In midst of the evolving technology and the fast-paced movement of the digital world. Companies are now looking to enhance their legacy systems for the ability to compete in the market and provide the best user experience for their customers. Microservices, a modern architectural approach, offers a way to modernizing legacy applications by breaking down legacy systems into smaller, independent and loosely coupled components. Allowing the development of cloud native apps, a crucial part of modernization and one of the many services Sumerge offers to their partners who are on their path to modernization.

Why Is Microservices Essential in Modernizing Legacy Applications?

Developing a microservices architecture approach is essential when modernizing your legacy applications. This was showcased when we partnered with Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBE) to achieve digital transformation through microservices architecture. By implementing Banking as a Service platform and APIs, EBE enhanced their business agility, fostered innovation in digital channels, and improved time-to-market for new services. This strategic shift positioned them as a frontrunner in the fast-paced financial sector.

Another example was with a leading Mortgage Financing institution, serving citizens on low and middle income that was facing a lot of challenges with its outdated legacy system. The institution suffered from a system that was:

• Too complex to add new features to, resulting in slow time to market.
• The current legacy code was complex to implement new changes as well as testing was time-consuming and risky.
• The system processed hundreds of transactions that it was difficult scaling the system during sudden loads.

Sumerge's Solution

After assessing the situation, our team decided to migrate the system to microservices architecture running on containers on a private cloud container orchestration environment. Transforming a monolithic system to a system based on microservices architecture allowed us to completely shift our partner's pain points to strengths.

Agility

We transformed a legacy system by breaking it down into smaller components "microservices”, migrating these components to containers and exposing them as REST APIs. A low-risk approach where the two systems coexisted together migrating components every two – four weeks sprints.

Quick Time to Market

We achieved a 4-5x acceleration in the implementation of new features and their seamless deployment to the production environment.

Performance Boost and Increased Scalability

We moved components with scalability issues, hence offloading the legacy system to a more modern scalable platform. Each microservice can now scale independently based on its load at runtime, and we don’t have to scale the whole system.

Harnessing the Power of Cloud-Native App Development

To fully unleash the power of microservices, companies must embrace cloud native app developments. Cloud native application development is a modern approach to building applications that are designed to run in cloud environments whether it’s public, hybrid or private. Microservices are a key component of cloud native applications, providing the agility and scalability required to leverage cloud computing benefits.

Cloud native applications are typically developed using containers like Docker’s, which are lightweight, isolated environments that encapsulate applications and their dependencies. Containerization enables microservices to be deployed and managed independently, further enhancing their agility and resilience.

Discover Your Own Path to Modernization

Microservices and cloud-native applications are crucial for modernizing legacy applications. By embracing microservices architecture and cloud-native apps, organizations can accelerate innovation, enhance user experiences, and stay competitive in the market. Now you can unlock the full potential of your legacy applications with our expertise by booking our free consultation service.