When a legacy web application becomes obsolete and unsustainable to support, it’s time to think about modernizing. The path to modernization, however, is not always straightforward and there are important decisions to make before getting started. Teams must consider the cost of maintaining the legacy app, how to approach the migration itself, and what management of the future state application will look like to ensure a smooth transition — and avoid surprises and expensive missteps.
About the Webinar
Join Matthew Weier O’Phinney (Senior Product Manager, OpenLogic and Zend by Perforce) as he moderates a conversation on legacy web app modernization with two experts who have helped Perforce customers every step of the way, from consulting to performing migration services. They will discuss:
- Weighing the costs of modernizing vs. maintaining a legacy codebase
- How to create a migration roadmap
- When to refactor vs. rewrite the application
- Security and compliance considerations
- Assessing upskilling/training needs
- And more!
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Presenters
Matthew Weier O’Phinney
Matthew Weier O’Phinney is the Principal Product Manager at Perforce Zend and OpenLogic, where he focuses on creating the tools developers need to build and deploy their applications. He is a founding member of the PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG), which creates and promotes standards for the PHP ecosystem, where he has served two elected terms on the PHP-FIG Core Committee and collaborated on many specifications.
Matthew began developing on Zend Framework (ZF) before its public release, and he led the project for Zend from 2009 through 2019. He acts as the Project Lead for the Laminas Project, which includes the subprojects Laminas API Tools (formerly Apigility) and Mezzio (formerly Expressive). He has contributed to many open source projects and communities, many of which can be found on github and his personal website.
Yeshua Hall
As a Senior Solutions Engineer at Perforce Software, Yeshua is passionate about Open Source Software and helping customers overcome complex technical challenges to achieve team and business goals. An IBM Champion every year since 2019, Yeshua has spoken at many conferences, including IBM PowerUP, IBM THINK, and others. Yeshua contributes to many open source projects and maintains their own repository for IBM i Dotfiles: https://github.com/jbh/ibmi-dotfiles.
Tendai Munetsi
Tendai has over 25 years of experience as a software developer utilizing languages like C, C++, and Java. He has acted as an architect and development leader in the implementation of a number of mission-critical systems for companies in a range of industries. He is a Sun-certified Java Developer and a Certified ScrumMaster.