User-Driven Transformation of Legacy Systems
Organizations worldwide continue to depend on software that’s more than a decade old—built on outdated platforms that no longer receive support. Although these legacy systems still run effectively, they are a security risk. But convincing stakeholders and financial decision makers to invest in something that they already have, and to convince end-users to move to a new system remains a formidable challenge.
How can we steer our customers toward a modern future? How do we transition business-critical applications to new technologies without sacrificing the features that users truly value? There is no simple answer to this question.
I’ve spent years navigating these modernization journeys, encountering many of the same challenges you face today. Over time, I’ve refined a way of working that not only allows me to grasp the details of how these legacy systems work but also helps me pinpoint the elements that matter most to end users. With these insights, I am well on my way to designing a new system that can get accepted by end-users and prove its worth.
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll simulate a real modernization scenario. I’ll take on multiple perspectives—from CFO to end user—and together we’ll craft several modern architectures for the use case at hand. We will end up with different architectures, because there is no “one size fits all”.
By the end of our interactive workshop, you’ll walk away with a new set of strategies and tools to convert old, reliable applications into innovative, efficient systems that not only meet today’s demands but also delight their users.
Nico Vermeir is an application architect at Inetum Belgium since 2010, where he has a strong focus on building and architecting modern applications.
Being a strong believer in the importance of communities he tries to share knowledge wherever he can, be it on Twitter, at a user group or conference. He has spoken on many international conferences such as NDC Oslo, NDC Sydney, NDC London, Swetugg, Build Stuff, DotNext.
Nico is a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies, crew member of Techorama BE and NL and crew member of VISUG, Belgium's largest .NET user group.
In his spare time he enjoys brewing (and tasting) beer, playing the guitar, riding his Harley-Davidson and doing Karate.