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Don’t Let Legacy Systems Hold Back Your Business Growth

Author: Sharon Loh

Legacy systems may still work, but they can be costly, outdated, and inflexible. Modern tools—like low-code and no-code platforms—help your team simplify app development and speed up deployment.

Updating your applications isn’t just about upgrading your tech stack; it’s about giving your organization the agility it needs to meet evolving business demands while improving your customers’ experience. It also prepares you for integrating AI when your business is ready. In this video, Eduardo Mecking and João Labre discuss the importance of staying current with technologies to achieve business success.

Timestamps

  • 01:31 What are the main reasons an organization wants to modernize its applications?
  • 03:01 What are the upcoming trends for modern applications?
  • 04:25 What are the challenges in modernizing applications?
  • 07:03 What is your strategy to migrate legacy applications to the cloud?

Key Drivers in Modernizing Applications

  • Cost and Complexity: Maintaining outdated applications drains resources and makes integration with modern tech stack more challenging.
  • Speed Matters: Bringing products/services to market quickly is crucial. Slow, clunky systems create bottlenecks that impact business growth.
  • Reduce Complexity: Modern tools let your team build applications faster with intuitive, drag-and-drop interfaces, reducing reliance on extensive coding.
  • Create a Better Experience: Modern user interfaces are more intuitive and user-friendly, leading to faster adoption and increased satisfaction.

Insights from Eduardo and João

Sometimes the legacy application doesn’t connect to the business anymore.”

“The Cost of Ownership of those applications is usually bad. And the way to address them is modernizing the applications”.

Because of the technology that cloud brings, like Platform-as-a-Service, it’s easier and faster and less risk to migrate those legacy applications into modern applications.”

“Legacy applications may not have the proper documentation, so it may be difficult to understand the functionality and dependencies.”

Watch this video as Eduardo and João share more tips on Modernizing Applications. Ready to modernize apps for your business? Let’s connect.

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