{"id":761,"date":"2017-10-13T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morphis-insights.com\/?p=761"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:09:24","slug":"legacy-modernization-scarier-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morphis-tech.com\/blog\/legacy-modernization-scarier-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Modernization – Scarier than Halloween?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Afraid of Legacy Modernization? With Halloween just around the corner and ghouls and scary monsters lurking under your bed and in every dark recess of your bedroom, it seemed like a good time to ponder whether this presents a scarier proposition than the legacy systems lurking in the dark corners of your company?\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, if your trusted advisor is telling you that moving these old systems to the cloud is a seven year project and you\u2019re a CIO with an average tenure of under five years, or in public office on a four year political cycle, it\u2019s not the baby you\u2019ve been left holding but the rotting, stinking, slimy carcass of your predecessors. Thanks guys! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only are those old systems possibly no longer fit for purpose, they\u2019re probably a security risk and running on expensive, outdated hardware. There\u2019s pressure to replace them (political, internal) and move to the cloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you\u2019re with a software vendor and it\u2019s your product that\u2019s seeing significant pressure from newer, shinier competitors in the marketplace? How many of you saw pressure from Workday? How long before Workday see pressure from more nimble start-ups attacking their base? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layer in the bewildering number of \u2018modernization\u2019 options and Halloween seems like a breeze, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A software vendor probably only has two options for modernization, a rewrite or an automated re-architecture (e.g. Morphis) but the bank, federal agency, fill in the blank, has to add replacement with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) alternative, plus some kind of wrapping technology to the decision matrix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is best? Well, it depends on the driver for modernization. Our white paper<\/a> lays out a methodology for making this decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve also covered each of the alternatives extensively on this blog. Here are links to relevant posts (ordered chronologically in each category from oldest to newest): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rewriting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So You\u2019re Going to Rewrite Your App?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still Thinking About Rewriting Your Legacy Application?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When and Why Technology-Enabled Transformation Beats Rewriting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rewrite Code from Scratch? Case Studies and Conundrums<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When and Why Legacy Modernization Using COTS Solutions Fail<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrapping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s All This I Hear About Containerization<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microservices, Containers and the Best Option for Modernizing Your Legacy Application<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automated Re-Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Morphis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miami-Dade County Case Study (IT Modernization Saves Time and Money While Increasing Functionality and Security)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellucian Partners with Morphis to Complete Banner Modernization<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Modernization – Warp Factor 6 Mr Sulu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you cut through the BS of seven year projects (really? if your trusted advisor is telling you it\u2019s anything more than a two year project then call BS and then call us), legacy modernization isn\u2019t that scary an option. If we can modernize an ERP system with >5M LOC in the forms alone (forms that included embedded business logic), add functionality as part of the process<\/a>, and complete the whole project in under two years\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026then the most you have to worry about this Halloween is that creak you just heard. Was it the wind, the house settling, or maybe it\u2019s the sound of something stirring under your bed? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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