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Modernisation & Integration
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Get your copyAI is making legacy modernisation more critical than ever, so organisations can replace long-standing systems with modern ones that can leverage the latest agentic technologies.
However, AI itself is also making the process quicker and more achievable, so long as you have a good grasp on the fundamentals. Successful modernisation still depends on a clear strategy, sound technical decisions and a strong understanding of your business context.
At Scott Logic, we combine deep experience in complex legacy transformation with practical AI expertise to help clients modernise with confidence, so they can accelerate delivery without losing sight of what good looks like.
Achieve your goals with us
We’ve delivered legacy modernisation in some of the most complex enterprise environments, working with large organisations where the technology landscape is business-critical, heavily integrated and difficult to change. That experience means we understand what it takes to modernise successfully: navigating complexity, reducing risk and making progress in a way that works for the organisation as a whole.
Now, we’re applying that same hard-won modernisation experience alongside our AI expertise to help clients move more quickly. From understanding legacy estates to accelerating analysis, code transformation and delivery, we use AI in practical ways that speed up modernisation without losing sight of the technical judgement, governance and business context needed to get it right.
AI in legacy modernisation
James Heward, Principal Architect, discusses the role of AI in modernising legacy systems, highlighting how AI tools can help decode complex, poorly documented codebases and assist in transforming them to modern platforms.
Our tried and tested solutions
While our approach is always tailored to your needs, we have a range of tried-and-tested solutions that speed up delivery and drive a successful outcome.
Project Discovery
Our tailored Discovery methodology helps you gain a holistic understanding of your legacy modernisation project from the start. We support you in bringing all the right stakeholders together, enabling you to align technical and business perspectives and account for dependencies and impacts across People, Processes, and Technology.
Legacy Modernisation in 10 Days
Our Legacy Modernisation in 10 Days service delivers a rapid, low‑risk assessment of your legacy estate, highlighting where systems constrain agility. Through consultant‑led discovery and targeted AI‑supported analysis, we provide clear insight and practical modernisation options without the disruption of large‑scale replacement programmes.
Our approach to legacy modernisation
We have a unique, successful approach to legacy modernisation that helps you achieve it in incremental, manageable steps, and this is proving ever more suited to the AI era. In this guide, we share the thinking behind our successful approach: the judgement, planning and technical decision-making that AI can support, but not replace.
Read the guide to explore the human side of modernisation: how to ask the right questions, reduce risk and move forward with confidence.
Client stories
Find out how we have helped clients like you with tailored support to tackle technology challenges and achieve business goals.
EDF Trading
How Scott Logic helped with the incremental decommissioning and replacement of legacy applications with a new suite of intuitive, user-centred front- and middle-office applications.
HM Land Registry
How Scott Logic found an early opportunity to add significant value to an HM Land Registry migration project, refreshing the front- and back-ends of a critical business system in order to boost caseworker productivity.
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Why a holistic approach is the key to a successful legacy modernisation project
When you're embarking on a legacy modernisation initiative, it’s crucial to gain a holistic understanding of the project, and you need to be able to devote sufficient time to this and involve all the right people. In this blog post, I explore this further, describing the expert input you need to draw on, the role of leadership in this context, and the kind of up-front planning that’s required.
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