In our definition, any software that was developed more than 10 years back is legacy. We define any software developed more than 5 years back as old. Typical characteristic of such software is that they are behind in technology and not compatible with current technologies e.g. operating system, databases etc. This makes them risky due to likelihood of failure and cyber security.
Here Are 7 Reasons Why You Need to Upgrade Your Legacy Software
Maintaining legacy software is expensive because the skills are not available and software vendors often charge hefty maintenance costs for maintaining old versions. The maintenance activity to keep them compatible with current technology requires workarounds. This adds to costs.
The cyber security threats and increasing every day. Many old and legacy systems are built on platforms that are high in risk from cyber security perspective and vulnerable to hacking attacks. Poor security is most important reason why you should update your legacy software.
Most of the older systems are incompatible with current technologies on which, other organizational systems are running. This forces organisations to run them in a standalone mode. The organisations face challenge when they need to move to cloud and updates requires several steps.
In most cases, the legacy software does not have documentation and is run by experienced people. This is a risk to corporate governance because when these people leave, there would be no one who would know how to use or fix the system.
Most of the systems have not only fallen behind in technology but compliance with regulations, standards and cyber security.
Users today wish to use the systems that are new, easy to use and efficient. They want to use apps and other features and functionality that modern applications use that they are used to in the current environment. The legacy system takes them back to past and they don’t like it.
The archaic UI / UX, broken system, slow speed and incompatibility with other systems results poor user experience.
Envision IT specializes in modernizing old and legacy software. It has upgraded several old and legacy products and applications for its clients e.g. from Delphi, Client Server and Windows Applications to web or browser based systems with apps. It is specialty of Envision IT update the legacy applications, streamline, improve and integrate business processes, secure and make the applications seamless, efficient and productive in one go. With Envision IT, you do not have to live with old and legacy software. We upgrade it within fixed costs and time. Our pricing is transparent. We would need a 30-45 demo of your product or application and Wishlist to provide you with ballpark cost and time estimates. So why wait, call us now and ask for a quote.
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