Legacy Lift and Shift

Software is created to meet needs. When it does this well, it can be left to stand and serve. Sometimes, however, this eventually turns into to a legacy application, one that works, most of the time, but becomes fragile, hard to maintain, inflexible to new and changing needs, and fails to leverage modern tools and infrastructure. Eventually, there may be a single aging server with only one person left in your organization who can keep it running -- if even that.

Terminal Labs can help. We aren't afraid of legacy applications, and we appreciate their history. We can dive into the weeds and use what we discover to rebuild your systems on modern languages, utilizing cutting-edge tools, and/or on scalable, resilient infrastructure.

Discovery

A critical part of migration is discovery. Rebuilding a solution to better serve your needs means first discovering how your needs are currently being addressed -- and where things are lacking. We'll identify key business logic, critical functions, and essential data that needs to be preserved, and we'll work with you to see how best to update this complex web in a way that serves your needs, while designing a system that will be easy to maintain and update. Whether it is a full code rewrite, purely a migration to the cloud, or something in-between, Terminal Labs can tackle a complex system and provide tiered options to suit your needs.

Lift and Shift

The migration and rebuild proesses are never simple, but Terminal Labs can absorb that complexity for you. We'll collaborate with any engineers and administrators to ensure they're not left behind and provide regular project updates keeping your informed and well-assured. We can leverage our experience and bullish persistence to resolve the bugs and headaches, presenting you with an updated application on modern infrastructure.

We'll take the problems and you can have the results you want.

Continuous development

Sometimes a rebuild can be a huge project. There is no way around it -- this will take some time. But that doesn't mean you can't start seeing results soon.

Terminal Labs is well versed in building in a way that ensures stability while providing the latest updates to your team. We design with robust, automated testing to ensure we meet the needs of your busness with the consistent results, and we leverage continuous development and continuous integration (CICD) tools to provide feature previews and publish production-ready interfaces as soon as they're ready. There is no need to endure months, or even years, of development without tasting the fruit of the labor.

Maintenance and Improvements

An updated application is great, but labor will prove fruitless if it is left to rot. Terminal Labs wants to help you avoid the worst of unmaintanable, legacy applications. If you have a team of engineers, Terminal Labs is well versed in collaborating and training. We recognize the value of your teams to serve your buisiness, and we strongly believe in supporting them to support you.

However, we also can provide ongoing support, maintenance, and improvements. Whether your team is already fully booked, you need a new feature, or you're running a buisiness that wants to avoid handling the software and IT, we can help.

Do you need a Lift and Shift? Do you want to explore options for refreshing your infrastructure? Give us a call.