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 Our Technology Rationalization
(TechRaz) services help you determine the ideal
mix of applications from the myriad
applications that currently populate
your IT landscape. We analyze the
applications to identify those that
bring genuine value to the business
strategy.
The Technology Rationalization
(TechRaz) Analysis is typically based on a
combination of qualitative analysis and
statistical modeling to significantly
reduce the subjectivity of enterprise
level recommendations. At the end of the
analysis, we provide a comprehensive
recommendation of a target roadmap,
which not only provides a high return on
investment but is also aligned with the
overall business objectives.
Approach
The following figure represents our
approach to Technology
Rationalization (TechRaz):
The following section discusses the
Porting/Re-engineering approach as part
of our Technology Rationalization.
Porting/Re-Engineering
Many of our clients are faced with
the challenge of aging and costly legacy
systems they need to transition to
modern technologies that provide greater
business flexibility and lower the ratio
of IT spend between maintenance and new
development. In the scenario of multiple
applications with overlapping
functionality, there exists
opportunities for consolidation of
application by migration and porting.
TRS undertakes a phased
approach for recommending a
consolidation plan.
Phase I – Business Context
Analysis
We conduct questionnaire-driven
interviews and focus group sessions with
the business users and IT stakeholders
to determine the prioritization of
applications for porting or migration.
Subsequently, we collect information on
the performance, scalability,
availability and maintainability of
these applications to analyze the
feasibility of portability.
Phase II – Analysis of Change
Drivers
We analyze the strategic business
initiatives that impact the architecture
and the associated set of tactical
issues that influence application
functionality. We also analyze the
vendor lock-in implications, the cost
optimization possible through
migration/porting and the market forces
that could influence future architecture
planning.
Phase III – Architecture Modeling
We extract the static and dynamic
elements of the exiting architecture and
group the elements into different
components based on strategic business
paradigms. Subsequently, we identify
migration opportunities within a
grouping by determining a portability
score using the following parameters:
- Ease of Porting/Migration Index
- Dependency Index
Phase IV – Determining “To-Be”
Models
Based on the modeling exercise, we
determine the ideal “To-Be” model for
your environment. We provide a new
framework for the business services
supported and the infrastructure
services needed for operations.
Benefits
 The Technology Rationalization
Analysis provides you with a strong
architectural framework for
consolidation and migration of existing
applications. This helps you to
understand the redundancy of
applications, the ease of porting,
vision of long-term architecture and
planning of the migration process. The
analysis also provides a recommendation
and roadmap for each of your
applications that will help you create
tactical plans.
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