Global Technology Office

Being Cognizant means   we invest in people and resources to help our clients succeed in a changing work environment.

Legacy Modernization Center of Excellence

Legacy systems are complex, expensive and difficult to maintain, and often too rigid to help you accelerate time to market, improve customer service and expand into new markets.

We can help you capitalize on your existing technology investments as you transition to dynamic infrastructures that more efficiently support distributed and virtualized business models.

 

Our Services

Cognizant can show you a flexible migration path to new IT solutions. Our team of experts reengineers the architectural layers of legacy systems, including presentation layers, business logic, database and data. We use proprietary and third-party tools to help migrate legacy applications to more modern client/server or web-enabled systems.

By revitalizing application portfolios with a phased approach, we can help you avoid hasty, expensive technology adoptions that frequently fail and cause upheaval. Our specific service offerings include:

  • Legacy revitalization
  • Re-engineering
  • Re-hosting
  • Platform and database migration
  • MIPS optimization
  • Tools rationalization
  • UI, application and data modernization
  • Legacy SOA enablement
IT model

Figure 1 - Cognizant employs a layered IT model that addresses front-end, development and back-end issues.

 

Case in Point

The proof of our value is in our clients’ results. For example:

  • When a large consumer goods organization needed to decommission its mainframe application, we designed and implemented solutions for a phased migration and sunsetting of mainframe applications.
  • For a U.S. retailer facing time-to-market issues, spiraling mainframe costs and difficult-to-maintain legacy systems, we rationalized its software portfolio to make it more manageable. In doing so, we reduced the client’s maintenance and licensing costs by as much as 30%.

We can help you capitalize on your existing technology investment as you transition to dynamic infrastructures that more efficiently support distributed and virtualized business models. As a result, it’s not just your legacy computing environment that’s transformed…it’s your business as well.

 

Our Approach

  • The Cognizant Difference

    It's in our DNA. Placing our clients first is embedded in the Cognizant culture. By investing in our people and resources, we bring new ideas and innovation to help you succeed in a changing business environment.

  • Two-in-a-Box

    We embed senior personnel with demonstrated industry expertise in your IT organization. They coordinate strategy with dedicated offsite delivery managers, freeing your team to concentrate on core business objectives.

  • Cognizant 2.0

    By employing the Cognizant 2.0 platform, we bring the best people, resources and capabilities of our global delivery system to any client, anywhere.