Application Modernization Insights

DevOps has revolutionized software engineering methodology by unifying development and operations to accelerate software delivery. The older-style waterfall approaches to greenfield application development are being put aside as DevOps principles of agility, iteration, continuous delivery, and automation take center stage. Modernization must deal with the challenge of transforming millions of lines of existing legacy code,

Last year Facebook announced TransCoder, a tool that converts code from one programming language to another. Like many companies, Facebook also has legacy code that runs critical features and functionality of their platform. They also have billions of active users. It’s no wonder they chose the automation approach for migrating their legacy code to more

Like an albatross, in-house applications once associated with good fortune have now become burdensome. These systems may still run business-critical processes or orchestrate data between commercial systems, but their underlying, aging technology has become a real liability. You know it’s only a matter of time before something fails, and it won’t be pretty.

It is getting progressively harder to find IT professionals with the right skills to maintain business-critical legacy applications. As the popularity of legacy programming languages fades and the few remaining knowledgeable programmers retire, a daunting skills gap is created, making it harder to fill roles needed to keep these applications up and running. Industries such

Smalltalk Application Modernization Technology Smalltalk is a dynamic programming language and a pioneer in object-oriented technology. Its versatility, simplicity, and elegance allowed people to rapidly build complex systems across a variety of industries and applications. Although other programming languages surpassed Smalltalk in popularity for commercial application development, few captured its unique capabilities. This makes Smalltalk

Many enterprises have been exploring Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as a way to automate functionality. According to Grand View Research, Inc., the global RPA market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of just over 40% by 2027, thanks largely to increasing demand for Business Process Automation (BPA) through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Many companies have accelerated their modernization plans in order to meet the new demands of conducting business in a digital-only or primarily digital environment. A recent survey released by Maria DB in partnership with Propeller Insights found that 40% of businesses are accelerating cloud adoption plans, and business leaders expect a long-term benefit from the

Not all technical debt is created equal. Many legacy business systems—whether architected in-house or purchased from software vendors—contain inherent security vulnerabilities that may be growing worse over time. In a recent Accenture study of government agencies, 85% of IT leaders believe not updating legacy technology will threaten their agency’s future. The Workplace Agility report from