Application Development & Modernization Services
TRUSTED BY LEADING COMPANIES
From Legacy Modernization to Cloud-Native. We Own the Full Application Lifecycle.
Whether you're breaking a monolith into microservices, building cloud-native systems from scratch, or connecting systems that were never designed to talk to each other, every engagement is structured around your outcomes, not a generic service catalog.
Legacy App Modernization →
We decompose monoliths, migrate to cloud-native architectures, and re-platform incrementally — without stopping delivery.
Cloud-Native Development →
We architect cloud-native systems built for the scale you're heading toward — with the DevOps practices that keep them running reliably.
DevOps & Platform Engineering →
Deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code, and platform engineering that reduce your time-to-production from weeks to hours.
Managed Application Support →
SRE-led production support with observability, incident response, and 24/7 monitoring so your applications keep running reliably
Enterprise Integration & APIs →
We design integration architectures that connect your systems cleanly — reducing fragility and enabling the data flow your AI and analytics teams need.
What a Real Modernization Partnership Looks Like Over Time.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings came to Improving with a reservation system that couldn't keep pace with global cruise operations. What followed was a multi-year modernization engagement spanning multiple systems, teams, and technology generations.
Multi-Year ongoing modernization partnership
Fortune 500 enterprise-scale complexity
Named Strategic Partner by NLCH's VP of Emerging Technologies
"Improving has been an integral partner in our technological growth for several years, consistently demonstrating dedication, expertise, and exceptional service. They’ve provided us with critical resources, strategic consultancy, and comprehensive managed services support, helping us successfully execute key internal initiatives."
- Fidel Perez, VP of Emerging Technologies at Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
The Right Partner at Every Stage of Your Application Journey.
We work with the platforms your engineering teams already use and we've earned formal recognition from the ones where our depth is deepest.
Understanding What You Have and Where You're Going
Before a single line of code is rewritten
Every modernization starts with an honest assessment of your current application landscape — architecture, technical debt, team capabilities, and business priorities. Our strategy-phase partners help us define the right path forward before committing to an approach.
What's the real cost of your current application architecture?
Rewrite, refactor, or re-platform — what's the right call for each system?
What does a realistic 90-day modernization roadmap look like?
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
SAP
App Modernization Assessment
Architecture Review
Tech Debt Analysis
90-Day Roadmap
Microsoft Solutions Partner — validated expertise in Azure architecture and application modernization strategy
Building and Modernizing Your Application Core
Where strategy becomes software
This is where we build — cloud-native applications, modernized legacy systems, and the microservices architecture that gives your teams the autonomy to ship independently. Our build-phase partners provide the cloud infrastructure and tooling to move fast without cutting corners.
How do you decompose a monolith without stopping feature delivery?
What does cloud-native architecture look like at your scale?
How do you migrate to the cloud without recreating the same problems?
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
SAP
Akka
Temporal
Cloud-Native Apps
Microservices Architecture
Cloud Migration
API Layer
Google Cloud Partner of the Year — recognized for cloud-native application development at enterprise scale
Deploying Reliably and Continuously
From weeks to hours to minutes
The best application architecture means nothing if you can't ship it reliably. Our DevOps-phase partners give us the tooling to build automated pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment practices that reduce your release cycle from weeks to hours.
How do you go from a 2-hour deployment to an 8-minute release?
What does infrastructure as code look like at your scale?
How do you give every team deployment autonomy without losing governance?
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
Hashicorp
CI/CD Pipelines
IaC Framework
Release Automation
Environment Strategy
AWS DevOps Competency — validated expertise in continuous delivery and deployment automation at enterprise scale
Connecting Your Application Ecosystem
12 systems that finally talk to each other
Enterprise applications don't exist in isolation. Our integration-phase partners give us the API management, event streaming, and middleware tooling to connect your systems cleanly — so data flows where it needs to go without brittle point-to-point integrations.
How do you manage and secure hundreds of APIs across teams?
How do you connect modern applications to legacy ERP systems?
What does an event-driven architecture look like at your scale?
Microsoft
AWS
Akka
Confluent
Temporal
API Gateway
ERP Integrations
Event-Driven Systems
Service Mesh
Microsoft Advanced Specialization in DevOps with GitHub — validated expertise in enterprise integration and API management
Keeping Your Applications Running and Improving
Production is where promises are tested
Getting to production is one thing. Staying there — reliably, securely, and with full observability — is another. Our operations-phase partners give us the monitoring, security, and SRE tooling to keep applications performing under real enterprise load.
How do you get full observability without drowning in noise?
How do you maintain security posture as your application scales?
What does 24/7 production support look like without a dedicated ops team?
AWS
Google Cloud
Elastic
Hashicorp
Observability Stack
SRE Framework
Security Posture
Incident Response
AWS DevOps Competency — recognized for production operations excellence and cloud-native reliability engineering
Applications That Ship — And Keep Running.
Modern Real-Time Data Pipelines for Medical Device Manufacturing.
Medtronic relied on manual entry and paper whiteboards to track production metrics. Improving implemented Kafka and Confluent to capture live IoT and MES data, enabling predictive maintenance and real-time production visibility.
> "This had a profound impact in shaping Medtronic's ability to seamlessly scale their manufacturing of life-changing medical devices while maintaining the highest level of quality."
Expert Insights on Application Development
Ready to Modernize the Applications Your Business Depends On?
Tell us where you are and we'll tell you exactly how we can help. No generic proposals, no sales pitch, just a direct conversation about your data situation.
James Lovell
VP of Technology
James Hopkins
VP of Consulting
Michael Perry
Technical Director