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Middleware

Middleware: The Smart Path to Legacy Modernization

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Keeping on trend with our focus this year of writing about Legacy Software and budget conscious strategies to modernize them, we turn to Middleware and how it can help bridge the gap between legacy systems and modern applications. For many organizations, legacy systems still power their core operations. They are proven, reliable work horses that are increasingly expensive to maintain. Businesses are continuously looking at ways to do more with less as budgets are trimmed while systems are expected to chug along at the expense of innovation and modernization. Last week we touched on...

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Containerization

Containerization and Orchestration: Modernizing Legacy Systems for the Future

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If you are a regular reader of our blog, you may have noticed our recent focus on Legacy Systems and their ubiquitous need for updates. These core systems are running mission-critical workloads but struggle to adapt to evolving business demands, scalability requirements, and cloud-native ecosystems. This is a global problem, eating up 80% of IT budgets annually and contributing to developer burnout and innovation drag. But there is good news! Containerization and orchestration have emerged as a powerful strategy to bridge the gap between traditional infrastructure and modern software...

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Dragging You Down

Innovation Drag: How Legacy Systems Hold Back IT Teams, Budgets, and Modernization

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In the modern enterprise, agility and speed are no longer competitive advantages—they are survival tools. Yet for organizations, legacy systems act like an anchor, slowing progress and draining resources. “Innovation drag” or the friction that leads to the slowdown, prevents IT teams from kicking off digitization and modernization projects at the pace business demands. Innovation drag can quietly undermine an organization’s ability to compete, and throttle team momentum. What Is Innovation Drag? Innovation drag (from an IT perspective) is the reduction of a team’s capacity to...

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time for a software audit

Software Audits — and Why You Should Get One

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In today’s complex technology landscape, organizations rely on countless software systems—some developed in-house, others bought or integrated over time.  Software is rarely a one and done situation and unless you are doing deep audits of your tech stack regularly an organization has no way of knowing if they are at risk. Knowing how secure, efficient, and compliant your software is,   quality code that is valuable intellectual property are only a few benefits of a software audit.  In the time of cybercrime and malicious actors proactive auditing is your best safety net...

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A Guide to Custom Software

A Business Executive’s Guide to Custom Software Vendors

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Whether a corporate strategic plan is driving your search for a custom software vendor, or your legacy system needs life support, finding a vendor that aligns with your vision and budget does not have to be an arduous task.  Often when business executives begin researching custom software vendors, they’re looking for partners who can deliver value, minimize risk, and support long-term growth.  But software vendors often speak a different language and being able to cut through the jargon is critical to project success.   After 20 years in business, supporting some...

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CIO & CTO Strategic Concerns: June 2025

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As summer 2025 approaches tech execs and boards are discussing strategic initiatives for 2026 and beyond. As CIOs and CTOs navigate the complex strategic concerns of 2025 it is shaping the changes needed for Q3 and Q4 of this year and subsequent quarters to follow. The rapid technological change, economic pressure, regulatory scrutiny, and growing demands for agility and innovation are only increasing the optics on technical strategic initiatives.   We’ve created a detailed summary of the concerns we are finding in our research as well as what our Advisory Division clients are...

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legacy software

This is Your Legacy: Integrate new technology with your existing software 

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In the fast-paced world of tech, the appeal of replacing legacy software systems with sleek, modern alternatives can be compelling. Buzzwords like “digital transformation” and “cloud-native” are dominating boardroom conversations, and vendors are encouraging businesses to take an ‘out with the old and in with the new’ approach. However, this mindset often overlooks a critical truth: integrating new technology while maintaining and optimizing legacy systems can often be a more strategically sound choice and a fiscally responsible one, for many organizations.  Legacy Systems: The...

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Time to Stability

Time to Stability™ – It’s all about how quickly you stop worrying

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Time to Stability™  is how we measure success at STEP.  It’s our gold standard promise to our clients, it’s how quickly you stop worrying. Others may use a cheeky marketing term, offer bloated promises or fake metrics, but at STEP we use the tools that lead to success. For over 20 years CIO’s, CTO’s and IT leaders have reached out to us when they are in a state of chaos. Issues like a COBOL system not integrating with newer software, or a team about to blow a timeline on a critical software project. They call us with their frustrations around operational inefficiencies and problems with...

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