Transform your legacy applications for modern work – Turn your legacy applications into powerful web-based apps

As explored previously, legacy applications are essential to the day-to-day running of many businesses, but many businesses are living in the past and unknowingly make work harder for themselves. Legacy apps have paved the way for modern apps and that will always be the case as apps continue to develop. But the way people work has changed, there are more IT demands in the workplace and at home than ever before, making the need for a single app that does all essential.

Legacy apps have many shortfalls compared to modern web-based apps. The modern world currently in the grips of a pandemic has found ways to continue working, one of the main changes that will become the norm from now through the pandemic and beyond is remote working. Legacy apps pose challenges with remote working, legacy apps typically run through a VPN (a virtual private network) which were designed around the assumption that most applications resided on the corporate network; they used to be an essential tool for connecting remotely. Most businesses now have embraced a transition to web-based applications to support the dramatic increase in remote working.

Legacy apps are also less user-friendly, with a younger workforce, for example, working on an older platform is counterproductive the younger workforce will more than likely, if familiar with the programme at all, be familiar with the updated version. Many legacy applications, as good as they are for serving a purpose, aren’t designed for business use. For many apps the more data being put into the app the slower they become making their limited functionality unproductive to the running of the business. Legacy apps limit the opportunity for connectivity and collaboration also.

The business needs to adopt a modern, performant cloud-based service, that runs web-based apps to support remote working as a potentially permanent infrastructural change to your business. Seeking a service that can scale dynamically whilst offering fast connectivity and as simple user-experience as possible is important with the challenges we're facing in the modern world.

The future, therefore, lies with web-based applications. Web-based apps are making important work-related content readily and securely available from the comfort of your own home. Businesses now more than ever need to realise the importance of working from home and move on from the outdated ways they are currently doing things. Legacy apps often use backward methods of operation with unproductive layouts. Currently, many businesses are using legacy apps that make modern levels of connectivity impossible, along with this they are not cost-effective. Web-based apps offer a better user experience with responsive design, you can make it user friendly across multiple platforms with various screen sizes, all of which allow employees to have an immersive productive experience from anywhere with internet access.

Web-based app

A web-based app is application software that runs on a web server, computer-based software programmes are stored locally on the operating system of the device.

In simple terms, you are running your app through the internet as opposed to locally on your device.

The advantages of turning old legacy apps into web-based apps

Access

Access is one of the main things web-based apps have going for them, web-based apps allow for access from any computer through the internet, instead of having to have the app individually installed on each computer that you want to access it from. Another feature involving accessibility is being allowed access across devices for users. Most desktop software can be developed into web-based apps, making it accessible from any mobile device. Which in turn promotes flexible working increasing overall employee productivity and connectivity.

Integration

Integration with other systems is far more feasible on web-based applications. Web-based systems are considerably more interoperable than localised software due to localised software being more isolated. Web applications can be linked together far easier than two completely separate systems.

Flexibility and scalability

As your trade increases, you will need more processes to happen simultaneously, web-based software is equipped to facilitate this growth.

Maintenance

A key feature mentioned when deploying web-based software is just how easy it is to adopt across the business. When there Is an upgrade this can be done through one server (the host) instead of having to upgrade each machine. Making maintenance possible through one central point. The system is consistent across each machine at all times rather than it taking days to install updates on every computer whilst in a busy working environment.

During the current pandemic, flexible working has been very important, it is providing businesses with the opportunity to keep trading. Jobs we would normally do a couple of feet from each other are now having to be adapted to a modern world of home working. It is web-based applications making this possible through flexible working, which in turn is allowing businesses not only to survive but thrive during the pandemic.

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