Modern systems don't require starting from scratch.
Many important systems are old because they work. The database from 2008 still holds every customer. The desktop program still runs the warehouse. Replacing them in one go is expensive and risky, and the people who know every quirk have often moved on.
The trouble is usually not the old system itself but how it connects to everything else: it can’t talk to the website, data is exported by hand, and nobody dares touch it.
Modernisation done carefully, with minimal disruption.
Older Microsoft-based systems in particular: websites built on earlier versions of Microsoft’s web technology, older databases, and desktop programs with a database underneath. Simon has built websites and software since the mid-1990s, so older technology is familiar ground, not a reason to start again.
Businesses that depend on software nobody wants to touch, and organisations told by a supplier that the only option is a full replacement. We start with a short look at the system, quoted on its own, and tell you honestly whether to connect it, update it or replace it. If it is out of support and a security risk, we’ll say that too.
Often, yes, if we can get at the code or the database. The first look will tell us.
Yes. Changes are made alongside it, and nothing is switched off until the replacement has proved itself.
Tell us what you're afraid to touch.