Software Modernization & Re-engineering Services
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Software companies today need to constantly improve their product performance, product accessibility and user experience to be competitive while keeping an eye on maintenance costs. One of the challenges faced in achieving this end objective is the constraint placed by legacy technologies that were designed for an earlier scenario. These legacy technologies fail to meet expectations in response to evolving technology environments, business processes, market developments or user preferences. Silicus helps software companies modernize their products in ways that leverage new technologies, architectures, and software delivery models for increased user benefits.
Our 10+ years of software modernization and re-engineering experience means that we have evolved the most technologically sound practice in the industry, with frameworks and accelerators to power your legacy software forward.
Umesh Verma
President & CEO
Blue Lance, Inc.
Our software modernization services helps software companies realize their business objectives proficiently – be it SaaS enablement, Web 2.0 transformations, UI and usability enhancement, technology platform upgrades, and business or compliance related changes.
Interface Modernization
In this modernization approach, the User Interface is refurbished to take advantage of capabilities available in newer technologies while the software architecture and functionality itself remains unchanged. Some of these scenarios include:
Web Enablement using ASP.NET or Java Cross Platform enablement UI modernization using the latest RIA tools and 3rd party UI controls
Platform Modernization
In this modernization approach the entire software is migrated to a newer platform and involves language, database and server modernization. Some of these scenarios include:
Legacy to .NET Migration Legacy to Java Migration Legacy to .NET Azure Legacy to Google App Engine Device Driver or Library Modernization
Architecture Modernization
In this modernization approach the software is re-architected into a newer platform while restructuring the application layers to better serve end user needs and improve application maintainability. Some of these scenarios include:
Smart Client Enablement Service Architecture Realization Mobile Enablement SaaS Enablement
Functional Modernization
In this modernization approach, application functionality is modernized to address new requirements and redundant functionality is deprecated.
Tried and tested approach for low risk modernization cycle
We have an advanced software modernization methodology that starts with a detailed "As-Is" study to understand if the software product can be re-engineered while keeping the core business logic intact, or needs to be rewritten from scratch. We employ our extensive software modernization experience to reverse engineer your software to capture the knowledge within the system, and use code level, design level or architecture level refactoring techniques to solve specific challenges.
Our software modernization methodology gives you a high level of visibility and control over the software modernization process, with assured outcomes. We make extensive use of 3rd party as well as proprietary automation tools and accelerators, thus controlling quality, cost, and timeframe. Our software modernization models guarantee extremely high fidelity so that there are no gaps in the entire process.
Accelerators and frameworks for greater quality and faster outcomes
Silicus' Software Modernization Workbench is our latest version of a collection of frameworks, tools, processes and accelerators for:
- Code / functionality mapping and analysis
- Code, architecture and design refactoring
- Automated transformation
- Business rules extraction
Our software modernization services assure you:
- Effective, economic modernization plans that minimizes risks
- Improved integration and interoperability for your software product
- Improved product security and infrastructure, with reduced overall cost of maintenance
Never underestimate the value within existing legacy systems
Deciding to go in for a complete rewrite without taking a look at what's good about the existing Legacy systems is missing an opportunity to benefit from years of effort gone into building up those software products. Unless the information business processes change so radically that there is absolutely nothing of value in the Legacy system, the rewrite approach will be a more expensive one than the alternative.
Modernization projects need specialist experience and skills
Organizations that try to execute modernization projects in-house without proper understanding and analysis are prone to fail more often than succeed. Software modernization projects require specific skills and expertise that come only after executing 4-5 similar projects. Software professionals working on their first modernization projects fail to understand the bigger picture of what they were targeting, lack the processes and techniques and tools that are best to use. On the other hand, software modernization experts leverage their expertise and skills to quickly re-use rule sets and models from the past to arrive at an iterative, perfective, repeatable process.
Automation is one of the keys to successful modernization projects but never an end-all solution
Today, there are several 3rd party tools that help automate several activities within software modernization projects. These tools can help save as much as 50% - 60% of the total time and effort needed as compared to a totally manual process.