Hi. My name is Steve Woods and I work in HP Enterprise Services Application Modernization. I’ll be posting on topics that involve how we use some fairly innovative approaches to legacy transformation. In particular, I’ll discuss our Visual Intelligence Tools. Let me begin by covering the Woolsey and Swanson rule. In 1969, Woolsey and Swanson published a great book on operations research, Operations Research for Immediate Application: A Quick & Dirty Manual. Chapter Twelve: Final Instructions has the following warning to his students.

I recently showed this slide to the CIO of a large financial services company. He asked for a copy to frame and put on his desk. Seems every time he asks his staff to provide him with transformational opportunities this is the expression he gets. Legacy applications are around today for many reasons, but many organizations are living with the problem, not accepting the solution. I believe the toughest part of the “acceptance” is the acceptance of a transformational approach. Most accept that modern architectures work, but how do we get there? Can you even get there from here? In future posts, I’ll be addressing the Woolsey and Swanson impasse. I look forward to your comments.

I’d like to invite you to our virtual event; I’ll be discussing the Visual Intelligence Tools. Application Transformation: Getting to the bottom line.

For a quick preview check out Dana Gardner’s recent post:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=3300

Nov 5th, Americas: http://www.bitpipe.com/hpsolutionsconference/america

Nov 4th, Europe, Middle East, Africa: http://www.bitpipe.com/hpsolutionsconference/europe

Nov 3rd, Asia, Pacific and Japan: http://www.bitpipe.com/hpsolutionsconference/asia