Legacy systems still vital to majority of UK businesses according to...

M2 Presswire;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......October 2003-WRQ: Legacy systems still vital to...data residing on legacy systems; 56 will invest in legacy systems in the next three...out and replace legacy systems. The survey, commissioned...integration software company, found that almost...payroll details, ...

Legacy Systems: Heritage or Headache?(Industry Trend or Event)

Software Magazine;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......a popular show tune. Legacy systems can be a pain. Especially...then-existing code was tied to legacy systems. So while that percentage...addition to technology, legacy systems include organizational...solution. On the issue of legacy systems, I'd argue that ...

Buried treasure: XML meets legacy systems

Canadian Underwriter;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Rather than scrapping legacy systems, which cost dearly...chance to mine these legacy systems for the precious...these areas of a company's infrastructure...is why so-called "legacy" systems persist. The reliability...even today, and so legacy systems continue to ...

When Incompatibility Isn't an Option: Interface Systems Bridging Gap...

PR Newswire;  April 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......infrastructural dependence on legacy systems, which have been...dependence on the legacy systems in making the new...the gap between legacy systems and the Internet...precisely what Nero's company does through its...The information in legacy systems is only a ...

Practical strategies for dealing with legacy systems.(Technology)

Risk Management;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......replace them, resulting in large, cumbersome legacy systems that in many cases have become more trouble...are worth. Many insurers have multiple legacy systems, and each one requires its own expertise...of their tech efforts in maintaining legacy systems. Moreover, with each passing ...

Part &: Making legacy systems compliant

Biopharm;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......insufficient vendor support for bringing legacy systems into compliance (when the pharmaceutical...task that faces companies trying to bring legacy systems into compliance can be enormous and may...operating procedures (SOPs). A closer look at legacy systems shows that they fall ...

OneBeacon Sees The Light At The End Of The IT Tunnel: After a year of...

Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......their inflexible legacy systems, which are often...recognized the company's legacy systems were weighing...being a $4 billion company to a $2 billion...a result, the company developed a three-ye...most of its major legacy systems. We need to reduce...says. When ...

For Claims Systems, It's Out With The Old And In With The New.(Donald...

Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management;  December 1, 2006 ;     346 words ...Legacy systems-those more than...main problem with legacy systems, Light says, is...procedures as the company become more sophisticated...changes, says Light. Legacy systems become barriers to change, he contends. Legacy systems are expensive to...Where all of a ...

Legacy Systems International Partners With vMoksha Technologies to Extend...

Canadian Corporate News;  March 23, 2004 ;     524 words ......expertise in the support and maintenance of legacy systems and are well suited to help these groups...option of extending the life of their legacy systems rather than rush into a high risk replacement...effectively manage risks, and migrate their legacy systems in a cost effective, ...

WRQ survey finds legacy systems still used by the majority of UK...

Corporate IT Update;  October 7, 2003 ;     127 words ......UK businesses still rely on legacy systems for data storage. Specifically...critical business data residing on legacy systems while almost a third have 40% or more of their corporate data on legacy systems. Despite advice to upgrade their...

Don't Replace ... Extend.(functioning legacy systems)(Technology...

Enterprise Systems Journal;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......and Extending Your Legacy Systems Is the Way to Go...should dump their legacy systems and replatform...platform. But, most legacy systems are sound, and going...and transform most legacy systems into fast, contemporary...leveraging and extending legacy ...

Procrastination, lack of enthusiasm seen in replacement of legacy...

Business Insurance;  June 1, 2005 ;     591 words ......a panel of insurance company technology experts contends...competitive, Mr. Pieroni said. Legacy systems are inflexible and expensive...L.C, said research his company has conducted has shown...information officers consider legacy systems an issue in terms of inhibiting...to dealing ...

Legacy Systems: Problem solved ...

Credit Management;  January 1, 2005 ;     492 words ......Ambitious plans to replace all legacy systems with 'all singing, all...incumbent brands found their legacy systems stopped them being as...interfaces within the company. Increasing regulation...spending scarce resource. Legacy systems no longer need to limit...integrate the ...

Rebuild, Replace Or Modernize?(legacy systems)

Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......your side? Although legacy systems represent a reliable...whether time spent on legacy systems is excessive, managers...assumptions? * Does the company have a positive track...and accommodate the company's core values and business...desired outcomes? * Is the company likely to ...

Insurance industry seen as lagging in use of IT; Complexity of products,...

Business Insurance;  June 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......participating in the survey indicated that legacy systems and budget constraints were the biggest obstacles...technology users say they can't throw the legacy systems out. We can improve upon them, we can add...But, he joked, You really have to define legacy systems. Legacy ...