Application software ages over time like the IT architectures used to support it. Technological evolution makes it necessary to update systems to continue obtaining support from suppliers and reduce IT management costs. On the other hand, there is a need to obtain power and flexibility to accommodate new processes and ways of working. The company’s continuity, flexibility, and ability to compete in the markets increasingly depend on investments in IT modernization starting with the software.
Bringing application software to new platforms allows you to free yourself from obsolete hardware and operating systems that are not in line with the needs of continuity, performance, and security necessary today. Migrations facilitate the rationalization of IT through the use of containers and virtualization, mandatory steps to be able to take advantage of the new services provided in the cloud. They are also an opportunity to introduce structural improvements that can make the software more scalable and flexible. In what ways?
At the lowest step is the simple lift & shift: the unmodified application is moved to a software layer that acts as an interface with the new platform. This is followed by more radical update methods that allow for improved performance and flexibility, for example, by introducing architectural changes and separating the application logic from the front-end and database components to replace the latter with modern and scalable parts. Another option is to redesign and isolate the application functions of interest and interface them directly with the outside world, through the application programming interfaces (API).
The benefits of software modernization are proportional to the effort of reengineering and transforming the original monolithic applications into a set of independent services (the micro-services) connected through APIs. In this way, it becomes possible to disassemble, reassemble and update the software functions over time as needs change as well as scale the power by choosing the most effective systems or cloud services. BinHexS has accumulated extensive experience in IT modernization projects involving both data center and application migrations in modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company supports customers in all stages of change by managing complex projects and providing service desk support on a 24×7 basis.