Who it is for
For businesses whose systems should be carrying them forward.
Modernisation matters to businesses that want to reduce the risk their systems carry, and to those that need to deliver change faster than their systems allow. Often it is both. Here is what it means for an owner, a technology leader, an investor and an adviser.
Artrilogic AI
Answers from our published service information
Artrilogic AI
Answers from our published service information
01 / Who should care
Two reasons to modernise, often at once.
Both apply to brownfield and greenfield work alike: improving what you run, and building new parts alongside it.
To reduce risk
Your systems work, but they carry exposure you would rather not: components out of support, releases only one person can do, recovery nobody has tested. You want that risk found, sized and brought down in an order the business can live with.
To deliver faster
Your systems are stable enough, but every new feature, integration or channel takes longer than it should because the code is hard to change. You want the business to move at the speed it needs, without a rebuild that puts everything else on hold.
New components built inside a modernisation programme, such as a portal, a service or an API layer, are part of the work. If what you need is a wholly new product, start with engineering instead.
02 / Four situations
What modernisation gives each role.
Each situation links to a page written for that role, with the questions people in it ask us most.
Business owners and founders
Old systems are holding back growth or the customer experience.
Customers notice slow pages, failed orders or features that never arrive, and your team works around the system instead of with it. You want it fixed without hiring a technology team. We find what is holding things back, fix it in stages while the business keeps trading, and hand it over documented.
For business owners and foundersProduct and technology leaders
Your senior engineers are absorbed by maintenance.
The roadmap waits while your best people keep an ageing system alive. You need it steadied and moved forward without losing control of it. We work in your repository, tooling and rituals on the modernisation your team has no time for, and leave the knowledge behind.
For product and technology leadersPrivate equity and portfolio leaders
You have inherited an estate and need to know what it will cost.
A portfolio business runs on systems nobody has examined independently, and the reporting you have may be optimistic. You need the risk, the remediation path and cost ranges you can plan with. We assess it read-only and quote before we start; any remediation is scoped and priced separately.
For private equity and portfolio leadersAdvisers and partners
A client's system is ageing or fragile, and they have asked you who to call.
Your client depends on a system that worries them, and your reputation goes with any introduction you make. We tell you whether the work fits before anyone commits, agree roles and communication with you at the start, and give the client a first step they can keep.
For advisers and partners
03 / When it matters
Signs it is time to look at your systems.
Any one of these is reason enough to start a conversation. None of them commits you to a large programme.
- An auditor, insurer or customer has asked about a component that is out of support.
- Releases are rare, large and stressful, and only one or two people can do them.
- A new product, channel or integration keeps slipping because the core system is hard to change.
- Your hosting bill has grown faster than the business, and nobody can say why.
- You have a modernisation quote and want to know whether it holds up.
- You have inherited a system through an acquisition, a restructure or a departure.
Working under sector rules or at a particular stage? We also describe how we work with established enterprises, financial services, healthcare and startups.
More on modernisation
Keep reading.
- WhatWhat modernisation isImproving the systems the business already runs so they can carry its next stage.Read more
- WhyWhy moderniseThe security, compliance and operational risks of ageing systems, and what waiting costs.Read more
- HowHow we moderniseAssess, stabilise, migrate and validate, with the target state chosen system by system.Read more
Not sure where to start?
Bring one system that worries you.
A free 30-minute call with a senior engineer. Bring one problem. We tell you whether it is worth a longer conversation, and if not, who you should talk to instead.