Majority of the business around the world are undertaking application modernization owing to several challenges - changing business
demands and technology challenges are forcing organizations to improve operational efficiency of applications, while managing risk;
organizations are facing complexities of rising cost & complexity of maintenance with users clamoring for better applications &
newer features on one hand, while budget constraints do not allow them to do much about it on the other; organizations are not sure
whether internal IT teams are geared to be able to expedite application modernization. Critical application knowledge resides with a few
people and there is little or poor documentation. And most importantly - mature systems are sitting on older technologies, while
competitors are zooming in with great architectures and easy to use modern front-ends.
Migration, as part of application modernization, leverages the current business model and the features of the application to move
towards enhancement in a cost-effective manner. Magnasoft can provide migration services that cater to varied platforms. We bring in our
tools and expertise to make a smooth transition.
Offering
Magnasoft's approach to migration is to use software based automation to the maximum, ensuring the focus shifts from technology to the
business processes present in the system.
This is made possible by our emphasis on R&D which has yielded an ability to analyze the existing source code by means of tools,
which allows for designing using UML notations. The usage of industry standards for the visual modeling allows business analysts to focus
on the business process flow while the output of this modeling is fed to the tool for code generation.
Magnasoft offers end-to-end migration services, starting from application analysis, target environment selection, strategy definition,
to implementation & support.
Our offerings for migration are as follows:
Porting
This primarily deals with enhancements made to the technical environment of the existing legacy system. The enhancements could involve
changing the hardware platform, underlying language / application, database and/or operating system on which the system is currently
deployed. The other technical aspects of the system such as data management mechanisms and application design are either not changed or
changed very minimally.
Conversion
Programming language conversion or the data management technology is what typically constitutes the migration. Changes are made in the
various parts of the application for data access and storage in the new data management environment. Magnasoft performs multiple types of
conversions including conversion of application programs within the same platform - from one dialect of the programming language to
another and from one language to another; conversion of database and data servers; and conversion of application programs and data across
platforms. Version upgrades form a part of our conversion services.
Extension
Extension is more of a 'quick-fix' solution; in that it does not address the core problems in the application but seeks to merely replace
certain functionality, such as the User Interface, to provide users with a modern look & feel.
Integration
The EAI offering addresses challenges caused by disparate systems on heterogeneous technologies, data management and duplication
challenges in the organization. Our approach offers the following benefits:
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Iterative and incremental development approach to gain early ROI
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Competency in a variety of technologies such as Arc Gis Server, Arc Gis Engine, ArcIMS, ArcPAD, Arc SDE, Map Objects, Arc Objects,
MapX, Map Basic and Web Services as well as custom solutions
Engine, ArcIMS, ArcPAD, Arc SDE, Map Objects, Arc Objects, MapX, Map Basic and Web Services as well as custom solutions
Magnasoft offers valuable application migration services where clients are satisfied with the functionality of the existing system and
not willing to change the existing business process, but the existing application technology platform is outdated and not meeting the
future business growth.