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Modernization as a Service for Legacy Software Applications

Unlock the future of your legacy estate



AI-driven legacy modernization services deliver cloud-native modern solutions that are tested, safe and ready for production.

Transforming legacy applications

Many organizations are eager to transform legacy applications from outdated technologies into modern, cloud-native platforms securely, reliably and at scale. To that end, they require an outcome-based approach to legacy application modernization services, combining advanced AI, proven engineering expertise and a transparent pricing model to deliver business value from day one to support their business goals.


Why choose DXC?

DXC helps enterprises modernize a wide range of legacy platforms and languages, including mainframe, COBOL, PL/I, Assembler and RPG. Whether you’re in financial services, insurance, public sector or another industry, our modernization offering is tailored to your unique needs and requirements.

Modernizing legacy systems doesn't have to be complex. DXC guides you through all the steps, aided by AI and knowledgeable experts:

  • End-to-end delivery: from initial assessment to production launch and ongoing optimization to stay competitive

  • AI-powered acceleration: generative AI and automation to speed up analysis, conversion and testing in your modernization journey

  • Human+ validation: technically expert and experienced engineers who ensure quality, compliance and business logic fidelity

  • Transparent pricing: predictable costs with our line of code (LoC pricing) model

  • Proven results: billions of lines of code modernized, thousands of successful transformations and industry-leading reliability


20+
years of legacy modernization solutions expertise
100%
success rate in mainframe modernization
2B+
lines of code treated via modernization factory


How Modernization as a Service works

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Legacy code analysis and conversion

Our expert engineers use automated tools and AI to reverse engineer legacy codebases, extract specifications and map dependencies. This approach combines automated and manual conversion to ensure functional parity and business logic fidelity. 

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Reengineering and SDLC modernization

Leverage our legacy software modernization services to redesign your applications for cloud-native, modular and API-driven solutions, embedding modern DevOps practices for agility, reliability and protection against security risks. 

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From traditional tooling to GenAI

Our Recursive AI Method (RAM) combines generative AI with human-in-the-loop validation, ensuring quality, governance and business logic fidelity for businesses undertaking software product modernization services. 

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Outcome-driven modernization with risk reduction

Our service is built around delivering measurable outcomes. We take on the complexity and risk of modernization so you can move forward with confidence. Our approach ensures predictable results and minimizes disruption, giving you a clear path to transformation without the uncertainty.




Ready to modernize with DXC?

Request a fixed price software modernization solution assessment to understand your options for legacy application modernization solutions and plan your journey.



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IT modernization: Modernize applications and data

Organizations are looking to apply new tools, approaches and knowledge into their portfolio initiatives.

Four key success factors for IT modernization

To enable successful IT modernization at scale, organizations need to deploy a secure, modern IT estate that integrates platforms and enables rapid change.



Leaders

Nathan Snyder

Head of Revenue

Ivan Aptekarev

Product Director


Frequently asked questions

Modernization as a Service by DXC is an outcome-based, tiered offering that enables organizations to convert legacy applications into modern, cloud-ready solutions to support business growth. Unlike traditional project-based legacy application modernization solution approaches, our solution provides a structured journey from initial assessment and blueprinting, through code analysis and conversion, to re-engineering, DevOps integration and ongoing optimization to help future-proof your environment. Our technology modernization service leverages advanced AI, automated tooling and deep human expertise to deliver predictable results, reduce risk and accelerate time to value.

Our solution is designed to support digital transformation for a wide range of legacy systems, including mainframe platforms, distributed applications and midrange environments. Our legacy modernization service specializes in modernizing languages such as COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, RPG and Natural, as well as complex, business-critical existing applications and systems found in financial services, insurance and the public sector. With our approach to software modernization services, we ensure that even the most challenging legacy estates can be transformed into modern, cloud-native platforms, unlocking agility, scalability, operational efficiency and long-term value for your organization.

DXC uses a transparent line-of-code (LoC) pricing model, meaning you pay per line of code modernized, with rates adjusted for the volume and complexity of your estate. DXC takes on the risk by committing to the outcome with this cost-efficient approach that ensures simplicity and scalability, whether you are modernizing a single application or an entire portfolio to support your business needs. Our pricing tiers account for factors such as source language complexity and existing documentation, and we offer a fixed-price assessment to help you understand your options before committing. This model gives you confidence in budgeting and planning your modernization journey.