A Guide to Application Modernization Services (1)

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A Guide to Application Modernization Services

• Netleaf Software 

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A Guide to Application Modernization Services

• Application Modernization Services  If your
  organization runs on a custom software solution
  used extensively by your internal employees or
  external customers, its important to make sure
  that its kept up to date and modernized for your
  users. But as you may or may not have
  experienced, keeping and maintaining a legacy app
  is not without costs and risks. When your
  in-house team is fielding high volumes of user
  complaints (about compatibility issues, missing
  features, slow performance, bugs, or something
  else) and building workarounds instead of
  innovating and working on new products, the costs
  begin to mount. And the further in time you go
  without making critical updates, the more you
  risk an app that becomes unstable and eventually
  unusable. The solution? Application Modernization
  Services.

• If youre looking to keep costs low and provide
  an effective platform for your users, at what
  point should your organization invest
  in Application Modernization Services? And what
  do you need to know before you get started to
  make the process smooth, stay within budget, keep
  your team involved, and get everything delivered
  on time?
• Heres a guide to what you should be looking for
  in Application Modernization Services and what
  you should expect.

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What is app modernization and when is it time to
invest?

• In some ways, the decision to invest in a new
  solution for your app is akin to deciding whether
  to buy a new car. You can certainly do it at any
  time, especially if your business depends on the
  newest, most advanced modern features. But the
  most economical time to do it is when the cost to
  maintain your current app has started to approach
  the cost of a new solution.

• And the truth is that a new solution is often not
  as expensive as you might think. One of the most
  common misconceptions that we see about
  application modernization is that its all or
  nothing that you must completely overhaul and
  replace every element of an app if youre going
  to do it at all. But depending on the
  applications age, architecture, and features,
  this might not be necessary. Application
  modernization does not, by default, mean complete
  application replacement. More often than not, you
  can save development time and costs by
  prioritizing which updates are the most critical
  and finding quick wins that fit your budget.

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Here are a few examples

• A monolithic legacy application built as a single
  unit can be re-architected as a series of
  smaller, independent units called microservices,
  which carry out functions independently. This
  reduces time for maintenance and troubleshooting
  and makes adding features easier in the future.
• An application can be subbed out for a more
  lightweight solution that still costs less and
  takes less development time than an entirely new
  native app, such as a progressive web app. This
  also makes future updates easier to make, though
  it may sacrifice some of the higher-level
  features of a native app.
• An application that is operational but taking up
  a significant amount of on-premise computing and
  network resources can be migrated to cloud
  infrastructure.

• In each of these cases, changing certain
  elements can be a quicker, less expensive, and
  more effective strategy than completely
  overhauling the application and starting from
  scratchbut each of these solutions can have a
  substantial and lasting impact on the technical
  debt and maintenance efforts required of your
  team.
• But how do you know which solution is the best
  one for your organization? This is where finding
  a development team that understands your needs
  and that can help you determine the right path
  forward is absolutely crucial.

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Working with a development firm on application
modernization services

• First, a development firm is entirely dedicated
  to your application modernization. Relying on an
  in-house team isnt the best use of your
  resources instead, a firm knows the latest
  technologies for rebuilding and modernizing an
  application and can implement them without
  slowing down your company roadmap. And not only
  does hiring a development firm take that
  modernization work off your plate, but it also
  frees up your teams time performing
  time-consuming workarounds and patching up legacy
  application operations issues.

• A development firm can bypass all the learning
  curves and in-house time your team would require,
  implementing new components in a fraction of the
  time. And not only that, but a dedicated
  development firm can make specialized
  recommendations based on your budget and
  timeframeknowing exactly what application
  modernizations are critical and which are less
  urgent so that you dont have to reinvent the
  wheel. And knowing app development inside and out
  leads to more innovative, creative, and
  cost-effective solutions for the long term.

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What to expect when choosing a development firm

• Business leaders can sometimes overlook the
  importance of the discovery, assessment, and
  planning processafter all, when youve decided
  to make a change you want it done as soon as
  possiblebut its an absolutely crucial step to
  minimizing costs and development time and
  assuring your satisfaction. The firms team will
  want to gain a deep understanding of your
  organizations goals and desired impact so that
  they can develop a detailed plan for your
  applications structure, features, and
  components. These planning deliverables bring
  tremendous value to your organization in their
  key strategic insight and evaluation of your
  current systemseven before a single line of code
  is written. Any company that recommends an
  entirely new build without doing this legwork is
  not worth your time and trust.

• Once the initial phase is complete, you can
  determine whether or not youd like the company
  to complete the execution of the development
  plan. The execution takes the work off your
  teams plate both the modernization work but
  also the time and labor-intensive work of
  maintaining your existing app. However, the firm
  you hire should have a dedicated customer support
  team to enable knowledge transfer to your
  internal team. This will help get them up to
  speed on the new build and stay involved so that
  they can hit the ground runningalbeit with a
  much lighter loadwhen the new app is live.

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Application Modernization Services at Netleaf
Software

• At Netleaf Software, weve had the privilege of
  creating successful application modernization
  solutions and solving wicked problems for
  numerous clients.
• We pride ourselves on consistently, reliably
  delivering top-quality software and service. Our
  robust discovery and planning process, expert
  execution, and dedicated customer support team
  make every step of the development process run
  smoothly and provide a best-in-class customer
  experience.

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