Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive, difficult to cost-justify and tends to interrupt business. Meanwhile, the legacy ...

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Legacy applications are still extremely valuable to organisations, as they tend to offer the kind of security, reliability and resilience required. Innovation-fuelling data is also often stored in ...

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Most enterprises’ tech stacks are a far cry from the modern, cloud-based nirvana they’d wish to achieve. According to a study from Avanade, nearly a third of all enterprise applications are considered ...

Legacy applications are a cornerstone for many organizations but can bring challenges that hinder growth. They can slow down productivity, impacting profit-driving operations. Outdated systems also ...

We all recognize that the pandemic has made digital transformation a more urgent priority for financial services organisations. With employees working from home and many more customers wanting to do ...

The recent Windows 12 update has sparked significant discussion in the tech community due to its impact on legacy 32-bit applications. As Microsoft pushes forward with technological advancements, this ...

Application modernization startup OpenLegacy Inc. has raised $20 million to help it pursue its mission of helping financial services companies move their information technology infrastructures into ...

Enabling your existing “pre-cloud” enterprise applications to take full advantage of cloud computing is fraught with technical obstacles, such as unsupported versions of operating systems (OS), ...

An application that was written for an earlier operating system or hardware platform. For example, mainframe applications were legacy apps when the world embraced client/server networks. Windows 3.1 ...

Give old software new computing power while saving schools money. Follow these steps to ensure a successful start to your application modernization journey. Phil Goldstein is a contributing writer for ...