Articles on software modernization from the PALADEM team.
ColdFusion 2025 Update 8 ships native AI, Model Context Protocol, RAG, and AI governance directly into the language. A CIO's read on what that changes for the executives, owners, and product leaders responsible for businesses that run on ColdFusion today.
When leaders say 'we need to replace this system,' the real problem is usually not the system. It is the strategy. Here is how to tell the difference, and what to do instead of a rip-and-replace.
Software decays even when you are not touching it. Here is why big-bang modernization paradoxically accelerates that decay, and the incremental approach that prevents the crisis instead of producing it.
What is the best way to get your legacy software application up to modern standards?