BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Legacy System

  • an existing computer system that provides a strategic function for a specific part of a business. Inventory management systems, for example, are legacy systems.

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Exigen Services Launches Legacy System Rejuvenation Service to Extend Existing IT Application Investments
Exigen® Services, the leading next generation application outsourcing provider, today launched the Legacy System Rejuvenation Service designed to extend legacy IT systems and protect existing investments. The offering provides customers a cost-effective option to replacing entire legacy applications by streamlining and strengthening existing code, and provide a...
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Research articles 2009-04-06
Jacada and Relativity Technologies partner to deliver Legacy-to-E-Business solutions; Partnership will provide comprehensive legacy system integration solutions for e-business.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 August 2000-RELATIVITY TECHNOLOGIES: Jacada and Relativity Technologies partner to deliver Legacy-to-E-Business solutions; Partnership will provide comprehensive legacy system integration solutions for e-business C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15082000 ATLANTA and Research Triangle Park, NC -- Relativity Technologies...
Tags: Relativity Technologies Inc.
Research articles 2000-08-15
American Fidelity Gives Legacy System A New Lease On Life.
American Fidelity's successful deployment of Web services illustrates how insurers can quickly enhance their electronic capabilities without resorting to a legacy system overhaul. American Fidelity's successful deployment of Web services illustrates how insurers can quickly enhance their electronic capabilities without resorting to...
Tags: Fidelity Investments, legacy system
Research articles 2004-11-01
Iterative Reengineering of Legacy Functions
This paper describes a process of gradual reengineering of the procedural components of a legacy system. The process is integrated and completed by the data Reengineering process analyzed in a previous paper by the same authors. The proposed method enables the legacy system to be gradually emptied into the Reengineered...
Tags: Legacy System, Re-engineering, University Of Bari, Hardware Upgrade, Organizational Structure, Hardware, Human Resources
White papers 2001-12-10
Iterative Reengineering of Legacy Systems
During its life a legacy system is subjected to many maintenance activities, which cause degradation of the quality of the system: when this degradation exceeds a critical threshold the legacy system needs to be reengineered. In order to preserve the asset represented by the legacy system, the familiarity with it...
Tags: Legacy System, Re-engineering, University Of Bari, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
White papers 2002-07-19
INTERFACE/ORACLE TO PROVIDE LEGACY-TO-INTERNET BILL PAYMENT.(Company Business and Marketing)
Interface Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: INTF), Ann Arbor, Mich., a provider of Legacy-to-Internet (L2i) technology, is working with Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) to provide legacy system integration technology to be used with Oracle's Bill Presentment a Interface Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: INTF), Ann Arbor, Mich., a provider...
Tags: marketing, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Oracle Corp.
Research articles 2000-02-01
Upgrade or Replace: CIOs on Their HIS Legacy Systems - News Briefs
How will CIOs expand, upgrade or adapt their systems for the demands of a Web-enabled world? In an Internet world, what is the legacy for legacy systems? These older, often costly, computer systems that have been the mainframe--and mainstay--of earlier years appear to be giving way to more flexible,...
Tags: Emerson Hospital
Research articles 2000-08-01
Enesco Announces Successful Transition of Warehouse Management and Distribution System; Legacy System Now Live and Stabilized with Inventory Tracking Improvements
ITASCA, Ill. -- Enesco Group, Inc. (NYSE:ENC), a leader in the giftware, collectible and home and garden decor industry, today announced that the Company has completed the transition of its warehouse management and distribution systems from its prior ERP system to its legacy information system. As part of the transition,...
Tags: Enesco Corp.
Research articles 2005-05-17
Leaving the "legacy" behind
Working to streamline its business process, Schneider National Bulk Carriers has moved on to total systems integration. When the information technology IT integration capabilities of their legacy system began to lag, the business leaders at Schneider National Bulk Carriers SNBC set out to update or replace its system....
Tags: Schneider National Inc.
Research articles 2003-09-01
Eastex Telephone Cooperative Deploys CopperCom CSX to Relieve Legacy System and to offer Next-Gen Services
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- CopperCom announced today that it continues to grow its Texas customer base with the signing of Eastex Telephone Cooperative, based in Henderson, Texas. Eastex has deployed CopperCom's Converged Switching eXchange (CSX[R]) next-generation switch, beginning the project of replacing its legacy switching system. In addition, Eastex will...
Tags: legacy system
Research articles 2007-05-30
Voice for the defense: needing to replace its legacy crash-and-alarm system, Hurlburt Air Force Base chose new teleconferencing technology
Hurlburt Air Force Base in Florida is the first of many U.S. defense locations needing to replace primary aircraft crash-and-alarm systems PCAS and secondary crash networks. Like many other Department of Defense locations, it was using a highly functional legacy system that required extensive maintenance--and was ready for replacement. ...
Tags: Air Force, GUI, phone, technology, voice
Research articles 2004-06-01
Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy System to SOA
Don't let your mainframes slow down or even stall your SOA development. Discover how to eliminate the risks of mainframe dependence by unlocking data and business logic trapped in legacy systems. SOA provides an opportunity for true synthesis between mainframes and next-generation applications. Successful execution of an SOA strategy,...
Tags: Legacy System, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mainframes, Hardware Upgrade, Web Services, Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
White papers 2008-06-01
Leaving Your Legacy: The Importance of Creating a Plan for Modernization
Modernizing an enterprise legacy system isn't a cut-and dry endeavor. At times, upgrading can mean taking two steps back just to take one step forward because the amount of front-end work can be overpowering and time consuming. To that end, shutting systems down to modernize is paradoxical: stymieing productivity is...
Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
White papers 2005-11-18
Thriving On Its Own: After changing hands five times, Merastar finds that independence creates an opportunity to upgrade its legacy systems and implement future-focused claims technology at the same time.
The challenges inherent in big corporate changes can be a losing proposition, but they can open doors to great opportunities. When Merastar Insurance Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn. became an independent property and casualty firm in 2004, CIO Ken Lytle grabbed the chance to...
Tags: HARDWARE, Java, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Strategy
Research articles 2006-01-01
Major US Carrier Selects Intec Singl.eView for Convergent Billing and Flexible Rating; Multi-Million Dollar Agreement Enables Replacement of Legacy Billing Applications
ATLANTA -- Intec, a global provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), announced today the recent signing of a multi-million dollar license agreement for Intec's award-winning billing solution, Singl.eViewTM, with a major US carrier. The carrier selected Singl.eView for a legacy system replacement project that could be deployed rapidly...
Tags: Intec Inc.
Research articles 2005-07-27
Year 2000 Wire/ Relativity Technologies and Information Management Resources Announce Legacy System Transformation Partnership
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1998 Multi-Million Dollar Partnership Strengthens Leadership Positions In Legacy Transformation Service; Relativity's RescueWare Software ...
Tags: Relativity Technologies Inc.
Research articles 1998-06-03
Year 2000 Wire/ Relativity Technologies and Information Management Resources Announce Legacy System Transformation Partnership
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1998 Multi-Million Dollar Partnership Strengthens Leadership Positions In Legacy Transformation Service; Relativity's RescueWare Software to be Deployed Worldwide Relativity Technologies, Inc. today announced a multi-million dollar strategic partnership with Information Management Resources, Inc. IMR (NASDAQ: IMRS) of Clearwater, Fla., a...
Tags: Relativity Technologies Inc.
Research articles 1998-06-03
MatrixOne Integrates MitemView to Improve Legacy System Communication and Collaboration
Business/Technology Editors MENLO PARK, Calif. & CHELMSFORD, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 29, 2001 -- Software Integration Improves Access to Data and Transactions Through the Value Chain to Increase Productivity and Reduce Costs -- MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative CommerceTM, and MITEM Corporation, a leading provider...
Tags: Mitem Corp.
Research articles 2001-03-29
PERMA Goes Live with Tropics Claims System
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Public Employer Risk Management Association, Inc. PERMA, New York's largest member-owned, municipal association providing workers' compensation for public entities, went live this week with Tropics Software Technologies' Claims System. The four-month data conversion from PERMA's legacy system to Tropics Claims System was considered successful by both...
Tags: Benefits, compensation, ISO, Quality, worker
Research articles 2006-04-20
Getronics deploys IP telephony system for Smiths Group
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-10 June 2005-Getronics deploys IP telephony system for Smiths GroupC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Getronics, a European-owned IT services provider, has upgraded the telephone service of Smiths Group, a UK-based specialist engineer, to an IP telephony system. The solution was installed at Smiths Group's headquarters in London in...
Tags: Getronics N.V., Smiths Group Plc.
Research articles 2005-06-10