Why Modernization Can’t Wait
Legacy estates hold your business back in multiple, compounding ways. Technical debt and architectural sprawl keep growing, making every enhancement riskier and more expensive. Maintenance costs escalate while vendor lock-in limits your freedom to innovate. Release cycles become slow and fragile, and rollbacks grow painful. Meanwhile, engineers who still master ageing stacks are scarce and costly to retain. Out-of-date software creates security and compliance gaps, and the absence of reliable documentation means that vital know-how survives only as “tribal knowledge,” painfully slowing every change request.
Introducing NEXT™ — Our Proven Modernization Framework
NEXT™ orchestrates every step of your journey, blending 25 years of software‑engineering know‑how, a wealth of RAG customizations and model detailing, and the very latest GenAI accelerators.
What Happens and How AI & Proprietary Expertise Accelerate It
Choice
Identify and prioritise the applications that deliver the highest ROI when modernised.
Risk & value scoring models enriched by our RAG‑fed knowledge graph of patterns, pitfalls and benchmarks.
Strategy
Select the optimal pathway—rehost, refactor, rebuild or replace—backed by a quantified business case.
Scenario simulators pull curated cost models, sector‑specific reference architectures and lessons‑learned from 250+ projects.
Engineer
Code, architecture and tests are generated, refactored or rewritten.
Specialized agents access dozens of carefully proven code‑conversion engineering patterns, test templates and security‑hardening playbooks, slashing effort by up to 50%.
Run
Automated CI/CD, IaC, security scans and observability are put in place.
Production‑validated DevSecOps pipelines, policy‑as‑code modules and SRE runbooks drawn from our proprietary library ensure a safe landing and smooth operations.
AI‑Driven Accelerators Inside NEXT™
RAG Knowledge Graph
Our exclusive and proprietary body of knowledge of modernization patterns fuels context‑aware prompts and reduces analysis time.
Curated Prompts & Specialized Agents
Task‑oriented copilots/agents for code conversion, test generation, documentation extraction and risk scoring, always guaranteeing adherence to code conventions and organization rules.
Human‑in‑the‑Loop
Every AI suggestion is vetted by seasoned architects to guarantee quality and security. No Magic Buttons here… we’ve been there, done that and it never really worked. You need more than what an automated conversion can bring you.
Real‑World Success Stories
| Challenge | Outcome | Impact |
| 12‑year Java monolith → Micro‑services | Modules aligned to domains, CI/CD‑ready code, full test suite | 30 % OPEX reduction, 3× faster partner onboarding |
| Regain IP control from 3rd‑party platform | Full API‑enabled solution, containerised services | 70 % OPEX reduction, 10× workload capacity |
| Post‑M&A landscape overhaul | API‑enabled, cloud‑ready stack in mixed technologies | Maximum velocity during carve‑out & growth |
| BizTalk EOL integration replacement | Application Integration Processes and APIs + serverless architecture for low cost transformations | Faster, more secure integrations & easier hiring |
Why Link as your Partner?
Business Benefits You Can Count On
- Time‑to‑value cut by up to 50 % through AI‑assisted engineering
- OPEX savings up to 70 % via right‑sized, cloud‑native architectures
- Improved agility – release cycles shrink from months to days
- Future‑proof compliance & security baked into every pipeline
- Talent attraction – modern stacks your engineers are eager to work with
Why Link Consulting
- 25 + years building and running mission‑critical systems
- NEXT™ framework is our proprietary solution, refined with the accumulated software engineering experience of hundreds of large projects.
- AI + Human‑in‑the‑Loop ensures speed and No Magic Buttons here!
- Cross‑functional SpecialOps squads—Architects, Dev, Data, Security & Ops
- Vendor‑neutral approach keeps you in control
- Trusted across sectors: FSI, Retail, Energy, Telco & Public Administration
