Adam Burden Global Managing Director, Emerging Technology Innovation
Accenture LLP
December 14, 2012
HOW A 2000-YEAR-OLD KNOT UNTANGLES LEGACY
Accenture • 257,000+ people, serving clients in over 120 countries • 40,000+ Java developers • Serve 92 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than
three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500
“I did that and I’m not proud of it”
Adam Burden • 20 years with Accenture • Master Technology Architect • Career of Client Delivery • Leadership Roles Modernization Cloud Applications
Large Enterprise Application Debt • More than 1000 applications • Impediment to business agility • 1 in 3 redundant or unused • Custom legacy especially problematic • Too expensive to rip & replace • Can’t afford not to act
Application Portfolio Transformation • Tools you likely already have • Adoption of Open Source catalyst • Themes of agility and cost reduction • Getting started
A failure to plan is a plan to fail.
Rationalize & Transform • Build momentum early • Engage & align business • “Get Healthy” & “Stay Healthy” • Assign dispositions Replace Retire Consolidate Remediate Replatform Migrate
Transformation in Practice • Apply innovation • Automate for quality • Resist change & transform
Migration • Extract & transform • Not line-by-line • Target PaaS architectures in future
Replatform at Scale • Impact & remediation automation • Proven rules • Accelerate testing
Begin the Transformation • Untangle your Gordian Knot of applications • Leverage Open Source • Apply innovation and bold thinking