VB6 Migration - Moving Mission Critial Application off VB6

There are numerous companies that are still unaware that they may have VB6 applications that are running mission critical processes. A major concern is that VB6 is no longer supported and could put your company in jeopardy, especially if you are running applications that roll up into financials.

With proactive IT investments delayed due to economic challenges,organizations like yours are beginning to outgrow their legacy Microsoft Visual Basic applications and must increasingly dedicate resources to keep these systems running. By migrating Visual Basic 6.0 and earlier applications to the .NET platform, your company can achieve a highly scalable, extremely reliable foundation for mission-critical applications and realize substantial maintenance-related savings.

Gain competitive advantage by updating your applications:

In order to be successful, your Visual Basic applications must evolve with your organization’s ever-changing business needs.

- Do you have a clear picture of the benefits and costs of migrating your applications to .NET and how to remain competitive during migration?
- Do your current Visual Basic applications meet minimum performance, stability,and enterprise-scalability requirements?
- Are you concerned about security vulnerabilities in your older applications?G Can your legacy applications meet current business standards and easily adapt to new industry regulations and legislation?
- Do you have a Visual Basic application performing critical business activity that needs new functionality and are struggling with the best approach for implementing that functionality?

Migrate to Microsoft .NET and maximize your IT investments Migration to the .NET:

Framework is essential for applications that will continue to be important to your organization. Aligning your future IT strategies with .NET through languages such as Visual Basic .NET and C# will enable you to take full advantage of your existing investments in Microsoft technologies. The .NET Frame work presents an outstanding opportunity to increase developer productivity and stability for your organization’s most critical applications.

- Improve the scalability, performance, stability, and security of your Visual Basic applications.G Shorten development time and reduce risk by utilizing existing code and taking advantage of tools to automate code conversion.
- Leverage your investments in supporting infrastructure areas of the Microsoft environment, including IDE and developer tools licensing, build and test environments, and technical resources
- Gain competitive advantage by creating new, lower-cost applications and modifying your existing applications to allow for future growth and agility, while remaining competitive during migration.
- Take full advantage of open standards and new technologies such as XML, Web services, and smart clients, while moving toward Service-Oriented Architecture.
- Reduce your long-term maintenance-related expenses and build on existing support and vendor relationships.

A proven migration methodology:

When it comes to the Microsoft enterprise platform, Avanade has the deep product knowledge and real-world experience that customers demand. Avanade offers a proven migration methodology, including a full Application Migration Assessment, to ensure that organizations get the most value from their Visual Basic-based applications.

- Avanade Application Development Workshop In a two- to five-day workshop, Avanade reviews your organization’s development capabilities and challenges to identify and prioritize the applications most in need of improvement and offer recommendations to take advantage of new technologies. A gap analysis of your organization’s capabilities is incorporated into an action plan that supports your priority application migration opportunities and closes any capability gaps.
- Avanade Application Analysis In a formal one- to three-week process, Avanade examines your existing applications to determine how your organization can benefit from migration to .NET technologies, including reviews of infrastructure platform, technical architecture, application architecture, and application functionality.
- Avanade Application Proof of Concept As the final step in the assessment process, Avanade can build a prototype application to demonstrate the migration process and benefits.

Based on the results of the assessment and proof of concept, Avanade will provide a complete migration plan, including an estimated timeline,detailed project plan, and complete set of deliverables to jump start the creation of your next-generation business applications.

Reduce costs through strategic global delivery:

As a true global services company, Avanade has a worldwide presence and proven delivery record. Our global network of delivery centers in over 30 locations, including India, offers customers the benefit of multi site delivery. Offshore resources, highly trained in Avanade assets,architectures, best practices, and our comprehensive delivery methodology,provide accelerated development of solutions. Our strategic global delivery approach to application migrations allows companies to take advantage of the right combination of onshore, nearshore, and offshore options, resulting in increased productivity and cost-effective solutions development.

If you would like to find out more about our Dashboard offering or any other solutions that we provide, please feel free to contact Chris Hamilton at chris.hamilton@avanade.com or at 403-476-1473.