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Application Modernization Services

Application modernization services incorporate various activities, such as re-engineering, migration to the cloud, redesign, tech stack modernization, etc. They aim at improving system performance, enhancing business parameters, and making it more scalable.

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About Application Modernization Services

Maintaining an outdated system is a demanding, unsafe, and time-consuming process. Legacy application modernization services are often the optimal way to solve your current software challenges and upgrade and update your existing system. This allows your solution to remain high-performance, competitive, and relevant within the context of current market demands.

The process of app modernization often starts with a careful assessment of the current state of your systems. This includes evaluating tech stacks, code quality, performance, security, scalability, and compliance. Based on this, you can create a modernization strategy that includes the activities and outlines the goals.

The scope of software modernization services may vary depending on the needs and problems of a particular application. The services may include application modernization consulting, UI/UX redesign, cloud migration, application re-architecting, re-hosting, and code optimization.

Benefits of Software Modernization Services

Legacy software modernization helps improve the speed, security, usability, and other critical aspects of system health.

Enhanced security

Protect your solution from potential threats and make security management easier

Cost savings

Reduce maintenance costs and save resources in the long run

Compliance with regulations

Ensure your system meets industry standards and regulations

Greater scalability

Improve your system agility and responsiveness to changes and integrations

Competitive edge

Get a competitive advantage over other solutions

Enhanced experience

Improve customer experience with better performance and design

Future-proof solution

Make further system evolution easier by keeping it up-to-date

Comprehensive audit

Start with a comprehensive audit that exposes all weaknesses

Quality assessment

Get an independent expert perspective on your system’s quality

Work Process

Legacy app modernization includes several stages, each requiring certain specialists. Keep in mind that the process may differ, depending on the individual project needs.

Audit

This stage includes analyzing existing issues, exploring opportunities to achieve the client’s goals, and providing recommendations for improvements.

Team:

Software Architect
Project Manager
Tech Lead

Business analysis

Developing requirements for either modernizing the existing project or rewriting it from scratch.

Team:

Software Architect
Business Analyst
Project Manager
Tech Lead

UI/UX design

Defining design requirements and creating a new UI/UX design based on these requirements.

Team:

Business Analyst
Project Manager
UI/UX Designer

Back-end development

Rewriting or modernizing the server side of the solution.

Team:

Team Lead
Back-end Engineer
Project Manager

Front-end development

Modernizing the client side and adapting it to align with the new design.

Team:

Team Lead
Front-end Engineer
Project Manager

Quality assurance

Conducting manual testing, updating automated tests, and ensuring the performance of integrations.

Team:

Manual QA Engineer
Automation QA Engineer
Project Manager

Implementation and training

Reintegrating the system into the client’s infrastructure and conducting employee training.

Team:

Solution Architect
Support Engineer
Back-end Engineer
Project Manager

Our Clients

We develop large projects for clients across 27 countries, a significant number of which are featured on the Fortune 500 list.

When do you need Application Modernization Services?

Application modernization services are necessary if you have performance bottlenecks, offer a negative user experience, have bugs, security, and compatibility issues, and lack scaling capabilities. Modernizing your application will help change the technologies into the most suitable ones and eliminate these challenges.

Consider when:

Outdated technologies

Your system relies on out-of-date languages, frameworks, and tools

Maintenance issues

Supporting your system requires too much time, effort, and cost

Security concerns

Your software is vulnerable to security breaches

Lack of compatibility

Your software has issues working with the latest systems and devices

Outdated interface

Your system provides a poor user experience, which leads to dissatisfaction

Scaling and updates

You want to scale easily by switching from monolithic to microservices architecture

Inefficient performance

Your app loads slowly, crashes frequently, and has performance challenges

System flexibility

You want to upgrade your software to help it meet your current business needs

Many bugs

There are issues with your app operation

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Have your legacy software modernized to meet your current requirements by our experienced software engineers

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Our Software Development Standards

In our work, we follow international approaches and standards such as:

Management:	PMP
Design:	ISO 9241-210
Programming:	Coding conventions, MDN Web Docs, Naming convention
Python:	PEP 8
JS/TS:	ECMA, JavaScript Standard Style, Google TypeScript Style Guide, ESLint
PHP:	PSR
С#:	ReSharper
HTML/CSS:	W3C
Security:	GDPR
Testing:	ISTQB

Related Case Studies

Projects we are proud of

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A huge internal system for managing sales, marketing and services. The system contains around 100 modules and is integrated with all other IT systems used by the company, including accounting, warehouse, CRM, etc.

Project details

Automotive

KIA

A large online retail store of Danone products with complex integrations with other IT systems of the company, including CRM, warehouse management and accounting.

Project details

FMCG

Danone

Development QA

Comprehensive promotional websites’ development to impact the effectiveness and return of the marketing strategies across PepsiCo’s portfolio.

Project details

FMCG

PepsiCo

Development QA

Central Spa and Pool Supply Ltd. is a wholesale distributor of hot tub and swimming pool products and accessories with a reputation throughout Canada. Central Spa provides one-stop shopping convenience to the spa and pool industry dealers and service technicians.

Project details

Retail

Central Spa & Pool Supply

Design Development QA Research UX

Preston Baker is an award-winning real estate agency with quite diverse portfolio of services: lettings, financial services, residential sales, and more.

Project details

Real Estate

Preston Baker

Development QA

One of the largest and most visited price-aggregators in Ukraine. The main idea is to display large discounts from other stores.

Project details

Retail, E-commerce

Skidka.ua

Design Development QA Research UX

A website and mobile app for a factory and chain of jewelry stores. The app allows live broadcasts of jewelry reviews, streaming to Instagram, answering questions in the chat, and making online purchases.

Project details

Retail, E-commerce

Stoned Crystals

Design Development QA Research UX

Why Choose SECL Group for Software Modernization?

We have vast experience working with legacy systems and modernizing them. We can handle a wide range of app modernization tasks, from updating framework versions to digital transformation consulting.

Experience with legacy systems

Our team has vast experience in modernizing legacy software

Vast tech stack

We provide software modernization services using Python, JS, and PHP

Detailed documentation

We provide comprehensive documentation for all system changes

In-depth research

We always conduct a thorough system analysis to define all flaws

Performance optimization

We have experience optimizing the performance of different systems

Prioritizing issues

We divide issues into critical flaws, and medium and low-priority tasks

Vast portfolio

We have completed hundreds of software projects

Sales through consulting

We identify weaknesses and risks as early as the pre-selling stage

Certified specialists

We have certified tech specialists

International standards

We follow international standards in our work

Software modernization

We have modernized software for KIa, PepsiCo, Danone, and many other top companies

Security aspect

We always prioritize security concerns during app modernization

No downtime

We have a proven track record of improving solutions without incurring downtime

Regression testing

We always conduct comprehensive regression testing after modernization

Data backups

We always begin any modernization with data backups to prevent data loss

Approved decisions

We explain our modernization decisions and approve them with the client

82% seniority

82% of our team are senior engineers

Enterprise projects

We have plenty of experience with large-scale complex systems

Best practices

We use the absolute best practices in software modernization

Meeting specific requirements

We always tailor the modernization process to suit your specific needs

Many locations

We have 5 offices in different locations around the globe

Team of 70+ developers

We have a full-time team of 70+ software engineers

Our Awards

Authoritative Design Award

Behance Interaction Award

Technologies

We choose the technology stack for every software development project individually. Here are those we specialize in.

Programming languages:

Python

JavaScript

Java

PHP

Web / Frameworks:

Django

FastAPI

Spring

Hibernate

.NET

Node.js

Express

NestJS

Laravel

Yii

Symfony

React

Vue.js

Angular

Ext JS

Databases / Data storage:

MySQL

PostgeSQL

MongoDB

Redis

A. Casandra

Elasticsearch

Amazon RDS

Amazon S3

DevOps containers:

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS ECS/EKS

DevOps automation:

Ansible

Chef

DevOps CI/CD:

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

AWS

DevOps monitoring:

Zabbix

Grafana

Testing:

Selenium

Postman

Swagger

Apache JMeter

Playwright

Clouds:

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Industries

Core domains we specialize in

Additional domains we have experience in

FINANCE

REAL ESTATE

TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

AGRICULTURE

MEDIA & PUBLISHING

And experience in over 20 other industries!

Results

Improved software performance and responsiveness

Reduced vulnerability to security threats with tech updates and using best security practices

You can scale your solution and extend its functionality quickly and effortlessly

Your software is compatible with the latest versions of browsers, devices, and systems

You minimize support and maintenance expenses by optimizing your system

You get user-friendly interfaces that help provide a better user experience

Your maintenance activities take less time and effort

All the bugs are eliminated

All the technologies are updated to the latest versions

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FAQ

Here are our answers to some of the most common questions related to app modernization services. If we haven’t covered yours, get in touch with us and we will discuss them.

What are the signs that software modernization is necessary?

Your solution may require modernization in a variety situations, but the most common cases are:

outdated technology versions;
incompatibility with more modern software systems;
slowed performance with bottlenecks;
hindered user experience due to above-mentioned issues;
high operating and maintenance costs.

What are the potential risks of keeping a legacy app without modernization?

You may face various consequences and challenges if you decide not to modernize your legacy application. This would likely involve security threats, a lack of operational efficiency, issues with user experience, scalability constraints, unreasonable operational and maintenance costs, as well as a host of other challenges.

Can you prevent operational downtime during software modernization?

Sure, this is common practice at SECL Group. We divide applications into integral parts, only making changes gradually, thereby ensuring that your system remains up throughout the modernization process.