Nearly every organization faces the same challenge: its software and data landscape has evolved over many years—or even decades—and now supports its most business-critical processes.
At the same time, the pressure to modernize continues to grow. Maintenance costs are increasing, institutional knowledge is disappearing, cloud initiatives require new architectures, and AI-driven development approaches place additional demands on software structure, documentation, and code quality.
Code2X is HMS's technology-driven approach to analyzing and modernizing existing software applications. It combines automated code analysis, AI-powered insights, and specialized modernization services.
The real challenge lies within the existing codebase: missing documentation, unknown dependencies, organically grown architectures, and risks that are difficult to estimate. These factors make modernization projects expensive and difficult to plan.
Every software migration or modernization project begins with two fundamental questions:
How is the current system structured, and what should the target architecture look like?
In most cases, there is no complete answer. Organizations often have only a partial understanding of their applications and components, how they interact, which parts are business-critical, and which are suitable for migration, refactoring, replacement, or retirement.
This knowledge is rarely fully documented. Critical information often resides with individual experts, outdated documentation, or has become inaccessible after key developers have left the organization.
As a result, project scope, costs, and risks become difficult to estimate.
Manually analyzing large codebases is time-consuming and heavily dependent on the knowledge of individual experts. Code2X automates this critical first step.
The platform analyzes existing applications and provides a reliable foundation for modernization by delivering:
Through Code2X Assessments, we work with you to establish these foundations before significant investments are made. This creates a realistic understanding of your software landscape before modernization begins.
Many modernization approaches focus solely on translating code from one language to another, with modernization postponed until later.
Without a thorough analysis beforehand, this approach often transfers existing technical weaknesses into the new environment, creating additional remediation work later. Outdated architectures, dependencies, and quality issues can simply be carried forward and become even more expensive to resolve.
A modernized system should:
Code2X supports organizations throughout this transition—from legacy code to a future-ready software foundation. AI-powered analysis and intelligent agent capabilities help teams understand code relationships, generate documentation, and prepare modernization activities in a structured and efficient manner.
Depending on your starting point, Code2X supports either the initial assessment of your codebase or the structured execution of an already planned modernization initiative.
Our services range from assessments that analyze dependencies, effort, and risks to phased migration projects including target architecture design, testing, and quality gates.
Learn more about agent-based migration with Code2X:
Agent-Based Migration & Legacy Modernization
Software development is undergoing a fundamental transformation. AI-powered development tools and software agents are creating entirely new possibilities. However, their output can only be effectively validated and governed when the underlying software is well-structured, documented, and transparent.
Legacy software therefore needs more than migration—it needs to become AI-ready.
Code2X combines four essential building blocks:
Together, these capabilities provide organizations with the foundation to modernize their software landscape and continuously evolve it in the years ahead.
Successful modernization begins with a clear understanding of existing applications, their business logic, technical dependencies, and associated risks.
Rather than immediately migrating individual code components, organizations should first analyze their existing software landscape, prioritize modernization candidates, and define a sustainable target architecture.
A Code2X Assessment provides the insights and decision-making foundation needed to modernize with confidence.
