LACE is an AI-powered modernization framework built to help organisations understand, de-risk, and accelerate the transformation of legacy data platforms. It combines specialised copilots and agents to analyse legacy code, extract business rules, and generate the foundations for modern target architectures.
Modernising legacy estates is rarely just a migration challenge. It is a knowledge challenge. Business logic is deeply embedded in ageing systems, documentation is incomplete, and dependencies are often invisible. LACE addresses that complexity directly by turning legacy assets into structured, actionable intelligence.
With support for Assistant Mode and Agent Mode, LACE helps teams move from code understanding to transformation design and execution with greater speed, consistency, and engineering confidence.
Understand legacy
LACE gives engineering teams a detailed understanding of legacy codebases through code explanation, AST analysis, lineage mapping, data model interpretation, and component-level complexity assessment. It helps make opaque systems readable again.
By exposing hidden dependencies, embedded rules, and undocumented behaviours, LACE reduces discovery effort and creates a stronger factual basis for modernization decisions. It replaces assumptions with evidence.
Assistant mode
A developer-centred experience for understanding, analysing, and preparing legacy transformation.
In Assistant Mode, LACE supports developers directly inside their working environment, helping them inspect code, understand legacy structures, analyse business logic, and interpret target transformation paths with greater efficiency.
It can also leverage RAG and knowledge-base mechanisms to address edge cases, unsupported code patterns, or customer-specific migration requirements, helping teams go beyond generic AI outputs and work with context that is relevant to the real environment.
Agent mode
A structured path from analysis to generated modernization outputs.
In Agent Mode, LACE expands from assisted understanding into orchestrated modernization tasks. Agents can interpret legacy assets, design target data models, and support the generation of transformation pipelines aligned with the destination architecture.
This includes extracting business logic from legacy engines and generating SparkSQL or PySpark artefacts required for modern execution layers. The result is a more controlled, more scalable approach to migration delivery.
Platform and scope
Designed for modern engineering teams and adaptable to different legacy estates.
LACE is currently available for Oracle, with additional roadmap coverage for SAS, SAP BW, and Cloudera. This makes it relevant for organisations operating across heterogeneous legacy data environments with different modernization priorities.
The framework is integrated with Visual Studio Code and built on technologies such as Microsoft Agent Framework, GitHub Copilot SDK, AI Foundry, and enterprise knowledge-base patterns, enabling a practical and extensible architecture for real modernization programmes.
Environmental, Health & Safety has become a board-level topic.
Regulatory pressure is increasing. ESG scrutiny is intensifying. Operations are more complex, more distributed and more exposed than ever.
Yet many organisations still manage EHS through fragmented systems, manual reporting and disconnected processes.
The result?
Limited visibility, increased risk to people and assets, and operational disruption.
On 18 March 2026, join Link and Evotix for a focused executive session on how enterprise organisations can modernise EHS in a structured, scalable and intelligent way.
This session is designed for decision-makers and EHS leaders who want to strengthen governance, reduce exposure and gain real-time visibility across sites and teams.
Why attend?
In this webinar, you will discover:
How leading organisations are transforming EHS from compliance burden into operational intelligence
The risks of fragmented EHS environments in multi-site operations
How to structure incident management, audits and risk assessments at enterprise scale
The role of digital platforms in strengthening regulatory assurance and executive reporting
How Link and Evotix combine regulatory expertise and delivery capability with the Evotix EHS platform
This is not a product demonstration.
It is a strategic discussion grounded in real operational challenges.
AGENDA
- The Enterprise EHS Challenge in 2026
Regulatory pressure, ESG expectations and operational complexity. - From Reactive Compliance to Proactive Risk Intelligence
How structured EHS improves visibility, accountability and resilience. - The Evotix EHS Platform in Practice
How a connected digital ecosystem supports incident management, audits, inspections and compliance tracking. - Link’s Implementation Approach
Aligning technology with operational reality: governance, integration and phased deployment. - Q&A and Open Discussion
Who should attend
Chief Risk Officers
Chief Compliance Officers
Heads of EHS
Heads of Risk & Governance
Internal Audit Leaders
Operational and Sustainability Executives
If you are responsible for safety, compliance or enterprise risk oversight, this session is for you.
Event Details
Date: 18 March 2026
Format: Online webinar
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Language: English
Why Link and Evotix?
Evotix brings a globally recognised EHS platform designed for complex and regulated environments.
Link brings deep governance expertise, regulatory understanding and enterprise implementation capability.
Together, we support organisations in building structured, scalable and intelligent EHS environments — aligned with real operational needs.
Secure Your Place
EHS complexity does not reduce on its own. It requires structure, visibility and expertise.
Join us on 18 March and explore how to strengthen your EHS governance with confidence.
Register now to reserve your seat.
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More than just a regulatory requirement
At Link Consulting, we believe digital resilience is more than just a regulatory requirement — it is a strategic advantage to ensure continuity, trust, and competitiveness in the financial sector.
With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) coming into force, financial institutions across the European Union face the challenge of adapting to new rules that demand stronger technology, faster incident response, and solid IT governance practices.
This is exactly where our team makes the difference.
Our Approach
More than simply delivering compliance, we help your organization turn DORA’s requirements into an opportunity to strengthen digital operations.
Personalized assessment
We evaluate your current maturity and key IT risks.
Strategy and implementation
We define and execute measures to ensure resilience and continuity.
Governance and compliance
We structure processes and management models aligned with DORA requirements.
Ongoing support
We provide continuous guidance to enhance and evolve your operational resilience.
Why Choose Link Consulting?
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Proven experience in governance and digital transformation projects for the financial sector;
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DORA is not just an obligation — it is an opportunity to strengthen market trust and safeguard your business continuity.
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The investment paradoX IS REAL
Every day, asset managers face impossible challenges that shouldn’t exist:
Generate thousands of leads → Convert zero clients
Sound familiar?
Digitalize and overspend → Stay manual and lose relevance
The classic catch-22.
Attract digital-native investors → Onboard them with paper forms
The disconnect is killing conversions.
Meet heavy compliance requirements → Sacrifice operational agility
Regulation vs. efficiency shouldn’t be a trade-off.
The Investment Paradox has a solution:
WHAT IS INVEST ON BOX?
InvestOnBox is a digital platform created by Link Consulting built on BankOnBox: internationally recognized technology in the financial sector.
It delivers a cutting-edge digital experience for banks, asset managers, and investment institutions, featuring configurable modules, frictionless customer journeys, and robust security.
Investment institutions need specialized digital solutions that deliver immediate impact while maintaining the highest security standards.
InvestOnBox is the plug-in, -low-code digital platform designed to transform your investment services, with speed, low investment, and total focus on investor experience.
Key Benefits
What makes InvestOnBox the best choice for Investment Services?
Scalability and Operational Efficiency
Automate processes, reduce costs, and gain agility with API-based architecture
InvestOnBox
KEY FUNCTIONALITIES
Digital Onboarding with Facial Recognition and OCR
Seamless process with real-time document capture, biometrics, and digital signature. Compatible with identity documents from Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, and another 200+ countries/territories.
Financial Products Marketplace
Customizable catalogue with proprietary and partner products. Simple subscription journey with investment history and CRM integration.
Security & Compliance
GDPR, PSD2/SCA, KYC, and AML compliance. Continuous AML monitoring on sanctions lists and PEPs (optional).
No-Code Personalization
Modular administration of user experience, with dashboards and actions adjustable by profile, without IT dependency.
A Comprehensive Investment Solution
Online and mobile channels for investment management:
- New generation investment App
- Responsive web solution
- Mobile-first design philosophy
- Investor-centric solution focused on ease of use
The “face” of your investment platform – entirely customized:
- Look & feel customized to your institution’s branding
- Out-of-the-box investment features with modular and customized choice
- Flexible organization of portfolios, favorites, and frequent operations
- Dynamic content management for investment products
Security and compliance first
Technological developments responding to investment industry dynamics:
- Digital onboarding and remote product selling with Video ID and Live ID
- Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) with biometric authentication
- 2FA/Secure message centre enabling communication channels between institution and investor
- Robust security compliant with all market standards
- Transaction auditing and back-office analytics for investment operations
Compliance & Security Matrix
An agile and robust architecture in a plug-in model
Structured modular architecture with plug-in logic specifically for investment services
Resilience and scalability for high-volume investment transactions
Stage model of integration with core applications adjusted to API availability
Specialized modules for portfolio management and investment analytics
Proven Results
Supported by underlying BankOnBox technology
Invest on Box is ideal for:
- Asset manager & Investment fund managers
- Investment banks
- Fund distribution platforms
- Institutions operating with ESG funds, crypto assets, and PEPPs
- Fintechs and challenger banks in digital expansion phase
- Wealth management firms seeking digital transformation
- Financial institutions requiring specialized investment solutions
The Paradox ends here:
Every day you wait, the gap widens.
While you’re reading this, your competitors are either:
- Losing the same leads you are
- Already solving the paradox
Why choose Invest on Box:
- Turn every lead into a conversion opportunity
- Match investor expectations with seamless digital experiences
- Achieve compliance efficiency, not compliance burden
- Transform your cost center into a competitive advantage
The agility of your investment channels impacts your relationship with your clients and your organization’s ability to compete in the modern investment landscape. Those days where investment institutions would take months to implement and maintain complex digital investment platforms with high costs are over.
Your investors want quick access, seamless portfolio management, and comprehensive investment tools. And that’s exactly what InvestOnBox delivers.
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Whether you’re beginning your digital advancement journey or looking to accelerate existing initiatives, LINK Consulting brings 25 years of expertise to your unique challenges.
In today’s complex regulatory landscape, resilience isn’t optional, it’s essential.
But how do you ensure your business can withstand disruption, meet regulatory demands, and grow sustainably?
This is where Link’s Business Resilience expertise makes all the difference.
Value proposition
Link Consulting makes it sustainable
When operational stability and regulatory compliance are critical to your business success, choosing the right IT partner is key.
This is why, for building business resilience, you are better off with Link Consulting.
With a proven track record in enterprise architecture and governance frameworks, Link designs and implements robust systems that align strategy with execution, ensuring your organization can adapt, comply, and thrive in any environment.
Our integrated approach gives you full control over risk, compliance, and quality standards, while building the foundation for sustainable growth. And you count on comprehensive governance strategies, compliance frameworks, and ongoing support to ensure continuous resilience.
July, 2025
The pressure to become faster, leaner, and smarter is common to all public and private organizations. Yet many struggle to innovate because they are burdened by a legacy application landscape that’s too complex, too costly, and poorly understood. That’s where application rationalization comes in.
Application rationalization is the process of identifying which applications to keep, replace, retire, or consolidate. Done right, it provides the visibility needed to reduce costs, eliminate redundancies, and make better investment decisions. But it’s not just about trimming the fat. It’s about gaining control over your application ecosystem so you can scale innovation with confidence.
Why you should care
Over time, organizations naturally accumulate software. Mergers and acquisitions, changing business needs, and departmental purchases often result in duplicated functionality, shadow IT, and misaligned systems. Large enterprises can have hundreds (or thousands!) of applications, many of which are outdated, underused, or completely unknown to IT.
Maintaining these systems is costly. It drains operational budgets, increases risk, and slows down change. Worse, it becomes nearly impossible to plan cloud migrations, integrate new AI capabilities, or adopt modern architectures when the existing portfolio is a black box.
Application rationalization helps cut through this complexity, enabling organizations to:
- Understand the business value and technical health of each application
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency gains
- Improve cybersecurity posture by reducing the attack surface
- Support strategic planning with accurate data
Where to start
The biggest challenge is usually knowing where to begin. That’s why Link Consulting recommends a structured, data-driven approach:
- Inventory and discovery: The first step is building a complete inventory of all applications. This includes gathering metadata (ownership, costs, technologies, integrations) and usage insights.
- Classification: Group applications based on their purpose, lifecycle, user base, and criticality. Tools like SAP LeanIX allow this classification to be visual, collaborative, and dynamically updated.
- Evaluation: Assess applications using objective criteria like business fit, technical condition, operational risk, compliance, and cost. This is where value-based scoring models and stakeholder input are critical.
- Decision-making: With a clear picture, organizations can make decisions: decommission, consolidate, replatform, or modernize. These decisions should be linked to business capabilities and future-state architecture.
- Roadmap and execution: Application rationalization is a continuous discipline. A roadmap ensures that actions are prioritized, resourced, and aligned with broader transformation goals.
The role of Enterprise Architecture
Application rationalization is not an IT-only initiative. It demands collaboration between business and technology teams. Enterprise Architecture (EA) acts as the bridge.
Frameworks such as TOGAF, BIAN (for banking), or IT4IT help standardize how applications are mapped to business processes and capabilities. They create a shared language, enabling better alignment and decision-making.
At Link Consulting, the EA practice helps:
- Align rationalization with strategic business objectives
- Provide governance to avoid re-accumulation of unnecessary systems
- Use modeling and simulation to test impact of changes
- Establish metrics for continuous improvement
Tools that make it happen
Digital tools play a vital role in making application rationalization real. Link uses platforms such as SAP LeanIX and Atlas to:
- Build and maintain a live inventory of applications
- Visualize dependencies, redundancies, and risks
- Integrate with CMDBs, ERP, and cloud platforms
- Generate automated reports for stakeholders
This allows clients to move beyond Excel sheets and one-time assessments, toward real-time decision support.
Beyond cost savings
While reducing costs is often the first driver, the true benefits of application rationalization go deeper:
- Increased agility: With a streamlined application landscape, teams can launch new services faster.
- Better user experience: Consolidation often leads to more coherent workflows and interfaces.
- Cloud-readiness: Rationalized systems are easier to rehost or refactor for cloud environments.
- Improved compliance: Knowing what you have helps demonstrate regulatory adherence.
- Data-driven innovation: Removing silos allows for better data integration and AI enablement.
A real-world perspective
In a recent engagement, Link Consulting supported CGD to rationalize a portfolio exceeding 700 applications. Typically, we see organizations that implement this type of project:
- Optimized portfolio: -20% applications and -15% SaaS costs
- Operational efficiency: +43% automation, -40% execution times
- More agile and reliable processes: +25% accuracy, +30% agility
- Reinforced governance: +60% speed in compliance, 90% traceability
- Time-to-value: complete setup in 1 month with LinkStart
These outcomes are only possible through a combination of architecture discipline, stakeholder engagement, high expertise, and technology enablement.
Application rationalization is a strategic enabler for digital transformation, cloud adoption, and AI-readiness. It empowers organizations to move with clarity and confidence, freeing resources that can be reinvested into innovation.
Link Consulting helps clients turn complexity into clarity. Through proven methodologies, reference architectures, and market-leading platforms, we make rationalization practical and impactful.
If it’s time to clean up your application landscape, contact us and let’s build the foundation for the future together.
July, 2025
Are you playing digital Jenga with your business? Across industries we see the same fragile tower of legacy systems: every new business requirement adds another block; every urgent patch pulls one out. Eventually, even if no one can predict exactly when, the tower wobbles. A single update, a forgotten dependency, or an expired license can bring critical processes to a halt. Application Modernization is the obvious cure, yet many initiatives stall because they treat the symptoms (rewrite code, lift-and-shift, buy yet another SaaS) rather than the root cause: loss of sovereignty over both systems and data.
Link Consulting’s Application Modernization Framework puts sovereignty back at the center, pairing cloud-native engineering with AI-powered acceleration to give organizations durable control. Today and for whatever comes next.
Why “Digital + Data Sovereignty”
Most modernization programs aim for some combination of speed, cost reduction and innovation. All three are impossible without the two forms of sovereignty below:
| Sovereignty | What it means | Risks when lost |
| Digital / System | You own the architecture, the code, the deployment pipeline and the run-time decisions. | Vendor lock-in, opaque pricing, blockers to feature parity or new channels. |
| Data | You decide where data lives, who can touch it and how fast you can move or enrich it. | Regulatory exposure, slow analytics, inability to train modern ML models, spiraling egress fees. |
Our clients frequently arrive trapped inside outdated application servers or monolithic databases whose licensing terms inhibit change. Others rely on SaaS products that evolved into business-critical “black boxes.” In both cases, innovation velocity and operational resilience crater.
The Application Modernization Framework (AMF)
Our four-phase AMF is distilled from 25 years of engineering experience and numerous successful migrations. Its promise is simple: “Stop playing, start commanding.”
Phase 1 Assess – Digital Asset Command
- Map applications AND data dependencies
- Understand your current control status and strategic value
Phase 2 Architect – Strategic Command Planning
- Design independence for systems AND data
- Proven engineering methodology, AI-powered execution
Phase 3 Execute – Autonomous Architecture Build-out
- Build systems AND data platforms you own
- Engineering excellence with AI acceleration
Phase 4 Take Command – Evolution & Ownership
- Continuous evolution of systems AND data
- Your architecture, your data, your rules
Yes, AI-powered engineering, not AI hype. The result? Clients typically report a 70% cost reduction, 3× faster innovation velocity and 10x performance increase.
Link’s tooling ecosystem
Modernization is never one-size-fits-all, and that’s why Link Consulting brings to the table a powerful ecosystem of proprietary tools and methodologies designed to deliver results, fast.
- LACE – Link Assisted Conversion Engine
LACE is Link’s proprietary solution for accelerating legacy code and data conversion using AI-assisted engineering patterns. It combines advanced static code analysis with curated prompts and machine learning algorithms to automate migration of complex logic, such as converting from PL/SQL to Spark SQL. All conversions are designed with maintainability, observability, and scalability in mind.
By codifying lessons learned from dozens of successful projects, LACE eliminates repetitive tasks, reduces technical debt, and ensures architectural consistency, making modernization scalable and efficient.
- NEXT™ – AI-Powered Application Modernization Framework
NEXT™ is Link’s full-stack modernization engine, blending decades of hands-on expertise with state-of-the-art GenAI accelerators. It orchestrates the entire transformation lifecycle (from discovery to delivery) using human-vetted AI suggestions, a proprietary knowledge graph, and task-specific agents that go far beyond generic LLM prompts.
Key capabilities of NEXT™ include:
- Choice: Identify and prioritize high-ROI targets for modernization using RAG-fed risk/value scoring models.
- Strategy: Simulate and compare migration paths (rehost, refactor, rebuild, replace) with cost models, sector-specific blueprints, and lessons from 250+ projects.
- Engineer: Generate, refactor, or rewrite code, architectures, and test suites using curated engineering patterns, code conventions, and security templates – cutting effort by up to 50%.
- Run: Deliver CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, observability stacks and DevSecOps practices via reusable SRE playbooks, ensuring long-term resilience and agility.
At the heart of NEXT™ is a Human-in-the-Loop model, no “magic button” automation. Every AI suggestion is validated by seasoned architects, ensuring security, performance, and maintainability. This guarantees the kind of reliability that mission-critical systems demand.
NEXT™ delivers:
- Up to 70% OPEX savings
- Cloud-native stacks your developers want to work on
- Risk-mitigated carveouts and post-M&A transformations
- Secure-by-design pipelines and future-proof architectures
- Atlas – Your Enterprise Architecture Compass
Atlas is Link’s EA-centric digital twin of the organization, developed in-house and built to integrate natively with tools like LeanIX or Signavio. It provides real-time mapping of business processes, applications, and data flows, creating the foundation for traceable decisions and rationalized landscapes.
Used extensively in regulated sectors such as Banking, Energy, and Public Administration, Atlas enables:
- Portfolio visibility across fragmented application estates
- Identification of redundant, outdated, or risky systems
- Support for transformation blueprints that align with TOGAF, BIAN, and IT4IT frameworks
More than a documentation tool, Atlas is a strategic asset for governance, value planning, and communication between IT and business.
- LinkStart and Industrialized Delivery
LinkStart is Link’s rapid onboarding methodology that gets modernization initiatives moving in weeks, not months. It provides predefined deliverables, accelerator kits, best practices, and a battle-tested delivery structure across Dev, Security, Cloud, and Operations.
Combined with the industrialized delivery capabilities of Link squads, composed of multidisciplinary experts, LinkStart ensures momentum, quality, and agility even in large-scale programs.
Why Link as your partner
- AI you can audit. Our GenAI accelerators run behind your firewall; prompts, responses and cost are fully traceable.
- Track record in highly regulated sectors. From Portugal’s largest bank to Retail, Energy, Telco and Public Administration, we scale EA and modernization under strict governance.
- Engineering culture. 25 years shipping mission-critical systems mean we speak Kubernetes and CFO.
Next step? Get in touch. The sooner you take command, the sooner innovation can move back in.
Why application modernization matters now
Most IT budgets are still consumed by the maintenance of legacy systems, limiting investment in new capabilities and business innovation. Over time, technical debt accumulates, operational costs rise, and requirement-to-deploy cycles become too slow. Application landscapes also grow more complex, making change harder, riskier, and more expensive.
The result is clear: application portfolio evolution becomes consistently slow and costly, restricting agility and reducing the organization’s ability to innovate.
Introducing AMA — Application Modernization Approach
AMA is Link Consulting’s end-to-end modernization approach designed to move organizations from technical debt to business agility. It combines AI-assisted requirements discovery, spec-driven engineering, human-in-the-loop supervision, automated testing, and parallel execution validation to modernize applications safely and at scale.
How AMA works across the modernization lifecycle
Portfolio strategy
Identify which applications should be modernized, consolidated, retained or retired using a 6R strategy and enterprise architecture analysis.
AMA maps applications to business capabilities, domains and technologies, helping define the target architecture and modernization roadmap.
Requirements discovery
Extract real business requirements from user interaction videos, existing documentation and legacy application analysis.
AMA uses AI, process mining and interaction analysis to capture what the system truly does, not just what old documentation says it does.
Requirements enrichment
Enrich and validate requirements through code analysis, dynamic validation and human clarification.
This avoids the “code-first trap” by separating true business rules from legacy implementation details and technical noise.
Spec-driven engineering
Generate design, code and test assets from well-defined requirements before development starts.
APIs, data models, methods, business logic and implementation plans are defined first to ensure full alignment between business intent and technical delivery.
AI agents + human oversight
AI agents support requirement refinement, architecture, code generation, code review, traceability and testing.
Human-in-the-loop governance ensures quality, consistency and security at every stage. No black-box automation. No magic buttons.
Automated testing
Generate unit, integration, regression and end-to-end tests directly from requirements and extracted storylines.
Tests evolve automatically as requirements change, ensuring 100% regression coverage for migrated functionality from day one.
Parallel execution
Run legacy and modernized applications in parallel using the same production inputs to validate functional equivalence.
Outputs such as database results, reports and APIs are automatically compared to reduce risk and confirm production readiness.
Continuous evolution
Support future change through requirements-based evolution, code regeneration and continuously updated documentation and tests.
Instead of accumulating new technical debt, AMA keeps the application clean, traceable and easier to evolve over time.
What AMA delivers
Modern, lean applications
Modernized applications with obsolete and redundant elements removed, reduced code volume, and cleaner architecture aligned to current business and technology goals.
Fully traceable engineering
Requirements, code, tests and documentation remain connected end to end, improving governance, auditability and the speed of future change.
Portfolio simplification
AMA does not just modernize isolated applications. It helps consolidate duplicated capabilities, reduce system sprawl and simplify the wider application landscape.
Expected business impact
| Area | Outcome | Business impact |
| Maintenance effort | Requirements-based evolution, clean regeneration and better traceability | >60% reduction in maintenance effort |
| Time-to-market | Spec-driven delivery, AI acceleration and automated testing | Up to 80% faster delivery, from months to weeks |
| Codebase efficiency | Removal of dead code and elimination of redundant functionality | 30% to 50% reduction in codebase size |
| Structural savings | Application consolidation and reduced infrastructure footprint | Meaningful savings in infrastructure, licensing and operations |
| Quality assurance | Automated tests generated from requirements from day one | 100% test coverage for migrated functionality |
Watch the video where our specialist Pedro Sousa talks about AMA, and Paulo Paulo Pereira from Caixa Geral de Depósitos gives his testimonial about their experience.
Why Link as your modernization partner?
Business outcomes you can count on
- Faster time-to-market through AI-assisted, requirements-first engineering
- Lower maintenance costs through cleaner architecture and reduced technical debt
- Simplified application landscapes through consolidation and rationalization
- Better quality and lower risk through automated testing and shadow execution
- Living documentation and full traceability across requirements, code and tests
Why Link Consulting
- 25+ years building, modernizing and operating mission-critical systems
- AMA is a proprietary, end-to-end modernization approach grounded in real software engineering practice
- AI + human-in-the-loop combines acceleration with control, quality and business relevance
- Cross-functional teams spanning architecture, development, QA, DevOps and enterprise integration
- Vendor-neutral mindset that keeps the client in control of architecture and target technology choices
- Applicable to custom applications and extendable to migrations from platforms such as OutSystems and Oracle Forms
May, 2025
What if your business processes could be smarter, faster, and seamlessly connected across teams and partners? In a world where operational efficiency can make or break businesses, the ability to optimize, monitor, and enhance processes end-to-end cannot be a luxury. Enter eProcess, our new next-gen process monitoring solution.
The limitations of a traditional approach
Many organizations struggle with:
- Fragmented processes: Processes are often broken down into smaller workflows across multiple departments or external entities, limiting visibility and effectiveness.
- Lack of end-to-end monitoring: Without a unified view, defining and managing KPIs and SLAs becomes nearly impossible.
- Inflexibility in automation tools: Traditional tools fail to adapt to complex, multi-organization workflows or incorporate the latest technological advancements.
- Time and resource inefficiencies: Manual interventions and outdated systems lead to delays, errors, and increased costs.
These pain points underscore the need for a transformative solution that not only addresses them by improving processes’ time, cost, and quality, but also drives innovation and competitiveness.
Introducing eProcess: Redefining process monitoring
More than a BPM tool, eProcess is a hyperautomation platform powered by artificial intelligence, ontologies, and process mining. It’s designed to offer unparalleled flexibility, efficiency, and insights for businesses managing complex operations.
“eProcess allows companies to operate with unmatched autonomy while fostering collaboration and getting end-to-end control over their processes,” explains Fernando Faria, Product Director at Link. “It’s a game-changer in process monitoring.”
Key benefits are clear:
- Hyperautomation across borders: Seamlessly manage processes that span several units, organizations, or even industries.
- Real-time process monitoring: Gain visibility into every step of your workflows with robust KPIs, SLA tracking, and actionable insights.
- AI-driven enhancements: Leverage artificial intelligence for process design, optimization, and predictive analytics.
Defined metrics ensure processes are aligned with business goals, and process mining and conformance analysis give insights into rework efforts and bottlenecks to enhance efficiency. Threshold-based alerts allow to set specific triggers to ensure critical issues are addressed promptly, and context-driven notifications enable optimized performance.
How it works
The eProcess journey is a smooth blend of design, implementation, and optimization:
- Design the process: Define the end-to-end workflow, incorporating internal and external entities.
- Add complexity: Include suppliers, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Input into the system: Configure the process schema within eProcess.
- Review and refine: Validate the process to ensure alignment with objectives.
- Implement and go live: Deploy the process and monitor its performance.
The process monitoring platform can be easily integrated with your existing systems via APIs or pre-built connectors, and is equipped with a comprehensive suite of tools:
- Document Management System: The backbone for handling documents and process execution.
- Process Designer: Enables intuitive process configuration, incorporating AI and ontology features for smarter workflows.
- Process Monitor: Offers analytics, KPI tracking, and process mining capabilities.
- Form Builder: Simplifies data input/output through custom forms for activities.
- Process Factory: Manages and optimizes process portfolios for scalability and efficiency.
What makes eProcess stand out?
eProcess uses cutting-edge AI algorithms to generate process models automatically, drastically reducing the time and effort required for process setup and management. Its ontology-driven framework ensures processes are intuitive and efficient. All this allows organizations to focus on high-value activities and strategic decision-making, boosting productivity.
Additionally, the platform’s unmatched flexibility makes it adaptable to diverse business needs, whether operating independently or in shared environments. By seamlessly integrating suppliers, partners, and customers into the workflows, eProcess fosters a cohesive and collaborative ecosystem.
Last but not least, eProcess boasts a future-proof design. With a multi-engine framework and advanced tools, it is built to evolve alongside technological advancements.
“With eProcess, Link has made a strategic decision to address not only the challenges of operational and technological complexity but also to position itself as a market leader. We have created an end-to-end solution that transforms the way companies operate, interact, and thrive on a global stage,” concludes Fernando Faria.
See it to believe it? Contact us today to request a personalized demo and experience the future of process monitoring.