If there is something keeping you up at night, it is the idea that the applications critical to running your business will fail.
- Working around issues with the software is frustrating to no end. Yes, it may be a brilliant workaround, but it still saps the energy from your business.
- Computer downtime is a black hole that swiftly drains money from the business.
- Using badly designed and badly working software can be downright embarrassing to your employees and your customers. Broken software directly impacts the morale and the reputation of the business.
- Your non technical employees are very familiar with the sentence “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.”
The average lifetime of custom business software is about 7 years. Within that time, a lot can happen. The amount of data can become too much for your software to handle. Bad data can enter data storage, producing errors and slowness issues with software performance. Data, and parts of the application can disappear. The addition of new features can introduce new bugs in your software. Disgruntled employees might intentionally sabotage your software. Older software is more likely to be filled with security holes, which will be exploited by hackers.
The software may have been crafted before modern concepts designed to minimize issues have emerged. A lot of software still don't have correct data validations, still have obsolete architecture, and are still using deprecated software packages.
Your bad software is bleeding your company dry. Software is designed to greatly increase productivity. When certain features do not work as expected, your productivity takes a heavy hit. Customers (and revenue) are lost because of bad data or mismanagement caused by broken software. Customers are complaining of bad service and it is caused by software errors.
Bad software impacts employee morale. Broken software makes for a distressing workplace. Employees want to feel that they are providing satisfaction to customers, and errors that make simple tasks difficult or impossible deny your employees that satisfaction. Worker productivity plummets, and your best employees leave for greener pastures.
In an increasingly digital world, hackers will exploit bad software and cause massive (and often critical) damage to your company and to your brand. Using old software is risky because they are more buggy. Remember the WannaCry ransomware attack, which targeted outdated computers, or the Equifax hack which was caused by an obsolete software package. Older software is typically unpatched and use obsolete engineering practices, meaning that not keeping your software systems up to date is a catastrophic risk.
When you are in this situation, it is time to consider modernizing your software.
- At DjinnTek, the wizards building your software will only use the latest and greatest tools so that you can stay ahead of the competition.
- We will only use modern, proven methods to make sure your software has staying power.
- We will fix any errors and any issues that were plaguing your applications. Your new application will run like a fresh from the factory car.
- We will use our software engineering expertise to enhance the performance of your software.
- We will build your software with modern cybersecurity practices to mitigate hacking, malware, ransomware, and cyberterrorism.
- We will give your software a crisp, clean look to impress your employees, visitors, vendors, and clients.
