June 17, 2024. blog. I’m going to gloss over a critically important decision here at the beginning, but I promise we’ll get back to it. In fact, this decision is the point of this post, and the biggest determiner of legacy replacement project success.…
Leda Glyptis vividly brings to life just how hard it is to get going on big projects (ahem, AI) in. her latest blog on Fintech Futures. (Also: she was right about mainframes on Mars.).…
December 12, 2022. blog. Kohort. is an opinionated remote meeting platform we built recently and use Daily at Mechanical Orchard.…
February 8, 2024. blog. This is a special day for Mechanical Orchard. Fourteen months ago, we set out to apply a rigorous methodology to one of the most complex and anxiety-inducing technology challenges today: legacy modernization.…
October 2, 2023. blog. “There is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.” Attributed to notables ranging from St.…
July 8, 2023. blog. Mainframe computers are widely deployed, especially amongst older, bigger American companies. They are robust, trusted and reliable. For older companies, they are the cornerstone of the computing infrastructure that they deploy.…
May 18, 2023. blog. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Mechanical Orchard rebuilds vintage applications and then operates them efficiently and reliably. Why go to the trouble and expense of rebuilding if the vintage system isn’t broken?…
January 10, 2023. blog. Mechanical Orchard starts with a straightforward premise: the vintage programs at the heart of your business can be reborn safely, straightforwardly, and in good time.…
January 29, 2024. blog. They say trust is earned, but how do you trust your AI? On the Mechanical Orchard R&D team, we’ve been using AI as much as possible to help us understand and analyze complex legacy mainframe systems. [1]. [2].…