Is your company tied to legacy applications or systems? If so, what keeps you from modernizing those systems?
Have past customizations locked you in to those legacy applications? Does your business rely too heavily on those systems? Maybe management sees it as too big of a risk?
In either case, I’d argue that running a business on legacy systems is not only risky, it hurts your business. How so? Here are three ways:
How much of your IT budget gets tied up maintaining your legacy systems? Because legacy applications need more maintenance, they often tie up 70-80% of an IT budget.
Think about that. If you’re spending 80% of your budget maintaining the status quo, how can you ever move forward? It’s like riding a stationary bike. You peddle and peddle, but never get anywhere.
Over time, applications and systems become more complex. Every customization and change adds another layer of complexity to the system. Maintaining these applications only becomes more difficult and time-consuming the older they get.
What does that mean? That means your IT department must dedicate more and more time to maintenance. Every new change becomes more difficult than the last, and runs the risk of breaking other parts of the system.
If you’re tied to outdated systems and applications, you’re also stuck with outdated features. What types of benefits could you be missing out on? Here are few:
I know–you might feel stuck. You want the modern features, but you’re tied to outdated technology. For one reason or another, you can’t replace it.
What can you do?
Here’s one way: Using m-Power’s “extend-and-surround” approach, you can build new features over your existing systems. The best part: It integrates with your existing system, without altering it. To learn more about m-Power and the new features you can add to your legacy system, check out this paper.
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