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Rethinking Legacy Systems for a Modern Era

Legacy systems often hold businesses back with rising costs, talent gaps, and innovation barriers. At Improving, we modernize these systems through tailored strategies—refactoring, cloud replatforming, or full rebuilds—designed to align with your goals. Our process ensures minimal disruption and delivers tangible results, from enhanced performance to reduced operational costs.

MODERNIZATION CHALLENGES

Why Legacy Systems Hold You Back

Many enterprises still rely on legacy systems that are fragile, monolithic, and costly to maintain. These systems create bottlenecks that hinder scalability, slow down innovation, and increase exposure to security risks. Without modernization, businesses struggle to integrate with cloud services, adopt AI, or respond to shifting customer expectations.

High Cost of Maintenance and Operations

Inflexible Monolithic Architectures

Limited Scalability and Poor Performance

Security Vulnerabilities and Compliance Gaps

Difficulty Integrating with Modern Platforms

WHAT WE DO

Modernization Services For Modern Enterprises

We offer a focused set of services to help enterprises modernize legacy applications while reducing risk and accelerating value. From architecture assessments to full cloud replatforming, our approach balances technical execution with strategic alignment. Every engagement is built to ensure scalability, maintainability, and long-term performance.

Legacy Assessment & Roadmap

We evaluate your current architecture, systems, and challenges to build a strategic modernization roadmap tailored to your business goals.

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Cloud Replatforming & Re-Engineering

We migrate legacy systems to cloud-native platforms and re-engineer monoliths into scalable, containerized services using Azure, AWS, or GCP.

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Integration & Data Migration

We ensure smooth integration with existing systems and execute secure, end-to-end data migrations with full validation and zero downtime.

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Improved UX & Security

We modernize front-end experiences and apply security best practices to ensure your applications are user-friendly, resilient, and future-ready.

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OUR APPROACH

Our Proven Modernization Framework

Modernizing legacy systems requires more than just code migration. It demands a clear roadmap, stakeholder alignment, and technical precision. At Improving, we apply a phased, collaborative approach that minimizes disruption and maximizes long-term value. From assessment to post-deployment optimization, we guide clients every step of the way.

1. Discovery

We begin by evaluating your legacy environment, system dependencies, and business goals. This phase includes stakeholder interviews, architecture reviews, and readiness assessments to ensure we fully understand the risks and opportunities ahead.

2. Design

Based on our findings, we craft a strategic roadmap tailored to your organization. This includes technology recommendations (e.g., cloud platform, architecture patterns), prioritization of systems, and a phased execution plan aligned to business impact.

3. Develop

Our engineering teams modernize applications using approaches like replatforming, refactoring, or rebuilding. We implement CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, and scalable components while ensuring secure, low-risk transitions.

4. Demonstrate

We ensure modernized systems integrate seamlessly into your ecosystem through robust API strategies and automated testing. Functional, regression, and performance testing validate quality before deployment.

5. Deploy

Post-deployment, we monitor performance and user adoption while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Our team provides ongoing support, optimization, and training to ensure sustained success.

CASE STUDIES

Real Impact from Legacy to Modern

Explore real-world examples of how we’ve helped enterprises modernize mission-critical systems, reduce technical debt, and achieve measurable performance gains. These case studies highlight our ability to navigate complexity and deliver scalable, future-ready architectures.

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DekaFlow Modernization Project

Improving helped Berkshire Hathaway Energy modernize a legacy Java Swing app into a cloud-native, microservices-based system using React, Kafka, and Azure, boosting deployment speed, scalability, and resilience while eliminating Oracle dependencies.

React.js

Java

Apache Kafka

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A Web Application to Modernize Processes

Boys Town National Research Hospital worked with Improving to replace a legacy C++ system with a modern web application for grants and research management. The new platform streamlined operations, enabled remote access, and established a sustainable DevOps foundation.

React.js

Spring Boot

Microsoft SQL Server

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Modernizing Web Applications for Resilience and Scalability

Minnesota Public Radio partnered with Improving to modernize its digital infrastructure by migrating key public and internal applications to AWS. The new cloud environment, built on EKS, RDS, and Terraform, improved scalability, reduced costs, and streamlined disaster recovery.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes

Terraform

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Ready to Modernize with Confidence?

Let’s build a roadmap that reduces risk, accelerates outcomes, and unlocks long-term agility.

WHY IMPROVING

Why Leading Enterprises Choose Improving

At Improving, we don’t just modernize code — we modernize outcomes. Our team brings deep experience in transforming complex legacy systems into agile, cloud-ready platforms that reduce technical debt and enable faster innovation. With a disciplined engineering approach and a strong focus on long-term maintainability, we help enterprises unlock the full value of modernization.

Proven success modernizing monolithic systems at scale
End-to-end expertise from architecture to deployment
Deep knowledge of cloud migration and refactoring
Emphasis on maintainability, not just transformation
Strong alignment with Microsoft’s modernization frameworks

AI CODE INTELLIGENCE

Discover Improving's Code Explorer

Code Explorer is a proprietary AI-powered service accelerator designed by Improving to help organizations rapidly analyze complex codebases, document critical systems, and unlock modernization opportunities. Built on advanced large language models and knowledge graph techniques, it transforms legacy systems from technical debt into structured, actionable insight. So, whether you're planning a migration, addressing maintainability, or onboarding new teams, Code Explorer lays the foundation for continuous improvement.

Chain of Density Collection

AI-Powered Knowledge Graphs

ETL Catalog Generation

Actionable Insights

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OUR PARTNERS

Cloud Migration Programs & Partnerships

Improving collaborates with leading cloud providers to streamline legacy modernization for enterprise clients. As a Tier-1 partner to Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud, we leverage each platform’s unique tools, funding programs, and migration frameworks to accelerate transformation with minimal risk. Our cloud-agnostic approach ensures you receive a tailored modernization path aligned to your business goals, infrastructure, and long-term vision.

Microsoft

As a Tier-1 Microsoft partner, we help enterprises replatform legacy applications through the Azure Migration & Modernization Program, combining cloud-native expertise with access to funded assessments and tooling support.

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AWS

We modernize legacy workloads using AWS-native services and migration tools like Application Migration Service (MGN), ensuring a secure, scalable, and cost-optimized cloud transition for enterprise environments.

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Google Cloud

Our teams deliver legacy application modernization on Google Cloud using Anthos, GKE, and modernization accelerators, enabling containerization, microservices adoption, and seamless DevOps integration.

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TECHNOLOGY STACK

Technologies That Power Modernization

We use proven technologies to refactor and replatform legacy systems into scalable, maintainable architectures. From cloud-native frameworks to containerization and CI/CD pipelines, our approach ensures performance, security, and longevity.

Cloud & InfrastructureApplication DevelopmentDevOps & AutomationAI & ModernizationData & Integration

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS

AWS CloudFormation

Azure

Cloud Build

Docker

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Application Development

Angular

Go (Golang)

Java

.NET Core

Next.js

Node.js

Python

React.js

Spring Boot

DevOps & Automation

Ansible

ArgoCD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Helm

Jenkins

Prometheus

AI & Modernization

Azure OpenAI

Code Explorer

Document AI

FastAPI

Google Vertex AI

LangChain / LangGraph

Pandas

Data & Integration

Elasticsearch

GraphQL

Kafka

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Redis

REST & gRPC

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Cloud-Native Development

Design flexible applications using microservices, containers, and 12-factor architecture for rapid deployment and scale.

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DevOps & Platform Engineering

Automate delivery pipelines and empower teams with internal developer platforms, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

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Enterprise Integration & APIs

Enable seamless data exchange across systems through secure APIs, middleware, and event-driven integration strategies.

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Where Are You in Your Modernization Journey?

Not sure where to start? Use our interactive checklist to evaluate your current state and uncover next steps. Whether you're assessing architecture, selecting a cloud provider, or justifying investment, our roadmap helps clarify the path ahead.

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Insights on Modernization That Matter

Legacy transformation isn’t just technical — it’s strategic. Our blogs, case studies, and webinars unpack lessons learned from real-world projects, cloud migration frameworks, and common modernization pitfalls. Explore how leading teams approach modernization with clarity and confidence.

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\ \ \ \ Application Modernization Powering Modern Enterprises Part 4: Modern Applications for Resilient, Scalable Software \ \ Build scalable, secure modern apps that modernize legacy systems and accelerate innovation through cloud and DevOps.](https://www.improving.com/thoughts/powering-modern-enterprises-part-4-modern-applications-for-resilient-scalable-software/)

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\ \ \ \ AI Powering Modern Enterprises Part 1: An Overview of Improving’s Expertise \ \ Improving offers comprehensive technology solutions to help innovate, scale, and transform.](https://www.improving.com/thoughts/powering-modern-enterprises-an-overview-of-improvings-expertise/)

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\ \ \ \ Application Modernization The Myths of the Low Code/No Code Solutions \ \ Uncover the truth behind low-code/no-code platforms—what works, what doesn’t, and how to avoid common pitfalls.](https://www.improving.com/thoughts/the-future-of-behavioral-ai-predictions-and-emerging-trends/)

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