Rapid Migration of Legacy Applications to the Cloud
VDI?
Rewrite?
Other Approach?
Enterprise IT organizations looking to migrate desktop and client/server applications to the cloud face many difficult choices and
challenges about the architecture of their solution. User experience, application performance, ability to secure and share data, time
to market, and cost are all factors that need to be weighed against each other. VDI will get the solution to market quickly, but
history has demonstrated that users may be disappointed by the experience. Rewriting an application for web and mobile
platforms will provide a good user experience, but may jeopardize security and performance, and does not preserve the significant
investment made in the existing application.
“The computing landscape continues to rapidly evolve… IT has
limited options to migrate mission critical applications to the
cloud while supporting user access from any device, and code
rewrites are not an option…”
- Becky Wanta,
Former CIO for MGM Resorts
International, Global CTO for PepsiCo,
Wells Fargo, MGM Resorts
Calgary Scientific has successfully migrated some of the most challenging and complex applications to the cloud with our heavily
patented PureWeb® technology platform (http://pureweb.io). These range from medical imaging applications
(http://calgaryscientific.com/resolutionmd) to CAD solutions (https://design.pureweb.io) to reservoir simulation software and more.
Challenges we have had to overcome include handling large data volumes, working with visually rich data with high computational
needs, ensuring security of sensitive data, and adhering to regulatory requirements and other industry standards. Key benefits of
the migration approach we have taken include:
Omni-channel: Ability to run applications from any browser or mobile device without
compromising performance and with the user experience and workflow optimized for the user
device and mobile use case.
No rewrite: Time and money invested in existing desktop and client/server applications can
be leveraged.
Keep data secure: Secure access to application data that stays behind the firewall, and is
never downloaded to web browsers or mobile devices.
Flexible deployment: Deployable to public, private or hybrid clouds.
Real-time collaboration: Improved productivity and faster decision-making by enabling
multiple users in remote locations around the world to access and collaborate over a shared
instance of the application. Collaboration can be enhanced with embedded audio/video
conferencing capabilities right within the application.
We want to talk to you!
Do you face similar or other challenges and want to see the benefits discussed above? We would love to hear about your
challenges and strategic goals. Work with us to investigate how our technology, expertise, and professional services team can
help you now or be extended to better serve your migration needs.
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