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Application Modernization Services

Modernize today for a more agile tomorrow

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Slash costs and boost savings

Reduce maintenance costs and lower expenses associated with legacy systems by modernizing your applications

Achieve improved agility & innovation

Foster innovation and leverage the latest technologies to improve your offerings and stay competitive

Maximize efficiency & productivity

Improve resource utilization, streamline processes, reduce manual work, and eliminate outdated systems that slow down operations

Transform your legacy systems with cutting-edge modernization

3Pillar’s application modernization approach is rooted in a business-centric strategy that ensures comprehensive value delivery throughout the initiative. By collaborating closely with your in-house domain experts, we conduct a thorough initial assessment to identify application issues, opportunities, and technological and business drivers. Recognizing the fundamental cause of each driver—whether functional, architectural, or technological—is crucial for determining the optimal modernization approach tailored to your specific requirements. Once a strategic direction is established, we craft a modernization roadmap designed to meet your precise needs.

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Our distinctive methodology emphasizes an iterative process of collaboration with our clients, consistently delivering incremental value. This approach enables you to witness tangible progress swiftly, avoiding the pitfalls of a protracted, expensive full replacement. Throughout the journey, you will benefit from our team’s expert guidance on innovative processes and organizational thinking.

3 critical factors for application modernization to fuel business growth

For each modernization approach, it’s important to consider three key factors: Decomposition, Automation, and Cloud Migration & Optimization.

Decomposition

Decomposition entails disassembling your existing applications into distinct components that can be containerized, refactored, or re-engineered as necessary. Our approach facilitates the adoption of architectural patterns that enable the construction of applications using loosely-coupled, independent, and discrete services. This method enhances technological flexibility, allowing for the use of diverse technologies and frameworks to manage various microservices.

Automation

Automation employs a sophisticated blend of DevOps methodologies, advanced tooling, and continuous delivery practices to eliminate as much manual work as possible from the software development lifecycle. A key focus is on automating CI/CD pipelines, enabling seamless integration and deployment of code changes. Automation also plays a critical role in areas such as automated testing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and data migration and management.

Cloud Migration & Optimization

Cloud migration and optimization are integral components of any application modernization initiative. Leveraging robust and comprehensive cloud solutions is essential for managing risk, enhancing scalability, improving performance, and reducing costs. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) each offer significant improvements in performance, efficiency, and scalability. Our approach empowers you to derive substantial business value from your data through advanced, cloud-native AI services and tools.

Key benefits of application modernization

Our clients consistently achieve breakthrough results when they follow our strategic approach to application modernization including: 

Cloud migration and optimized code lead to improved application performance and scalability

Take advantage of modern protocols, DevSecOps, and advanced threat detection to strengthen your cybersecurity posture

Decrease maintenance costs and take advantage of pay-as-you-go cloud services to reduce the cost of application operations

Release updates faster and more frequently with a modular architecture

Get real-time data access via advanced cloud storage solutions

Establish cloud backup and failover capabilities to guarantee product uptime

Ensure remote access and collaboration tools that empower your development teams to do their best work

Drivers for modernizing legacy applications

Organizations choose to modernize legacy applications for a number of reasons and use cases. These drivers can be categorized as business drivers and technology drivers, and each can be addressed with our application modernization services.

Business fit

If your application is an obstacle to business opportunities or evolving requirements, it may hinder your ability to respond to market demands, innovate, and maintain a competitive edge.

Innovation

Legacy applications can hinder your ability to leverage emerging technologies, adapt to evolving market trends, and foster a culture of continuous innovation.

Agility

When application enhancements are too time-consuming or costly, it significantly impairs your organization’s agility, ability to swiftly adapt to market changes, implement new features, and respond to customer demands.

Cost

When the total cost of ownership for an application exceeds its business value, it becomes a financial burden rather than an asset. Modernizing these applications is crucial to optimizing costs and maximizing return on investment.

Complexity

When an application is encumbered by intricate dependencies and outdated technologies, implementing improvements, maintaining stability, and ensuring consistent performance become formidable challenges. Modernization is essential to enhance the application’s reliability and facilitate easier, more cost-effective enhancements.

Risk

When application enhancements are excessively time-consuming or costly, they introduce significant risk to the organization. These delays can hinder your ability to quickly adapt to changing market conditions, address security vulnerabilities, and meet regulatory requirements.

Helping our clients succeed

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Achieved $1.75 MM in ROI driven by net new revenue and cost savings

“Through our partnership with 3Pillar, we’ve credentialed ourselves as the industry’s most creative, forward-thinking tech team.”

Chief Technology Officer

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75% reduction in volume of customer support calls

Launched new product quickly, allowing company to enroll new customers and increasing availability from 16 to 26 states in less than a year

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Upgrade your legacy applications to enhance security, improve performance, and reduce costs. Reach out today to get started.

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