A modernization roadmap is an indispensable prerequisite to any modernization project. A project should be viewed as an integral part of an overarching modernization strategy that aligns business with technology investment decision making and architecture standards, for improved business agility and efficiency.
BluePhoenix works closely with customers to determine the modernization roadmap that is most appropriate for their business and technology objectives, utilizing best practice modernization approaches that provide rapid ROI, reduced costs, and improved productivity and efficiency, while managing operational risk.
A technology independent view of what you have helps determine the correct combination of options for your organization. For example, software complexity measurement helps to improve the understanding of an application:
- Halstead: emphasis on computational complexity
- Heuristic: emphasis on functional complexity
Identify and incorporate strategic initiatives and long-term goals:
- Hardware platform
- Software platform (e.g., z/OS, CICS, J2EE, .NET)
- Architecture (e.g., SOA reengineering, business process automation, etc.)
By combining your legacy issues priority list together with the options for dealing with each, you can establish an incremental modernization strategy.
The modernization roadmap may take one or a combination of the following directions:
- Architecting and deploying services oriented solutions (SOA)
BluePhoenix is able to assist organizations in benefiting from service oriented architecture (SOA) either by wrapping existing applications to operate within a SOA environment, or by reengineering the applications for a SOA implementation.
- Expanding or extending legacy systems and applications
- Rehosting of applications or databases to new platforms
- Migration of legacy databases or applications to modern technologies
- Redevelopment and enhancement of existing legacy applications