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Transform Your Legacy: Modernize Your Software Systems for Enterprise Success

At QAT Global, we understand the challenges that come with legacy software systems. Outdated technologies, complex codebases, and limited scalability can hinder your enterprise’s growth and competitive advantage. That’s why we offer comprehensive Legacy Software Systems Modernization services tailored to your unique needs. With our expertise, we can help you unleash the full potential of your legacy systems and align them with your strategic goals. Our team of experienced professionals will guide you through every step of the modernization journey, leveraging the latest technologies and best practices to transform your legacy software into a robust and future-ready solution.

Whether you’re looking to migrate to modern platforms, integrate legacy systems with new applications, optimize performance, or enhance the user experience, QAT Global has the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional results. Let us revitalize your legacy software systems, empowering your enterprise with increased efficiency, improved security, and a foundation for future success.

Types of Legacy Software Systems Projects We Can Help With

Legacy Application Re-engineering

Legacy Revitalization

Legacy Application Re-hosting

Legacy Software System Integration

Legacy UX/UI Enhancement

Legacy App Migration and Upgrades

Legacy SOA, microservices, and web enablement

Legacy Platforms and Database Migration

Legacy Code Refactoring and Optimization

Benefits of Modernizing Legacy Software Systems

Improved Performance and Efficiency

Enhanced Security and Compliance

Scalability and Flexibility for Future Growth

Seamless Integration with Modern Technologies

Cost Reduction and Return on Investment (ROI)

Key Business Reasons to Modernize Your Legacy Software Systems

Scalability Problems

Rigid software architecture obstructing fast changes

Need for a mobile app or web access

Loss of control

Overlapping functionality or improvements added as patches

No or low-quality documentation

Loss of competitiveness

Unable to meet security requirements

Unacceptable performance

Increasing operating costs

Required use of obsolete and inefficient technologies

No or ineffective staff training programs

Avoid the Pitfalls of Using Old Systems That Cost Your Team Time and Efficiency.

Odds are, you’re running a set of outdated legacy software systems that are no longer meeting the needs of your business. This scenario is all too common today – businesses across the world are moving rapidly to barely keep up with trends in mobility, security, and cloud infrastructure.

Many systems run on older technologies that have proven their value yet are complex, expensive and difficult to maintain, and often too rigid to help you accelerate time-to-market, improve customer service and expand into new markets. QAT Global can help you capitalize on your existing technology investments by retrofitting them with newer, high-performing technology that will increase older systems’ power, efficiency, and effectiveness or re-engineering them.

Increase organizational flexibility, reduce business costs, and fuel growth by modernizing and migrating legacy systems, architectures and processes.

Use Cases

  • Do you need to rapidly improve your existing applications to meet new business demands that your organization faces?
  • Unsure of the long-term capability to take your existing software and scale it for higher usage and more traffic?
  • Have you faced a previous technology outage that has caused financial and operational setbacks because of your existing applications?
  • Not sure how to measure your existing applications’ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and whether re-development is a potential option?

Additional Benefits of Updating Legacy Software Systems

  • Move from a language that is hard to support to one that is simple and well-supported with development tools.
  • Gain access to a larger pool of potential staff; young developers are reluctant to learn “legacy” languages, and the number of experienced developers is quickly diminishing as the baby boomer generation retires.
  • Bug fixing.
  • New features implementation.
  • Improve system performance.
  • Meet user expectations.
  • Improve integration options with other IT systems.
  • Utilize less expensive, new hardware.
Legacy Modernization

Update Your Technology

Do you have dated software systems but feel like you don’t have the time or money to update them?

Build trust in Your Systems

Do you feel reliant on one key employee to manage your operations and want to feel more secure?

Empower Your Team

Are you running on antiquated technology that is time-consuming to work with and difficult for your team to organize?

Customize to Fit Your Budget

Have you been considering automating parts of your business…but worry about the cost of a custom software solution?

Legacy System Modernization

Our Services

QAT Global can show you a flexible modernization path for your legacy software systems. Our team of experts can re-engineer the architectural layers of legacy systems, including presentation layers, business logic, database and data and move them to more modern client/server or web-enabled systems.

We take a phased approach to modernizing software application portfolios to help clients minimize the potential for failure and organizational upheaval. Our legacy service offerings include:

  • Legacy revitalization
  • Re-engineering
  • Re-hosting
  • Platform and database migration
  • UI, application and data modernization
  • Legacy SOA, microservices, and web enablement

Contact us today about your legacy software system to learn more about how our extensive software skills and experience can help your organization.

Benefits of using QAT Global

Our modernization philosophy employs a holistic approach that not only focuses on improving efficiencies and lowering costs but also helps solve business problems and achieve user objectives, addressing workloads, systems, processes, skills, and culture as critical components of successful modernization.

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At QAT Global, we believe in using open technologies, tools, and standards, proven IT methodologies, and organizational and industry insight to provide the best modernization approach. When you select us as your modernization partner, you can expect to receive recommendations, methodologies, and practices that will advance application and environment migration goals, increase standardization and implement cost-conscious strategies for your organization. Together, we will improve productivity and efficiency across your enterprise IT systems and enable an agile IT infrastructure to support your new business opportunities.

QAT Global’s legacy software services allow you to get your software renewed with improved architecture, cleaned code, fixed bugs and tuned performance.

  • We have a wide range of experience and have built and worked on software systems that have weathered the test of time, surviving and thriving through many years of software trends and technology cycles.
  • We are “the right size” in that we can quickly bring in the appropriate specialists from our team that have the necessary expertise to help with the really challenging, technical pieces of a project, such as OLAP, custom database solutions, complex integrations, packet sniffing, or networking challenges, just to name a few.
  • We are focused on helping you achieve your business goals, and we are organized to be efficient yet thorough. We can bridge older and newer technologies efficiently and effectively to get the results you need.
  • We have a phenomenal skill set for working with older technologies and for adapting new technologies to achieve your goals.
  • Because custom software development is our core business, we use a lot of technologies, products, and tools. Chances are we have the background and experience with your technology, and we can use that to help you evaluate the risks and benefits.
  • Extensive capabilities across a vast array of programming languages and platforms.
  • Each legacy system is unique. Over the lifetime of software systems, administrators often create additions, enhancements and custom tools that enhance the system but also add to the complexity.

The Path to Modernization Success

Your legacy software handles the heavy lifting for your enterprise and was likely built over a long period of time. Today, it’s not logical to think you can rebuild a system that took 10-20 years in just 6 to 24 months. That’s why choosing application modernization services may be the smarter move.

Prioritize the Project

The focus on business outcomes enables IT and the organization to focus their time and investments where the business outcomes are greatest and yet prioritize their modernization initiatives using a portfolio strategy.

Manage the Change

Step-by-step agile software redesign empowers your employees and gives them plenty of time to learn and level up as the platform improves. A roll-forward, roll-back strategy helps you manage the pace of the change, smooth out hiccups in the learning curve, and protect productivity.

Reduce your Risk

Legacy modernization involves breaking one overwhelmingly large project into a series of smaller, more attainable projects. Nearly 90% of large software projects face major challenges or are canceled. However, only 24% of small projects end up that way, as modernizing step-by-step reduces the risk of a major budget or schedule overrun.

Realize the Value

Modernization is an agile process driven by specific business outcomes that will also reduce up-front investments and speed up ROI.  By bringing additional functionality and value to your organization with a step-by-step software redesign, you’ll avoid a big write-off by depreciating your software investment over time.

We have the necessary underlying skill and experience to understand your unique and complex legacy systems, and we can design a scalable solution that will meet your needs.

What We Offer

Modernizing mission-critical applications can unlock a new depth of growth for your business. Choosing the right application modernization partner and path can turn yesterday’s software into today’s competitive advantage. QAT Global is a software development company that brings extensive experience in legacy modernization services, and we’re here to help you succeed.

System Extension

Implementation of new functionality within the existing system, refreshing the look and feel, and improving usability.

Code Refactoring

Streamlining of the system source code to get it ready for future improvements.

Full upgrade

A completely re-engineered software solution based on new platforms and technologies.

Data migration

Seamless migration of operational data from old software systems to the new system.

Performance improvements

Improved UX through faster backend and client applications featuring optimized UI.

System Integration

Connect systems with all relevant services in an up-to-date environment.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” — John F. Kennedy

Legacy Software Systems: Your Questions Answered

A Legacy Software System refers to software applications that have been in use for a long time and may be built on outdated technologies or programming languages. These systems often pose challenges due to their age, limited functionality, and compatibility issues with modern technologies.

There are several reasons to consider retiring or replacing Legacy Software Systems:

  • Technological Obsolescence: Legacy systems may become incompatible with modern technologies, hindering scalability, integration, and performance.
  • Maintenance and Support: Legacy systems often require extensive maintenance efforts and may lack reliable vendor support.
  • Security Risks: Older systems may have vulnerabilities that can be exploited, jeopardizing data security.
  • Business Agility: Modernizing or replacing legacy systems enables businesses to adapt to evolving market needs, improve efficiency, and gain a competitive edge.

Enterprises have several options when it comes to Legacy Software Systems:

  • Retiring: If the system is no longer required, retiring it completely may be an option, provided it doesn’t impact critical business processes.
  • Modernization: Updating or modernizing the legacy system by enhancing its functionality, improving user experience, and integrating it with newer technologies.
  • Replacement: Developing a new software system to replace the legacy system entirely, leveraging modern technologies, and addressing current business requirements.

The decision depends on various factors, including the system’s criticality to business operations, the level of technical debt, future scalability needs, budget constraints, and the alignment of the legacy system with your strategic goals. Conducting a thorough assessment with the help of software experts can provide valuable insights to make an informed decision.

The duration of retiring, modernizing, or replacing a Legacy Software System can vary depending on factors such as the complexity of the system, the extent of required changes, the availability of resources, and the chosen approach. A comprehensive assessment and project plan can provide a more accurate timeline for your specific case.

Data security is a critical consideration during the transition process. It is important to work with experienced software professionals who follow best practices for data protection. Implementing secure data migration processes, conducting thorough testing, and ensuring compliance with relevant data privacy regulations are essential steps to mitigate security risks.

Yes, in many cases, it is possible to adopt an incremental approach. You can identify specific functionalities or modules that are still valuable and integrate them with the new system. This phased approach allows for business continuity while gradually modernizing or replacing the legacy system.

Yes, integration with existing legacy systems is possible during the transition process. It is crucial to design a well-defined integration strategy and utilize appropriate technologies and APIs to ensure smooth data flow and interoperability between the new and existing systems.

Planning, proper project management, and effective communication are key to ensuring a smooth transition. Establishing a clear roadmap, conducting thorough testing and involving relevant stakeholders throughout the process help minimize disruption and ensure a successful transition.