Technology Strategy & Roadmap
Does your organization or department depend on ancient spreadsheets so tired they almost feel like they’re still living on the author’s original 386? Is no one left that understands what it does, or are you terrified that person is going to leave? We’ve been there and have almost certainly seen worse. We can tame or replace those unsupported spreadsheets with visual tools and bring you into this decade and beyond.
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Enterprise & Legacy System Lifespan Analysis
The old joke is a “legacy system is one that works.” That ignores that many such systems are built on insecure, outdated, unsupported code libraries. Just because they’re “working” does not mean that they’re risk-free. Quite the contrary, many pose existential threats to the organizations that depend on them. In fact, many are based on dead coding languages, such as COBOL and Pascal. This list is now joined by almost a dozen dying languages, many of which were in their prime in recent memory, including Objective C, Ruby and Visual Basic.
If your legacy platform feels like a museum, we can help bring you up to date without sacrificing the essential functions of your existing systems.
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Tech Alignment & Forward Planning
Tech alignment is much more than predicting market trends. We look at the overall health of your organization’s tech platform(s) to see where it is in the maturity cycle. Too early, and it’s difficult to recruit workers. Too late, and maintenance costs can skyrocket. Too customized means it may be difficult or impossible to upgrade without having to rip out the entire system. Too basic, and it may not offer any strategic advantage over your competitors.
In our experience, most CIOs are not equipped to make these observations, and these engagement typically report to other members of the C-suite, including the CFO and CEO. Tired of losing sleep? Let us put your mind at rest.