Application Modernization Services
Investing too much time and money in maintaining and adding new functionality to 20-year-old software systems drains resources and limits your business growth. Sombra’s legacy app modernization service transforms your software on time and within budget without disrupting your business or forcing unnecessary technologies.
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Are these issues holding your business back?
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Encountering long time-to-market for an app
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Struggling with time-consuming feature implementation or bug fixing
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Managing legacy systems and technical debt inefficiently
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Neglecting poor user experience
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Tackling performance issues and slow-working app
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Experiencing security vulnerabilities
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Worrying about high infrastructure costs
Technologies and tools we use
Here’s how we work with your legacy software modernization request
The workflow of getting things done fast, right, and with your goals in mind.
System assessment
Together, analyze and review your current software system for a specific business problem. You receive: Assessment report with gap analysis; Actionable recommendations with a proposed roadmap, time, and budget estimation
Action
The Sombra team helps you plan, organize, and implement recommendations from the assessment step. You receive: A fully modernized application that utilizes cutting-edge technologies.
Maintenance
Our team of chosen professionals develops a strategy for continuous application improvements in order to minimize the need for future large-scale modernizations. You receive: An application that’s always up-to-date with modern technology and industry standards.
Application modernization solutions we offer
Ignite your business’ growth by migrating your app’s infrastructure from on-premise to the cloud or from one cloud to the other. We specialize in cloud migration of infrastructures of different scales to AWS or GCP. Our team will help you leverage cloud-native tools to modernize your application further in a cost-effective and timely fashion.
Put your application’s security first. We utilize the best security practices like MSDL and security standards like OWASP ASVS or other de-facto industry standards to modernize your application by increasing its security level.
Convert users into buyers, be it finance, healthcare, or logistics. Our team’s extensive knowledge of domain-specific best practices is at your service to modernize your software product’s usability and customer engagement.
Prioritize automating rapid SDLC lifecycle to decrease time-to-market. We integrate the best deployment and security practices for each stage to achieve that. Therefore, the software we develop complies with ISO/IEC 27001, SOC2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA, etc.
Strategize legacy system modernization to tame your technical debt. Leave planning and managing migration to newer versions of technologies or to entirely modern technologies to us.
Using the best architectural practices and approaches, our team can help increase the application system’s performance metrics, like throughput and response time. Thus, you stay competitive in the market and avoid business disruption, which is a win-win situation.
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Get in touchWhat do you get with Sombra?
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Decreased time-to-market
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Reduced maintenance & development team costs
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Boosted customer engagement and satisfaction
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Improved system performance and scalability
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Enhanced security and compliance
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Cost savings through optimized resource usage

Give your application a chance to withstand time
Don’t waste your end-users’ time with poor performance and outdated technologies
Tell us about your project todayFrequently asked questions
Why should my company consider you as an application modernization agency?
Why should my company consider you as an application modernization agency?
Sombra is an engineering partner with over a decade of experience in software modernization services. We know how to do things right, which is why our current clients have chosen us and continue to do so. Here’s what we bring to the table:
- Money-back guarantee policy demonstrates our commitment to quality & timely delivery.
- Our Net Promoter Score (NPS) is 74, which is twice as much as an average score within the industry.
- 98% of our projects are delivered on time and within scope, ensuring our Clients’ legacy software transformation business goals are met.
- We are able to scale up or down the team upon your request.
- The response time for urgent inquiries doesn’t exceed 10-20 minutes.
We are a team of problem-solvers who follow a customer-first approach. Does it sound like a legacy system modernization service you’re looking for? Let us know.
How does Sombra engage with the clients within legacy software modernization services?
How does Sombra engage with the clients within legacy software modernization services?
As an legacy software modernization company, we recommend the following client engagement options:
- Application modernization consulting as a service. This format includes an assessment of your current pains, needs, and opportunities. We compile a consulting report document for you, which includes areas for modernization, mitigation solutions, the scope of work you’ll be facing modernizing your legacy systems, and the proposed roadmap.
- Project-based partnership. Basically, we assume the majority of risks and responsibility for a project and deliver it entirely within an agreed timeframe and budget.
- A team, managed by Sombra. We recommend this type of a collaboration to the clients who strategically modernize their IT. It also involves sharing equally with the client the responsibilities and risks.
Can you embed AI in the application?
Can you embed AI in the application?
Artificial intelligence and machine learning can add value to your business if the application relies on data, involves repetitive tasks, or requires a better decision-making process.
At Sombra, we offer AI and ML consulting services to guide you through the possibilities of how AI could modernize your application and boost your operational efficiency.
How long does it take to modernize an application?
How long does it take to modernize an application?
The time it takes to modernize an application can vary depending on the system’s complexity, the scope of modernization, and the technologies involved. However, the typical process goes as follows:
- Assessment and planning phase lasts between 1-4 weeks
- Implementation phase takes 2-12+ months
- Testing and optimization takes 1-2 months
- Maintenance is an ongoing process
Do you have any experience with modernization of financial legacy systems?
Do you have any experience with modernization of financial legacy systems?
We feel your pain! In our experience, financial service providers often use very old software that doesn’t get modernized because of the tumultuous process of complying with various regulations and policies. It takes a whole bureaucratic journey to apply any changes to the financial application.
One of our core clients, a global financial service organization, had a problem like that, which we solved with our Cloud Infrastructure Migration service. Contact us to hear the details and discover what kind of legacy application modernization solutions would address your business pains.