Legacy modernisation
Incremental replacement, with the new system taking traffic a slice at a time and the old one retired only once it is genuinely idle.
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Digital Transformation
Modernisation without stopping the business
Legacy modernisation, cloud migration and architecture consulting — sequenced so that value arrives long before the programme ends.
Overview
Digital Transformation
Rewrites fail publicly and expensively, usually because everything is due at once and nothing is useful until it is. We modernise in increments instead: new capability built alongside the existing system, traffic moved a slice at a time, and every step independently reversible.
We are willing to advise against the work. Some systems are unglamorous, well understood and entirely fit for purpose, and the right recommendation is to leave them alone and spend the budget where it changes something.
What we build it with
Azure
AWS
.NET
Java
Kubernetes
Terraform
PostgreSQL
Docker
Capabilities
What this covers
Cloud migration
Assessment, wave planning, and an honest split between what to rehost, what to re-platform and what to rewrite — in that order of preference.
Architecture consulting
A costed target architecture and the sequence to reach it, which remains yours whether or not we build any of it.
Application modernisation
Frameworks, dependencies, pipelines and test coverage brought current, so the system can be changed safely again.
Typical engagements
When organisations call us about this
A system only one person understands
Critical software with a single point of human failure, where the risk is not the technology but the retirement date.
A data centre contract ending
A fixed deadline, a mixed estate, and a need to know early which workloads are straightforward and which are not.
A platform where every change takes a quarter
Software that still works but can no longer be modified at the speed the business needs, usually for reasons that are fixable.
Our Process
A staged engagement you can pause at any point
Each stage concludes with a defined deliverable that you retain, so there is no obligation to commission the next one.
1
Discovery
A complimentary 45-minute conversation to understand the requirement and establish whether we are the right fit.
2
Blueprint
One to two weeks, fixed fee. Architecture, scope and a costed delivery plan, which remains yours whether or not we proceed.
3
Pilot
A defined initial increment, deployed to your environment so the engagement can be assessed on delivered software.
4
Delivery
Two-week sprints with live demonstrations and continuous deployment to your environment.
5
Support or handover
We continue to operate the platform, or we train your team and complete a documented handover.
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Talk to us about digital transformation
Describe what you are trying to build or improve. We will respond with an honest assessment of fit within one working day.