Modernizing Legacy Applications: Fitting the Tool to the Job

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Modernizing Legacy Applications: Fitting the Tool to the Job

Posted July 7, 2010 | Technology |

Putting aside rewrites and conversion to a package, there are three primary technical methodologies and technologies for modernizing legacy applications:

Rehosting
Code translation (aka "conversion" and "migration")
Rearchitecting, the newest entry in the field

About The Author

Don Estes

Don Estes is President of Don Estes & Associates. He has served as Editor of the Cutter IT Journal and as a speaker at Cutter Summits. He has more than 35 years experience in IT, more than half of which has been focused on managing the business and technical risks in the modernization of legacy applications and their integration with new technology. His writings have brought both a theoretical and a practical view to extracting the value… Read More

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Modernizing Legacy Applications: Fitting the Tool to the Job

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