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Legacy Support · Alice, TX · South Texas

Legacy System Support & Modernization in Alice, TX

Keep the software that already works. We build modern web interfaces on top of your old ERP, ticketing, scheduling, CNC, or dispatch systems so your staff can work from a browser or phone — without ripping out a system that’s paid for and proven.

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Don’t replace. Bridge.

Most of South Texas runs on software nobody wants to touch — a 2003 ERP, a FoxPro order entry, an Access database, an AS/400, a CNC controller that only talks to a serial port. It works. Your staff knows it. The data is in it. Replacing it is a six-figure risk. But the UI looks like 1998 and the only way anyone can use it is sitting at one specific workstation in the back office.

That’s what we do. We build a modern web interface on top of the system you already have. The old system keeps running, exactly as it does today. Your people get a browser-based UI they can use from a phone, a tablet, the shop floor, or a delivery truck.

What a modern interface unlocks

View & manage tickets

Your legacy ticketing system probably only runs at one desk. We put it on every staff phone, with search, filters, and status updates that write back to the old database.

Order picking & warehouse

Pickers on the floor scan, pick, and mark orders done from a phone or tablet — while the old order system stays the source of truth.

Scheduling & dispatch

Dispatch-board views, tech-calendar assignments, drag-and-drop scheduling, driver check-ins. The legacy system still owns the records; we just give everyone a modern way in.

CNC production dashboards

Real-time production status pulled from CNC controllers, serial-port data loggers, or machine-output files. Floor screens, supervisor phones, customer portals.

Customer self-service

Let customers check their own order status, invoice history, or ticket progress through a modern portal — without giving them direct access to your back-office system.

Mobile data entry

Field techs, drivers, or sales reps enter data from the road. It syncs into your legacy system like it was typed at the office.

Systems we bridge

If your system can read or write to a database, a file, a network share, or a serial port, there’s almost always a way to bridge it. The scope ranges from a one-page status dashboard to a full replacement-grade web app — without the replacement.

How a typical project works

  1. Callback & discovery. Tell us what software you have, what hurts about it, and who needs access. Free call, no commitment.
  2. Bridge design. We figure out how to read from / write to your system safely — usually a scheduled export, a database view, or a read-only replica. Nothing destructive.
  3. Build. Modern web app (browser + mobile) delivering the views you actually need. Hosted on your network or ours, your choice.
  4. Pilot. One team uses it for a couple weeks while the old system still works normally. You lose nothing if you hate it.
  5. Roll out. Everyone else gets access once the pilot passes. Legacy system keeps humming in the background.

Frequently asked

What does “legacy system support” actually mean?
You have software that runs your business — order entry, job scheduling, ticketing, CNC production, dispatch — and it’s been running fine for years. The vendor is gone, the interface looks like 1998, or it only runs on one specific Windows XP box. We don’t replace it. We build a modern web UI on top so you and your staff can use it from any browser or tablet, while the underlying system keeps running.
What kinds of old systems do you work with?
AS/400 / iSeries, FoxPro, Microsoft Access, old SQL Server, dBase, custom ERPs from the 1990s and 2000s, vendor-abandoned ticketing and POS platforms, CNC controllers with serial or flat-file outputs, old Oracle Forms, and various DOS-era line-of-business tools. If it can read or write a file, a database, or a serial port, we can usually bridge it.
Why not just replace the old system?
Because the old system works. It’s paid for, your staff know it, your data is in it, and replacing it means risk, re-training, and six figures you probably don’t want to spend. A modern web interface on top costs a fraction of a replacement and solves the real problem — giving people a usable UI — without betting the business on a migration.
Can my team view orders, tickets, or schedules from their phone?
Yes. That’s the whole point. We build a web app that reads from (and writes back to) your legacy system, so your floor staff, drivers, dispatchers, or CNC operators can use a phone, tablet, or any browser. Data stays in the original system — the web app is just a modern window into it.
Do you touch the old software itself?
Only when we have to. The ideal is: your old system keeps running exactly as it does today; we integrate alongside it. Sometimes we’ll add a tiny shim (a scheduled export, a database view, a file-drop folder) so our bridge can talk to it safely.
What’s a realistic example?
A shop still running a 2003 ERP on one Windows XP workstation. The ERP exports nightly CSV files. We build a web dashboard that reads those CSVs, shows live order status, lets dispatchers re-assign jobs from a tablet, and writes the updates back. The XP machine still runs the ERP; the rest of the shop sees a modern UI.
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