Redefining Legacy Modernization Around Customer Outcomes
Why modernization success requires a flexible, outcome-driven approach
Legacy modernization continues to rank among the top priorities—and pressure points—for CIOs. Gartner’s Top CIO Challenges 2024 highlights application portfolio modernization as a critical concern, yet organizations often struggle to succeed with their chosen modernization strategy, whether that is refactor, rewrite, or replace.
This webinar takes a practical, customer-focused look at modernization approaches that reduce risk, accelerate outcomes, and align with shifting business and technology requirements. Drawing from decades of modernization experience and supported by AI-driven insights, our speakers will walk through three real-world use cases that represent today’s most common transformation paths:
- Refactor to a Modern Language (COBOL → Java) – How incremental, hybrid refactoring can reduce risk, preserve critical functionality, and bridge widening IT skills gaps. Hear how organizations modernize at their own pace while maintaining full functional equivalence.
- Replace with a Commodity-Based Application – When a 30-year-old system has accumulated technical debt and no longer meets business needs, a packaged solution may look attractive—but rarely covers all required functionality. Learn how generative AI accelerates gap analysis and business rule discovery to support a successful replacement strategy.
- Rebuild for a Cloud-Native Architecture – For organizations reimagining their architecture entirely, a rewrite requires deep analysis of current-state functionality, interdependencies, and modernization feasibility. We’ll cover how teams accelerate and de-risk this high-impact path.
Attendees will gain clear, actionable guidance on when to use each approach—and how to combine them to meet business outcomes while managing cost, complexity, and risk.
AveriSource will also share recommended resources during the session, including their latest blog post, “Redefining the Forgotten Art of Legacy Modernization.”
Presenters
Barry Tait, Head of Solutions, AveriSource
With 30+ years of modernization leadership at AWS, NTT DATA, and Dell, Barry helps organizations transform legacy workloads with pragmatic, future-ready strategies.
Greg Ogburn, Head of Product, AveriSource
With over 20 years of experience designing and delivering modernization solutions across startup and enterprise environments, Greg specializes in applying AI and knowledge analysis technologies to accelerate modernization outcomes.
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