The Asssessment Phase of the Modernization process is the first and most important step of eCube's ARM solution. To understand and document the existing system is essential to being able to modernize the system for future use. Equally important is documenting the future goals for the system so that the functionality and integration required are known to the analysts performing the assessment. Clearly, there are critical challenges that face IT management as systems age, vendor support evolves and experienced technical resources come and go. Over the years, eCube Systems has seen that careful assessments ensure that organizations make decisions that are based on their future needs and their existing assets. Whether the final decision is to replace legacy applications with commercial enterprise software, remediate and modernize, develop replacement applications or some blend of each — experience shows that an assessment that defines current status in light of future goals and requirements is the first step toward success.
At some point every company reaches a point where their legacy system can no longer be modified or evolved within the technology/platform/database/language limits it has. In order to modernize a legacy system that has evolved over years and years effectively, you need to spend a considerable time on analyzing: the original requirements and base system, the modifications made and the skill set of your staff. Evolution may have created additional problems that prevent an easy path going forward. Companies can't get any more value out of existing technological investments without a significant change -- especially given today's business and economic conditions. Continuous Delivery is putting pressure on these systems and a decision has to be made: do I scrap the existing system or try to modernize it? First, you need a lot of information depending on the complexity of the system and your organizational capability with technology/architecture transition strategy. If you don't have this capability, you need to develop it. That means you need to go outside your company to acquire it. This comprehensive strategy must reflect core business needs, the realities of technical capabilities and be based on solid knowledge and analysis of current systems, business requirements and skill levels.
To help executives address these needs and make informed decisions eCube Systems, a leader in enterprise modernization and system evolution, offers customizable legacy assessments. These assessments deliver powerful benefits by:
The Assessment Phase, depending on the scope and depth of the project, can contain up to five distinct tasks. These tasks include Enterprise Assessment Planning, Business Architecture Assessment, Technical Architecture Assessment, Data Architecture Assessment, Application Architecture Assessment and Modernization Planning. These tasks can be scaled in breadth and depth based on organizational priorities, governance and related specifics. In summary, these tasks can include:
Contact us for a free evaluation to see if these services will provide you with the benefits and cost savings you need. Our analysts will work with you to develop a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation that accurately reflects your project goals with the various solution scenarios possible.
With this analysis, which establishes ROI, Total Cost of Ownership and other values, you will be able to understand what the best solution is for you and what it is worth to your business in real dollars. If the numbers are compelling, we'll work with you to further define what the right solution looks like and to develop a plan that reflects your needs, benefits and the returns required. Call us to schedule some time with an analyst.
Enterprise Assessments provide IT managers with the analysis, tools and procedures that enable them to address complex technical issues head-on. If you plan to maintain, improve, migrate, transform or otherwise modify existing information systems, it's essential to understand those systems.
eCube employs a standards-based methodology for assessing software assurance to assess whether a software system is meeting its security and business goals. This top-down, six stage approach uses claims and arguments to drive goal-aligned assessments, which provides evidence to identify best practices and improvement opportunities in both the development process and the application itself. This process is an efficient and effective way to establish whether your company can depend on this legacy application and its development process. Our process consists of the following tasks:
Enterprise Assurance Assessments rely on a tool-enabled, analyst-driven examination of business goals, systems and related artifacts, along with discussions with subject matter experts. Assessments support large applications or enterprise projects for a variety of scenarios, including full-scale replacement, package deployment, platform or language migration, remediation, integration, consolidation and small, localized enhancements. Deliverables include:
Contact us for a free evaluation to see if these services will provide you with the benefits and cost savings you need. Our analysts will work with you to develop a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation that accurately reflects your situation and the various solution scenarios possible.
With this analysis, which establishes ROI, Total Cost of Ownership and other values, you will be able to understand what the best solution is for you and what it is worth to your business in real dollars. If the numbers are compelling, we'll work with you to further define what the right solution looks like and to develop a plan that reflects your needs, benefits and the returns required. Call us to schedule some time with an analyst.
Regulatory requirements are constantly evolving and changing. Operating in today's global business environment requires an adaptive risk function that continuously monitors and modifies a company's risk profile. Forward looking companies use new regulatory requirements as a catalyst to improve processes and introduce new technologies while improving the efficiency and ROI of projects.
eCube can help you turn compliance efforts into a competitive advantage and improve your business processes while you identify, manage, measure and control risk. Our offerings include:
Understanding the threat posed by people, processes and technology that interact with sensitive information is vital for an information security program. Using strong IT governance as a backbone to ensure alignment with business strategies, eCube drives excellence through the IT infrastructure and into the supporting applications and data analytics. We also:
Our Risk Assessment, which helps ensure the suitability and robustness of the security controls required within the organization, allows your organization to make informed risk management decisions. Since information ultimately drives security requirements for processes and assets, our risk management services not only help organizations understand the real risks to technology assets, but also the level of control necessary to reduce risk.
Some of the services provided by eCube in the IT Risk Assessment category include: