Escaping the Legacy Trap - Financial Sector Webinar Series, Episode 02

Using software to evolve how your company works, the relationship with your customers, and to build new financial products is vital. But most companies quickly get stuck in the legacy trap. 76% of executives said legacy software is holding them back from introducing new features in their software (Forrester Consulting). Legacy software not only slows down your business, but also starts to incur higher costs. As the software ages and people forget how it works you also incur significant risk. In the second part of the series, we’ll cover the strategic planning and agile tactics that financial institutions are using to escape the legacy trap. You’ll learn: - What the Swift method is and how it covers the analysis of your legacy portfolio. - How to creates a road-map for software and process modernization - Gets you moving quickly to both ship business value and learn how to modernize your apps with minimum risk. Join financial services industry veteran Darran Rice and transformation expert Michael Coté to hear how banks are modernizing the legacy app portfolios that are holding them back. Attendees will also receive a free copy of Escaping the Legacy Trap that details the process large organizations are using to modernize their legacy application portfolio.

Darran Rice, Tanzu Value Advisor, VMware & Michael Coté, Senior Member of Technical Staff, VMware

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1. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. Escaping the Legacy Trap @ Financial Services Institutions Darran Rice & Coté VMware Tanzu July 4th, 2023
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4. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 4 Caught in the legacy trap Caught in the Legacy Trap • Debilitating technical debt • Maintenance efforts hinder innovation • Bulky processes obstruct progress • Desperate lack of knowledge and skills • Low test coverage
5. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. Software that you need to change, but are afraid to change Legacy technology is any technology that makes it difficult for organizations to change their application systems to support changing business requirements. And, therefore, it impedes business agility.” Legacy code is code without unit tests.” 5 “ “ Michael Feathers, Working Effectively with Legacy Code Anne Thomas, distinguished research VP at Gartner, in an email to CIO Dive Michael Feathers, Working Effectively with Legacy Code Anne Thomas, distinguished research VP at Gartner, in an email to CIO Dive
6. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 6 Why did things get this way?
7. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 7 What prevents FSIs from escaping the legacy trap (easily)?
8. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. Escaping the Legacy Trap Modernization Strategies - The 7 Rs Existing Application Retain Keep and don’t touch for now. Repurchase / Replace Replace by commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or Software-as-as-Service (SaaS). Replatform Change the underlying platform (runtime, framework, middleware, OS). Rehost (lift and shift) Repackage and move existing applications with as few changes as possible. Retire Decommission end-of-life application. Refactor/Rewrite Redesign code to take advantage of the new platform (extend, strangle, rewrite). Low efforts Low value High efforts High value 8 Source: Originally the 5 R’s from Richard Watson, Gartner, 2011. See variations at Chris Swan’s blog, September 2020.
9. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 9 To escape, modernize more than just your apps Tools Build with products focused On developer productivity. Platform Run any app, on any cloud, on a unified platform. Culture Continually improve and deliver customer success. Methodology Learn the necessary practices to build modern software. Best in class tools User-Centered Design Lean Product Management Extreme Programming Cloud-Native Practices Startup Generative Empowered Psychological Safety Portable Low coupled Standardized Matching abstraction
10. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 10 Source: Swift method overview at Tanzu Developer center.
11. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. Modernizing 60m lines of COBOL code for a new payments business Here is what it looks like (Remote-Only) Mission-critical system – 60m lines of code on Mainframe Why? Deeply (and quickly) explore domains, define API boundaries, flag risks and opportunities Informs Future State Architecture Design and How to Move the Needle Quickly Confidential │ ©2023 VMware, Inc. Source: “Cashing In: Staying Competitive with Digital Payments,” Rita Manachi, Peter Bissegger, Marco Cipriani, Richard Reichgut, June, 2023. See also “How to change mainframe apps into microservices, modernizing mainframe applications with Fouad Hamdi,” April 2023.
12. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 12 Tanzu Application Service Tanzu Application Platform Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations Tanzu Labs
13. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 13 Next Steps… Ask how much time is spent on legacy vs. innovation. Read The Legacy Trap Free One Hour Consultation to Prioritize your portfolio Define a strategy
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16. Confidential │ © VMware, Inc. 16 Make sure you join us for the next instalment of the Financial Sector Webinar Series 28 June: Session 1 – Customer Experience & Innovation Learn how banks are moving from a project to a product software model to innovate and improve banking services and remain competitive. 4 July: Session 2 – Escaping the Legacy Trap Learn how banks are modernizing the legacy app portfolios that are holding them back. Attendees will also receive a free copy of Escaping the Legacy Trap that details the process large organizations are using to modernize their legacy application portfolio. 11 July: Session 3 – How Cloud Native Improves & Ensures Security, Governance, and Trust in Finance Hear how banks are using cloud native tools and practices to ensure security and compliance.