumes budget that should fund innovation.

Security Vulnerabilities

Legacy systems weren't built for today's threat landscape. They lack modern security capabilities and are difficult to patch.

Failed Modernization Attempts

You've tried to modernize before but projects stalled or failed. Big-bang rewrites are risky and often don't deliver.

Our Capabilities

Comprehensive expertise across the full spectrum of application modernization.

Assessment & Strategy

  • Application portfolio analysis
  • Technical debt quantification
  • Modernization roadmap development
  • Business case creation
  • Risk assessment

Modernization Approaches

  • Replatforming to cloud
  • Refactoring to microservices
  • API enablement
  • Containerization
  • Strangler pattern implementation

Data Modernization

  • Database migration
  • Data model optimization
  • Real-time data access
  • Analytics enablement
  • Master data management

UI/UX Modernization

  • Modern interface design
  • Mobile enablement
  • Progressive web apps
  • Accessibility compliance
  • User experience optimization

Client Success Stories

Real results from organizations that transformed their operations with our expertise.

Global Bank Core System Modernization

Global bank with 40-year-old core banking system

The Challenge

A 40-year-old core banking system was limiting digital capabilities and costing millions annually in maintenance. Previous modernization attempts had failed.

"They modernized our core without a single day of downtime. Our customers now have mobile banking capabilities we couldn't have imagined."

CTO, Global Bank

Key Results

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Mobile Banking
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Downtime

Insurance Policy System Transformation

Insurance leader with legacy policy management system

The Challenge

A legacy policy system was preventing digital customer experience. Manual processes took days, and customers expected instant service.

"Our 30-year-old system now powers a modern customer experience. We went from weeks to minutes for policy changes."

VP Digital, Insurance Leader

Key Results

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Digital Self-Service
0% faster
Claims Processing
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Customer Satisfaction
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Why Choose Us

What sets our approach apart from other providers.

Zero-Disruption Approach

We use proven incremental patterns that modernize without disrupting business operations. No big-bang rewrites, no risky cutovers.

Zero unplanned downtime across all modernization projects

Deep Legacy Expertise

Our team includes engineers with decades of mainframe, COBOL, and legacy platform experience—plus modern architecture skills.

150+ years combined legacy technology experience on our team

Business Logic Preservation

We extract and preserve your valuable business rules encoded over decades. You don't lose institutional knowledge—you modernize it.

Automated business rule extraction and documentation tools

Continuous Value Delivery

Our incremental approach delivers value continuously, not just at project end. You see improvements within months, not years.

Average time to first value: 3-4 months

API-First Strategy

We enable legacy systems with modern APIs, allowing new capabilities immediately while backend modernization continues.

API enablement typically completed in 4-8 weeks

Knowledge Transfer

We document everything and train your team. You're not dependent on us forever—you can maintain and evolve modernized systems.

Comprehensive documentation and training included in all engagements

Engagement Models

Flexible options to match your needs and budget.

Modernization Assessment

Comprehensive evaluation of your application portfolio with prioritized modernization roadmap and business case.

Ideal For

Understanding options, planning transformation, building business case

Pricing

$50K - $100K depending on portfolio size

Pilot Modernization

Modernize a selected application to prove approach and build confidence before broader transformation.

Ideal For

Risk-averse organizations, proving value, building internal support

Pricing

$150K - $300K depending on application complexity

Full Modernization Program

End-to-end modernization of application portfolio with dedicated team and ongoing support.

Ideal For

Comprehensive transformation, multiple legacy systems, strategic priority

Pricing

$500K - $2M+ depending on scope

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about our application modernization services.

With our incremental approach using proven patterns like strangler fig, risk is minimized. We maintain rollback capability throughout and never do big-bang rewrites.

Initial value delivery in 3-6 months. Complete modernization varies by complexity but our incremental approach means you see benefits continuously, not just at the end.

Yes. Our team has expertise across mainframe, AS/400, COBOL, FORTRAN, and virtually every legacy platform. We've seen it all.

We preserve your valuable business logic through careful extraction and transformation. Your decades of encoded business rules aren't lost—they're modernized.

Ready to Transform Your Application Modernization?

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