Software Modernization
Optimizing your business with the most current technology
At Qbarters, our world-class engineers are passionate about solving complex problems quickly and effectively. Empowering our customers’ business growth is our number-one priority, and we use bleeding-edge technology to develop world-class software and provide fantastic customer experiences. And what’s more, all of our developers have engineering or computer science degrees from top universities. Credentials like that are rare in this industry.
Drawbacks of Legacy Software
While your company’s existing systems may have served you well in the past, we’d be willing to bet they haven’t grown with you the way you’d hoped. The software that once kept your business running like clockwork is now holding you back. Here are a few key reasons to consider software modernization and legacy software migration.
Cost of Maintenance
Like a beat-up old car that lands in the shop every other month, legacy software systems require significant maintenance just to keep them running. At a certain point, the cost (in both money and time) of maintaining the old system starts to outweigh the costs of starting over.
Inflexibility
While your old system may have suited your organization’s needs perfectly when it was first installed, as your company has grown, it’s struggled to keep up. Legacy software is seldom built with enough flexibility and configurability to keep up with shifting needs — at least not without heavy investments and plenty of custom coding.
Security & Compliance Gaps
As data security needs have evolved and compliance measures have increased, legacy systems have become more and more risky — increasingly vulnerable to data leaks and security slipups.
Incompatibility
Many older software systems are built on technology that is no longer widely used today — and by developers who are no longer in business. As such, businesses often find that, when they do want to integrate their legacy systems with newer components and systems, the old technology is incompatible with the new. The workarounds required to achieve the desired capabilities tend to result in fragile patchwork jobs that aren’t very efficient or resilient.
Customer & Employee Dissatisfaction
When legacy systems slow down internal processes, customers start to see delays in front-end interactions — and maybe even errors in fulfillment, communication, or billing. The result is weakened loyalty and negative buzz around your business. And internally, when employees have to spend significant time coaxing the software, they have less time and energy to spend on their “real” work, and they’re less likely to be satisfied in their jobs.
Legacy Software Replacement
Qbarters dedicated team of software engineers is well-versed in helping our clients bring their systems up to date by replacing them in a thoughtful, methodical way that’s oriented toward business outcomes, preserves existing data and information, and minimizes blackout time.
Which systems can we replace?
Qbarters expansive team of engineers includes experts in a wide range of technologies and applications. We’ve planned, built, and implemented custom software solutions for over 150 corporate clients, from ERP systems to mobile apps to Ecommerce solutions, and more. So regardless of what your legacy systems look like, rest assured that we can bring them up to date with brand new software modernization solutions tailored to your organization’s needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
There is no strict rule, but generally, a system needs to be modernized or replaced when the technology that it was built on has been discontinued, the performance or functionality of the system is no longer up to par, or further enhancement would require more investment than building a new one from scratch.
The main value of a good legacy system is its business logic, which can and should be maintained in the new system, though process automation capabilities will be upgraded. In some cases, a database can also be reused. Usually, however, the code cannot, especially if it was created on a different technology.
Replacing a legacy system with a new one allows the owner to choose any technology with a sufficiently long lifespan. New technologies will provide speed, security, and usability that legacy systems built on old technology cannot achieve. Additionally, creating a modern replacement for a legacy system allows owners to consider any functionality changes and upgrades that weren’t on the table at the time the legacy system was created.