Application Modernization

Re-inventing the Application Modernization Journey Together

There is a smarter way to modernize: incremental, interoperable, and grounded in what you already have and need to know.

Working with specialist technology partners

Low-risk

Modernize step by step, reducing complexity, staying interoperable and adding value through cost effective context.

Knowledge first

Start with the systems, processes and expertise already in place rather than rebuilding understanding from scratch.
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Stay in control

Coordinate AI, automation and existing systems through controlled, scalable processes.
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The Digital Assitant

One Knowledge Base

The Digital Assistant continuously combines information from a wide range of sources, including source code, documentation, tickets, monitoring data and usage patterns. By connecting this information, it turns distributed context into reliable knowledge that stays current over time.

Preserve Knowledge

It captures knowledge built and stored across different places, keeping it accessible and with your company for the long term.
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One Base. Many Connections

It brings together knowledge from multiple sources, wherever it was captured. It does not replace your experts. It preserves what they know, makes it reusable and reduces dependence on any one person or supplier.

Impact analysis

Understand how changes affect systems, processes, and dependencies before you act.

Modernization scope and risk

Get clarity on what to modernize, in what order, minimizing risks so you can move forward with confidence.

Fast answers, fewer gaps

Deliver the right information at the right time, keeping operations efficient while providing AI with focused, cost effective context .

The Journey

Four phases of Legacy Application Modernization

The RMJ² Digital Assistant captures what your teams need to know about the application, its data, surrounding systems, usage and processes. RMJ²'s methodologies, principles and partners then de-risk every modernization and beyond - together we deliver value in every step.

Inspection

Accelerated by the Digital Assistant

Application, data & process knowledge consolidated - no expensive, long-running blank-page discovery or assessment project upfront needed

Natural-language search across application scopes, impact, risk & effort in days, not months

The rock-solid modernization planning every modernization needs and cleansing - reduces 3rd party dependencies

Modernization

De-risked by the Digital Assistant

RMJ² partner’s unique technology solutions preserve existing code and swaps interfaces - minimal moving parts, minimal risk

Applications run in modern environment and a customers’ platform of innovation; data is liberated

For deeper transformation, RMJ² orchestrates specialist 7R partners and AI

Testing

Improved by the Digital Assistant

Impact analysis & test plan, business rules & edge cases are known - targeted test design, not blind regression

Instances spin up in containers or VMs, even on a laptop to establish comparable results from the start

Plain-language, cost-effective root-cause AI queries speed up defect triage

Optimizing

Enabled by the Digital Assistant

Deeper understanding of applications and data gained in the process, captured, and preserved in knowledge graph

Same developer tooling as Open Systems - VS Code with GenAI integrations, Digital Assistant answers inline via MCP

One current knowledge base for architects, DBAs, developers & compliance; agent-based Digital Assistant evolves from lookup to guidance

Digital Assistant
controlled and
cost-effective use of AI
independent of the kind of modernization

The Opportunity

Every hour lost hunting for scattered knowledge and every wasted LLM token has a price. Built on Squirro, the Digital Assistant optimizes both.

Find knowledge faster

Reduce time spent searching across scattered sources and re-inventing what already exists.
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Use LLMs more efficiently

Provide cleaner, focused context to LLMs and cut token waste without reducing output quality.

Independent of modernization

Delivers value now - regardless of your current systems, tools, or modernization roadmap.

The Himalaya Principle

Modernization is
a journey, not a leap.

Nobody reaches the summit in one move. Progress happens step by step, adapting between base camps before moving higher.

The Digital Assistant follows the same principle. It helps teams understand what exists, identify the next sensible step and modernize incrementally while keeping existing processes under control.

Preserve what works. Modernize where it matters. Optimize as you go.

FAQs

Frequently askes questions

Find answers to common questions about our solutions, implementation, technology, and working with RMJ².

What does RMJ² actually do?

RMJ² helps organizations understand, preserve and modernize existing applications without forcing a complete rebuild. We start by capturing the knowledge around your applications, data, processes and dependencies, then use that understanding to identify and execute the right modernization steps.

What is the RMJ² Digital Assistant?

The Digital Assistant creates a current knowledge base for your applications by connecting information from sources such as source code, documentation, tickets, monitoring data and usage patterns. It gives teams faster access to the knowledge they need while also providing focused context for AI.

Do we need to start a modernization project to use the Digital Assistant?

No. The Digital Assistant delivers value independently of a modernization project. It can help preserve application knowledge, answer technical questions, support impact analysis and reduce time spent searching across disconnected sources. If modernization becomes a priority, that knowledge then provides a stronger starting point.

How does RMJ² reduce the risk of application modernization?

We avoid treating modernization as one large transformation. RMJ² works incrementally, starting with a clear understanding of the existing application and its dependencies. This makes it possible to preserve what still works, identify where change creates value and test each step before moving further.

Can RMJ² work with our existing applications, technologies and partners?

Yes. The approach is designed to work with what is already in place. RMJ² connects existing knowledge and systems rather than requiring everything to be replaced, and brings in specialist technologies and partners where they add value to a particular modernization step.

The Time is Now

Start with what you know.
Build toward what comes next.

Whether you are preserving critical application knowledge, planning modernization or preparing for a more autonomous AI driven enterprise, RMJ² helps create the foundation for the next step.

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