Modernization of systems ensures scalability and efficiency for global leader in benefits and incentives market

The advancement of technology has generated the need for many companies to modernize their systems. This is because new services and functionalities are being demanded by the market. In this sense, applications initially developed in outdated models cannot keep up with this pace. Additionally, there are many limitations in maintaining these systems off the cloud, which hinders, for example, the scalability and efficiency gains of many businesses in the digital age.

Challenge

One of Objective’s clients, a leader in the benefits and incentives market, faced the challenge of modernizing its sales and benefits management system and its internal management platform, which encompasses everything from customer service and payment management to service delivery. To this end, they needed to migrate their on-premises infrastructures to the cloud and replace deprecated languages and libraries with more current technologies.

This evolution was necessary as the company sought to add new features and functionalities that monolithic applications did not allow, increase process efficiency, gain scalability with the ability to update systems without impacting availability, and ensure speed in responding to the market.

Solution

Objective’s solution was to modernize these systems into a modular architecture that utilizes microservices. This change enables the execution of new tools in the cloud. Additionally, the project adopted the principles of clean code and good practices of clean architecture that separate software into layers and allow independent updates.

The process of modernizing the systems began with an analysis of the current situation. All deprecated and vulnerable libraries were identified, load tests were performed on the infrastructure, and an assessment of the effort and difficulty of updating both library versions and the system language was conducted. Based on this assessment, it was determined that the best alternative would be to rewrite the applications.

The modular microservices architecture and the use of clean architecture practices allow for the separation of responsibilities and the integration of new technologies more easily. Additionally, they allow scalability to the system, which can have its layers adjusted or evolved independently.

What to consider in the decision to modernize your company’s systems?

One of the current major challenges in IT management is monolithic systems hosted on local servers. Since these applications incur high infrastructure costs, updating difficulties, and challenges in integrating new features, in making the decision, it is necessary to consider the aspects that this change can provoke in the speed of market response, cost reduction for the company, and operational efficiency of the team. Learn about these criteria in more detail below:

Market response speed

Monolithic systems are slow, difficult to update, and maintain, becoming a hindrance to business evolution. In this sense, companies wishing to remain competitive need to modernize to keep pace with technological innovations. Therefore, maintaining applications that generate negative user experiences or do not present new features and functionalities that keep up with technology results in a loss of market space.

Cost reduction

These legacy applications with local infrastructure generate high costs for updates and scaling. Therefore, stagnation, rework, and constant investments can be reduced by modernizing this system with leaner architectures, microservices, and migration to the cloud. By migrating the system to the cloud, the company gains data visibility, reduces maintenance costs on the server, and has unlimited space to scale.

Furthermore, in the medium and long term, updating these systems increases productivity, provides availability for new features, enhances competitiveness, and adds value to the business from the customer’s perspective. All these factors influence cost reduction, which your company needs to scale and reach new heights.

Operational efficiency

Legacy systems also pose challenges for operational management. Finding professionals specialized in outdated languages and servers is increasingly difficult. Additionally, competing with modern systems launched in the market becomes inefficient for companies wishing to evolve in business. The lack of innovation possibilities in the system and of professionals specialized in old models causes the company’s operational efficiency to decrease compared to other companies. Therefore, to gain operational agility, business scalability, and market competitiveness, the decision to modernize legacy systems becomes unanimous.

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