Legacy systems and applications modernization services

Managing legacy and mainframe applications can pose challenges. Outdated processes, rising costs, and the increasing skills shortage is a growing concern for all business and technology management teams. Legacy applications can hinder your organization when trying to pursue business markets and opportunities that are using current technologies. 

 

In today’s digital and business landscape, change is not an option – it’s an obligation. 

 

This change looks different for every business. While complete replacement is sometimes the only option, your organization may reap more benefits from cost and-time effective alternatives like rehosting, replatforming, and rearchitecting. 

 

That’s where we come into play, with our vast expertise in legacy system and app modernization and creative strategies. Our dedicated consultants can determine the best strategy for each company and system.

Bring your legacy systems into the 21st century

Updating and upgrading your legacy systems requires a clear and careful strategy to ensure it’s done efficiently and effectively. Alithya has a team of trained, experienced professionals at the ready to help modernize your apps and systems.

What can Alithya do for you? 

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Modernization

Legacy and Mainframe Modernization


Organizations rely heavily on mainframe applications to drive business. But like any technology, mainframe and legacy systems need to evolve in order to keep pace with new technological developments.  

 

Whether you choose to rearchitect a legacy application and break it down into smaller pieces, or rethink how it’s hosted, the experts at Alithya will consider all angles to find the most innovative solution for your needs. 

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Application services

Application Integration Services

 

If your business strategy includes the use of current technologies, you’ll need to incorporate application integration services into your planning.

 

It’s crucial to establish the best strategy for linking applications together in order to simplify and automate your business processes. This maximizes efficiency without having to make sweeping changes to your existing applications or data structures.

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operations

Application Portfolio Management

 

It can be a major challenge for organizations to integrate applications and systems in a way that results in consistent, efficient operations while providing a unified user experience. We know how to develop an alignment strategy that combines different generations of applications with technologies that are not always fully compatible, all while limiting the cost of rewiring.

How we work

Business continuity is your priority, so we make it ours. Alithya’s teams are fully equipped to overcome the technological challenges of modernizing a legacy system. We aim to minimize or entirely eliminate any possible negative impact on your organization.

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We explore all the alternatives so we can offer the most practical and creative strategies.

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Sometimes we can use current technologies to enhance a legacy system. We leverage our DevOps expertise to accelerate the modernization process by offering fast deployment, all while ensuring the stability of the applications. When upgrading a legacy system isn’t feasible, we must replace it altogether.

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We use reverse engineering to recover lost information, highlight flaws in your current system, or migrate to a new platform.

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We explore all the alternatives so we can offer the most practical and creative strategies.

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Sometimes we can use current technologies to enhance a legacy system. We leverage our DevOps expertise to accelerate the modernization process by offering fast deployment, all while ensuring the stability of the applications. When upgrading a legacy system isn’t feasible, we must replace it altogether.

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We use reverse engineering to recover lost information, highlight flaws in your current system, or migrate to a new platform.

Alithya Digital Solutions Team

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We harness our expertise to transform and modernize systems with new technologies based on best market practices in the digital technology field. 

 

Our team leverages its experience to: 

 

  • Rewrite and modernize apps 
  • Automate certain processes 
  • Create websites 
  • Consider and review all cloud solutions 
  • Evolve strategic plans 
  • Support outdated systems until they become obsolete 

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