Ep084: Accelerating ISV Modernization: SoftServe's Six-Month Success Formula

Introduction of Ruslan Kusov, Cloud CoE Director at SoftServe

SoftServe builds code for top ISVs

Success case: accelerated security ISV modernization by six months

Healthcare tech company assessment: 1.6 million code lines in weeks

Business need: product development acceleration for competitive advantage

Business need: intelligent operations automation

Business need: ecosystem integration and "sizeification" to cloud

Business need: secure and compliant solutions

Business need: customer-centric platforms with personalized experiences

Business need: AWS marketplace integration

Distinguishing intentional from unintentional complexity

Platform engineering concept introduction

Self-service internal platforms for standardization

Applying platform engineering across teams (GenAI, CSO, etc.)

No one-size-fits-all approach to modernization

SAMP/SEMP framework introduction

Core components: EKS, ECS, or Lambda

Modular structure with interchangeable components

Case study: ISV switching from hardware to software products

Four-week MVP instead of planned ten weeks

Six-month full modernization versus planned twelve months

Assessment phase importance for business case development

Calculating cost of doing nothing during modernization decisions

Healthcare customer case: 1.6 million code lines assessed

Benefits: platform deployment in under 20 minutes

Benefits: 5x reduced assessment time

Benefits: 30% lower infrastructure costs

Benefits: 20% increased development productivity with GenAI

Integration with Amazon Q for developer productivity

Closing Q&A on security modernization and ongoing management