A recent article published by PYMNTS.com titled “Why Worldpay Is Changing The Payments Conversation” highlighted an interesting facet of our ever-expanding world of technology—legacy systems. While the term legacy is often favorably attributed when it comes to family history, this is a negative word when it comes to technology. The article starts by reminiscing the 1980s with its permed hair and shoulder pads. That’s ok, everything has a season. But then the article talks about old business languages that have remained entrenched with businesses long after perms and shoulder pads went out of style. This picture of business operations makes Intevacon thankful to be a product of the 21^st century where legacies can be delegated to family history instead of old software.

The Worldpay quote below might be all-too-familiar to programmers in the industry:

“What most [companies] have done is basically built a cool little tool that sits in front of legacy Base 24 [system] that’s run by Global [Collect] or First Data. And then [they say] ‘don’t ask me to do any more than what’s in that ISO 85-83 interface and don’t call me up and ask for help, because [all] I’ve done is create a simple API that makes it easier for you to connect to the legacy world.’ So it’s a translator that sits in front of the legacy [system],” Tony Catalfano, CEO of Worldpay US told MPD CEO Karen Webster in a recent interview.

An article published by Deloitte in the Wall Street Journal says, “Legacy systems’ lack of business capability, combined with the retirement of the baby boomers who developed, implemented, and maintained them, will likely force CIOs to address them. And as they consider future technology investments, they should look to confirm they’re making decisions that won’t imprison their companies tomorrow.”  Intevacon understands that petroleum marketers may be operating on legacy systems, and our platform can interface with these systems for customers who want to get a bit more mileage out of their current equipment investment.

As stated earlier, Intevacon was founded a little later than the 1980s—2010 to be exact. Our business may be relatively young, but its foundation started in 1984 when the founder, Kerry Myrick, started working in the industry. We have the wisdom of age and the flexibility of youth. One great thing about being young is that our business is built with the most innovative design and the most current technology. Our system is completely web-based, and all transactions are processed in real time. Intevacon customers are able to log into our system from any computer anywhere in the world, and everything runs smoothly. Our greatest legacy will be the people who make Intevacon great.

If you want to find out more about Intevacon or talk to someone on our team, please call 678-739-4450 or email moreinfo@intevacon.com.