I was recently visiting a customer in Latin America discussing what a target architecture would look like given that some of the code would migrate over 'as-is' in Cobol, and some new work would be done in Java, while at...
I see over and over an ongoing debate regarding re-hosting the legacy platform and re-developing re-engineering it. The answer to that question is always, IT DEPENDS. Any of these discussions should not start with an particular approach (SOA Enablment, Rehosting,...
I am publishing an article that is on Oracle OTN Site, but since I wrote this with Tom Laszewski, I don't mind reprinting it here! ;-) Organizations with legacy applications don't have to throw the baby out with the bathwater...
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