Software Modernization

IT managers are facing a variety of business pressures that are forcing them to evaluate the modernization of legacy systems, or Software Modernization. Business requirements for lower operational costs, better performance, reduced risk and compliance with industry and corporate standards are driving this Software Modernization process.

Legacy Software Modernization has a cost, but it shouldn't be performance.  In many cases IT organization are building new systems to replace legacy applications, only to find the legacy systems out perform them. A true software modernization strategy embraces a commitment to steady improvement in performance and the fulfillment of service level goals.

Since the risks associated with modernizing software are related to the quality of software being modernized, areas which historically cause problems in software projects need to be identified. Once we identify the most common problem areas, we can develop a set of software metrics that are useful in the risk management process. The legacy software risk areas we are looking at are:

• Accuracy – measurement of correctness.

• Reliability – proven ability to operate without errors.

• Integrity – measurement of security.

• Dependency – measuring architecture dependence.

• Maintainability – measuring the ease of change.

• Modularity – quantifying the design quality.

• Feasibility – time constraints or requirements.

• Reusability – measuring the application’s coupling.

eCube's Legacy Software Modernization process is called Enterprise Evolution and it enables companies to extend the value of existing applications and business logic by defending it from “software hardening” the growing inflexibility of legacy systems and enabling it to participate as an enterprise service provider.

Correspondingly, risk is the something every business executive has to deal with.  Whether a company decides to “stay put”, redevelop, or modernize, there is risk involved. eCube is committed to balancing the risk, with proven technology and software modernization methods that insure the value of IT efforts moving into the future.  Software modernization means that old applications can be maintained, renewed, evolved, transformed or harvested to speed new development in such a way as to assure the ability of IT to meet its commitments to the business and exceed expectation to reliability.

With NXTera 5.0 and NXTware EV, eCube Systems provides a systematic approach to Software Modernization and  makes legacy evolution the extension of technology equity. This process is based on the evolution of existing business logic and the integration/Implementation of contemporary platforms, such as .NET, J2EE, Web Services, HTTP/Servlets and XML.