Facing Obsolescence with Solings
Interview with Guillaume Tardieu, Percall Group Software Vision Pre-Sale
Last month, through a use case, we explored the impact of obsolescence on systems, but especially on databases. Aging PLM environments often rely on outdated applications and operating systems.
Why is technological obsolescence a critical issue for companies?
Obsolescence doesn’t just affect ageing business applications; it impacts an entire technical ecosystem: old operating systems (Windows XP, Windows 7), heavy clients, middleware, and even dependencies like outdated Java versions.
These constraints lead to incompatibilities with modern browsers, hardware limitations, and major security risks. Maintaining these technologies has a significant financial impact. It greatly limits communication flexibility with other systems and can expose companies to critical vulnerabilities.
What are the concrete impacts on manufacturers?
This obsolescence impacts the company at multiple levels, causing a wide range of consequences.
On the IT :
- Security Risks : No recent patches make systems vulnerable to attacks.
- Unsupported Applications: Vendors stop updates and support, increasing operational risk.
- High Maintenance Costs : Specialized skills and rare parts drive up expenses.
On the business :
- Lower Efficiency: Slow systems reduce productivity and automation.
- Competitive Gap: Hard to adopt modern solutions, limiting agility.
- Compliance Risks: Legacy tech may fail to meet current regulations.
The obsolescence of operating systems and middleware is often the most challenging issue to address because it affects the entire technical chain.
How does Solings help overcome these constraints?
Solings eliminates dependency on legacy technologies while preserving the data model. No more heavy clients on the user side: the solution works without constraints related to old OS, browsers, or third-party applications. Solings breaks all dependencies, whether at the database, server, or client level.
Result: a modern, secure, and scalable architecture that frees companies from the limitations imposed by legacy systems. Solings reduces exposure to security vulnerabilities linked to unsupported components and supports migration to modern environments without disrupting business teams.