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Shift to the Future: OpenShift 4.4 and Legacy Apps
For some time VirtaMove has been urging enterprises to address their legacy application deficit and shift their Windows and Linux app stacks to new, faster, more secure servers. Now, with the surging interest in containers and container technology, the industry...
Is It Time to Containerize Legacy Applications?
Is it a good idea to containerize legacy applications today? For three years now, IT teams have experimented with Windows Docker Containers on WS2016 and WS2019. We all like the promise of portability and scalability that comes with containerizing applications. We’re...
It’s the Right Time to Modernize IT Infrastructure – Prepare Now to Scale Tomorrow
Modernizing IT in the time of COVID-19 There’s lots of talk these days about infrastructure investments to make productive use of resources and rebuild in the time of COVID-19. With much of the population sheltering at home, now is a good time to fix the sewers,...
Built to Last: A Stateful Re-Install Makes Legacy Apps Legendary
The advantages of a stateful re-install Here’s the point. You can’t just abandon legacy apps. WS2003 and WS2008 apps have been around for 10 to 15 years. They’ve proven that they’re built to last. Install scripts may be missing, developers are gone, app owners have...
Application Modernization: Moving Legacy Apps to a Modern OS is the Best First Move
The Best First Move for Application Modernization Lots of talk these days about Application Modernization from big vendors like Microsoft and IBM. When large vendors talk about App Modernization, they’re usually talking about the process of re-architecting a legacy...
It’s Time to Fall in Love with Legacy Apps All Over Again
Complacency set in. You’ve been joined at the hip for years and have a dependency. But you’ve ignored them. Forgotten them. Now, you hardly know them. There’s a gap, a knowledge gap. It’s time to re-establish a relationship and fall in love all over again. Legacy...
Less Talk, More Action on Legacy Apps
It’s time to act and start addressing the technical deficit of Legacy Windows Server applications Not sure why IT became so clogged with Legacy Windows Server applications? It could be because: outsourcing became a trend in the Great Recession of 2008; turnover of IT...
The Windows Server Application Life Cycle: Why Moving Legacy Apps to a Modern OS May Be Your Best First Move
For decades, internal software development teams have been successfully building Windows Server apps. Regardless of the tools or methodologies used (whether agile, joint, lean, extreme, or waterfall), software builds take years to build and refine. They can also...
A Fresh Re-Install of Legacy Windows Server Applications on Modern Servers Brings Opportunities
Re-installing legacy apps on modern servers is your best first move At VirtaMove, we know that legacy apps are a challenge for many customers. Corporate amnesia regarding legacy systems is widespread. Usually, original developers have left, install scripts and source...
Using AI to Move Legacy Windows Server Applications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, but perhaps has never been more in the press than now. Recent breakthroughs in the field show that we can use AI to move legacy Windows Server applications to modern, faster, and secure servers.