Do we really need to think about legacy modernization?

If you hear the term “data migration”, it might send a chill down your spine. It doesn't matter, whether you work as a CEO or as a secretary: sometimes you might feel, that something regarding your work with the computer goes wrong or things just should not be the way they are. Then you maybe find yourself swearing at the computer but anyhow thinking: “Never change a running system”.

But what if you always find yourself in trouble, even if the problems are not that big? So first of all, you might want to figure out, whether a legacy modernization or a migration is necessary for your company and could help you, to get your work done more relaxed.

A good way to start this is to take a look outside your window. Relax and think about the following questions – but please: be true to yourself!

1. Do you still have (enough) technical support for your legacy systems?
2. Do you have more and more problems with downtime? If yes, how does this affect your work?
3. Do you have problems, recruiting new qualified employees, who can deal with your legacy systems?
4. Do you sometimes think, that you are way too inflexible with all your legacy systems and wish for more extensions, interfaces or an improved usability?
5. Do you have to deal with data security issues, because your legacy systems don´t accomplish the standards?

So what do you think right now? Might some of this be true? Is it for real, that you just thought about answering at least one of these questions with yes? Because if you do so, you really should answer our title question with yes, too. In this case, you really should think about a legacy modernization.

What does that mean? Well, you first of all should consider, that changing a running system, might be a good thing. As the American writer Alvin Toffler said in 1970: “Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life.”

If this now has been a kick-off for you, to finally become an interest in the topics related to data migration or architecture migration, it would be a pleasure for us to welcome you as a new follower of our blog. Stay tuned for the next articles, in which we offer you more information about what migration is and how it could look like.