But banks are reluctant to overhaul this legacy software owing to the cost and complexity involved.
Big corporations tied to legacy software installations and multi-year contracts are finding it very hard to make the required transition, often stuck with software that was built 10 to 20 years ago.
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Many Windows shops have important legacy software investments.
The Wii U takes content confinement a step further with its support for legacy software, providing a near-perfect example of the folly of Nintendo's content ownership philosophy: the isolated sandbox of its backwards-compatible Wii Menu.
Or having the integrated, open-source software system that allows access to the two 300 Legacy systems of software.
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As cloud-style architectures become more prevalent, we will see a parallel shift from legacy storage to modern, software-defined-storage architectures.
The amount of domain knowledge about the business and the legacy systems that is embedded in the software developers is what the customer pays for and not really the technology fixes that get delivered through the year.
The Latitude 10 does not require new mobile device management or software licensing, supports new and legacy Windows applications, is compatible with Adobe Flash and connects with existing peripherals to allow end-users to work and play the way they always have.
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One of the reasons providers are choosing cloud-based systems over on-premise software is the resource-intensive deployments required with legacy systems.
Since the architecture to engage individuals in their care is fundamentally different than architectures to optimize billing (the core purpose of legacy healthIT), it will create demand for new categories of software.
But he suggested such programs were "legacy" products that would "decline over time" as users opted for the type of browser-based software available via the Chrome Webstore.
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