http://blog.nexaweb.com Thoughts, Field Notes and News from Nexaweb Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:01:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rob Gagne (Nexaweb SVP Software & Services) and Dave Jilk (CEO of Standing Cloud, Inc.) delivered a webinar this week on using the cloud as a platform for modernizing legacy software applications to the web. Highlights: Rob Gagne explained why the cloud is such a good platform for application modernization: Modernization projects are ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/legacy-it-application-modernization-%e2%80%9ckiller%e2%80%9d-cloud-app/ As mentioned in part I in this series of articles on legacy code analysis, poorly understood or undocumented legacy application source code is a risky thing. The Obvious Pitfall – The Broken System No One Knows How to Repair The popular fear is that a legacy system will break, and there’s no ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/not-so-obvious-undocumented-legacy-code-pitfalls/ After rationalizing the IT application portfolio and deciding which older legacy applications to retire, replace, migrate or re-write, we see a common cause for delay or cost-overruns when it comes to executing the plan: Poorly understood legacy code. This is the first blog post in a 4-part series of articles on the ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/legacy-code-analysis-accelerates-it-modernization-soa-roadmap/ In a 30-minute webcast this past Tuesday, Nexaweb SVP Software & Services, Rob Gagne, explained why gaining a detailed understanding of legacy system functionality is a critical first step down the path of a) integrating legacy apps into an SOA, b) replacing legacy apps with new commercial software (COTS or ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/webinar-highlights-legacy-code-analysis-%e2%80%93-the-fast-path-to-it-modernization-and-soa/ This is the third in my blog series on application modernization by industry, and it turned out to be a bit more involved than I had expected, because the logistics industry has a lower profile than the banking and insurance companies we have examined here previously. The hot topics of the ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/industry-insights-logistics-technology-and-modernization-%e2%80%93-part-i/ After demonstrating FX Accelerator for a banking analyst at a leading research firm during a call last week, our conversation turned to the latest market trends, specifically in wealth management and private banking. We’ve been hearing from a number of customers and prospects that they need to deploy more self-service ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/banking-analyst-says-high-net-worth-clients-want-more-%e2%80%9cholistic%e2%80%9d-services/ Had an interesting conversation recently with an analyst at the industry’s leading research firm. He’s been covering legacy application modernization for more than a dozen years, and knows the customer needs, technologies and solutions provider landscape very well. We’ve talked with this analyst a few times over the last several ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/leading-analyst-firm-focuses-on-%e2%80%9cdistributed-application-modernization%e2%80%9d/ 2011 will be the year for cloud computing, mobile computing, new government regulations, the rise of tablets, smartphones and death of netbooks. These drivers are motivating change across all industries, but especially banking. Social media has reset the expectations of consumers regarding the ways to interact and the speed to ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/industry-insights-application-modernization-in-banking/ The respected industry analyst firm Aite has just issued a report on its Top 10 Trends in Life and Health Insurance 2011. As I mentioned in my earlier blog on application modernization in the insurance industry, Aite also cites external regulatory changes as one of the primary drivers of this ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/aite%e2%80%99s-top-10-trends-in-life-and-health-insurance-cites-%e2%80%9clegacy-overhang%e2%80%9d/ As we start the New Year, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the evolution of our company and industry – and keep coming back to the question of what it means to be a software company today. Part of my thinking has been shaped by Michael Cusumano’s seminal work on ... http://blog.nexaweb.com/post/what-is-a-software-company/