Mature Legacy Seeking New Technology: Extracting Gold from Legacy Code • Dave Thomas • GOTO 2011

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Aarhus 2011 http://gotocon.com Dave Thomas - Father of OTI, CEO of Bedarra Corp. FULL TALK TITLE Mature Legacy Seeking Sexy New Technology for Fun and Profit Extracting Gold from Legacy Code ABSTRACT In this talk we describe the huge opportunity for innovation in Legacy systems! We argue there has never been a better time for creative legacy renovations which leverage new hot technologies – languages; data bases; web; cloud and Agile practices. Many talented developers turn up their noses or run away in fear from what they see as baroque environments with arcane tool chains. Talent panic often pushes for a grand rewrite using modern technology. Sadly experience shows the grand rewrite has too much risk and way too little business value. Hence given legacy investments the only option is innovation! We illustrate legacy innovations via several case studies spanning a wide spectrum of legacy systems including: mainframe IT; Unix products; military systems; telecom; data banks and multi-vendor EAI and EAP applications. We explain the appropriate practices, teams, and tools to achieve high impact renovations by inserting new technology. We discuss appropriate investments in training, tooling and practices for different legacy environments. We look at approaches to ensuring lasting high value relationships between legacies and bleeding edge technology. https://twitter.com/gotocon https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConference http://gotocon.com #GOTOcon #GOTO #Programming #SoftwareEngineering Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1