Systems integration and modernisation
Making heterogeneous systems work together without interrupting service, and reducing the technical debt already accumulated.
The issue
The problem as it presents itself.
Public administrations and large organisations run systems built in different eras, by different suppliers, in formats that do not speak to one another. Wholesale replacement is rarely affordable and almost always risky. Modernisation therefore has to happen while the service stays up.
Intended outcome
What the organisation gets.
An information system whose components exchange data in documented ways, whose dependencies are known, and which can evolve part by part without putting the whole back into question.
Before committing
Four preliminary questions.
An organisation that cannot answer these questions does not yet have a programme: it has an intention. Formulating them costs less than discovering them mid-delivery.
- 01Do you hold a current map of your systems and of the dependencies that actually exist, as opposed to the original design diagram?
- 02Do exchanges between your systems rely on documented interfaces, or on direct access to databases?
- 03Can a component be replaced without stopping the service that depends on it?
- 04Do the code and the data formats belong to you, or to the supplier who produced them?
Our role
What we take on.
- Mapping of existing systems, of data flows and of the dependencies that actually exist.
- Definition of documented, stable interfaces between functional domains.
- Data migration and remediation, with measurable quality control.
- Migration in increments, each one reversible until it is confirmed.
- Controlled decommissioning of the components that have been replaced.
Security
Principles applied.
- Segmentation between functional domains, with least privilege applied to exchanges.
- Authentication and logging of every inter-system exchange.
- Encryption of data in transit and at rest.
- Control of the software supply chain for every integrated component.
Deployment
Available modes.
- On the client’s own infrastructure.
- In a hybrid environment, with sensitive data kept on site.
- In a sovereign environment operated by the client or by a national operator.
The mode depends on the organisation’s own sovereignty, continuity and classification requirements. It is settled before design, not after.
Division of operational responsibility
Framing
Konect 9 / organisation 3
Requirements, exit criteria and the reversibility plan are established.
Build
Konect 8 / organisation 4
The organisation’s teams take part in design, not in acceptance testing alone.
Go-live
Konect 5 / organisation 7
Operation is conducted jointly, against written procedures.
Supported operation
Konect 2 / organisation 10
The organisation operates; Konect steps in on request.
Autonomy
Client organisation, alone
The engagement ends. The system runs without outside assistance.
Transfer of skills
End of engagement.
Architecture documentation handed to the client, training of the operations teams, and progressive transfer of operational responsibility against a contractual schedule.
Related domains.
Consultations · Pre-qualifications · Partnerships
Continue the conversation.
Detailed material — methodology, references, capability statement — is provided within a controlled framework, at the request of an identified organisation.