{"id":5540,"date":"2013-02-15T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=5540"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:53:48","slug":"weekly-recap-tech-upgrades-that-make-your-business-run-faster-the-first-step-on-legacy-code-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/weekly-recap-tech-upgrades-that-make-your-business-run-faster-the-first-step-on-legacy-code-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: Tech upgrades that make your business run faster, the first step on legacy code, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the first steps of legacy modernization, tech upgrades to improve your business, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20130215_10TechUpgradesThatMakeBusinessFaster_LegacyCode']); \" href=\"http:\/\/coding.abel.nu\/2013\/02\/first-step-on-legacy-code-classifying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">First step on legacy code: Classifying<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe difficulty with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/solutions\/modernization.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">modernizing legacy applications<\/span><\/a> is understanding which code to keep and which to replace. Some code might be essential to your company, while other code must be replaced ASAP. This article outlines the steps for classifying your legacy code before a modernization project.<a name=\"20130212\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">10 tech upgrades that make your business run faster<\/span><br \/>\nWhile I typically focus on improving business productivity with software, we can\u2019t ignore the additional productivity offered through certain hardware upgrades. This article outlines 10 such hardware upgrades that will help your business run smoother.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">HTML5 Drag and Swap<\/span><br \/>\nDo you want to see some possibilities of HTML5 and CSS3? This drag and swap plugin is built using the native HTML5 drag and drop API, with drop animations using CSS3. 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