Age is just a number when it comes to legacy systems. Any application that is not scalable is in a legacy state, even if it's only two years old. Once you realize your system is in a legacy state, there are a variety of financial reasons for updating the system as quickly as possible. Legacy systems are expensive to maintain, prone to malicious hackers, and impede company growth.

1. UPDATING
LEGACY
SYSTEMS
Making the Financial Case for a
Modernization Project

2. When It Comes to
Legacy Systems...

3. Age Is Just
a Number.

4. A True Legacy
System Is
any application that is difficult to
update.

5. A two-year-old app can already be in
a legacy state if it’s unscalable.

6. Signs Your
Working with a
Legacy System:

7. Aging
Infrastructure
are you buying replacement parts on eBay?

8. Obsolete
Programming
Language
do new developers know your tech stack?

9. No
Vendor
Support
have vendors stopped supporting
applications you use?

10. Disproportionate
Cost
does it cost more to maintain than to
replace?

11. Making the
Financial Case for
a Modernization
Project

12. Many Companies
Put It Off
even when they accept the limitations of
the legacy system.

13. It can be a hard sell to replace
functioning systems.

14. But The Longer It
Is Put Off...

15. The More
Expensive It
Becomes.

16. Replace Before
It’s a Liability

17. Legacy Systems
Are Vulnerable
to Malicious
Attacks...

18. because of unpatched or
unsupported software, hardcoded
passwords, and limited upgrades.

19. A Security
Breach
can impact your bottom line.

20. Depending on the scale of the
breach, you could lose customers,
partners, licenses, and contracts.

21. You Need to
Update...

22. When Your
Business Needs
Change.

23. A company merger or new
compliance measures can force
changes.

24. If you chose an enterprise solution
5 years ago, it may not be meeting
current needs.

25. Reduce Long-
Term Costs by
Modernizing

26. It’s Expensive
to operate and maintain legacy
systems.

27. Time spent interacting with a slow
and buggy system cuts down on
overall productivity, which costs
money.

28. If IT spends most of their time fixing
bugs, then it’s time to replace.

29. Q:
Do you want your developers writing
new product features or fixing bugs?

30. A:
(rhetorical question)

31. The Sooner Your
Replace
the less expensive it will be for the
transition.

32. Integration
Means Better
Data

33. Siloed
Applications
Can’t Scale.

34. Integrated IT systems increase
visibility across the organization by
providing a uniform data pool.

35. Better data makes your company
more competitive.

36. Increase
Efficiency with
Mobile

37. Your Staff Is On
the Move...

38. and if your system cannot be
accessed from mobile devices, then
you team is not as productive as
they could be.

39. Cloud
Connectivity
means real-time data and reporting
features.

40. Affordable options make cloud
computing attainable for companies
of all sizes.

41. Improve
Employee
Recruitment &
Retention

42. Older Tech
makes it harder to find developers
with the knowledge or willingness to
work for your company.

43. Even non-technical people want to
work with the latest applications
because they are user-friendly,
fast, and integrate with other
applications.

44. To compete for the best talent, you
need to invest in system upgrades.

45. Build
Technical
Wealth

46. Not Technical
Debt
by carefully planning the
modernization project.

47. Invest In Your
Team
and plan for appropriate training.

48. Augment Your
Team
with experienced developers.

49. Outsource Part of
the Work
with highly-skilled consultants.

50. Take Steps to
Ensure
clearly written code and good
documentation.

51. Build & Run
automated tests, and design the
system for integration.

52. Choose the Right
Development
Partner

53. If You Need
to Outsource,
Remember...

54. You Will Be
Working With
This System For
Several Years.

55. Invest In The
Right Partner
and make sure you are happy with
the finished product.

56. Let’s Talk.

57. ILM Professional
Services
provides expert development advice
to companies in Minnesota.

58. We have experience with all aspects
of modernization projects.

59. We can help you with a variety of
development initiatives, from an
architectural review to a full strategy
design and application launch.

60. Visit ilmservice.com or call
(952) 960-2220 to learn how we
use development to drive business
innovation.

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