Service
Training & Capability Transfer
We enable your team to confidently manage, extend and govern your platform over time.
Secure Application Engineering For Regulated Organisations
Data Migration & Legacy Modernisation
Modernisation requires precision. We migrate legacy platforms and data environments with structured planning, validation and risk management, preserving integrity while improving structure and performance.
Enterprise App Engineering
We Help You Modernise Your Legacy Systems with Stability and Scalability
Remarkable by Formulate is our enterprise engineering division. We partner with CTOs and operations leaders to design, modernise and govern complex technology environments.
We work with regulated and large-scale organisations to deliver enterprise app engineering, system architecture, data migration, automation, and AI implementation, all structured to meet financial-grade standards.
Our Approach
Our Approach To Migration and System Modernisation
Our platform development approach typically follows four stages.
We analyse your current system architecture, data structures along with your operational workflows to understand how legacy systems support the organisation.
We design migration strategies that minimise disruption while aligning new platforms with your long-term architectural goals.
Legacy data and workflows are migrated to modern platforms while maintaining data integrity and operational continuity.
Internal teams are supported with documentation, governance frameworks and training, so systems remain manageable after implementation.
Our Services
How We Can Help
Enterprise App Engineering
We design and build internal applications that support complex operations and integrate with your wider systems.
ExploreSystem Architecture and Platform Design
Strategic architecture frameworks that aligns applications, data, automation and infrastructure.
Financial Grade Delivery
Secure migration of legacy platforms and data systems with structured risk management and validation.
ExploreAutomation
Governed workflow automation and process automation designed for oversight and risk management.
AI Implementation
Responsible AI integration within defined governance and compliance frameworks.
ExploreTraining
Structured knowledge transfer ensures long-term client ownership and internal capability.
Our Approach
Technology Sovereignty By Design
Many enterprise teams worry that adopting low-code platforms means losing control.
Our approach is the opposite. We build systems that your teams can own:
- Transparent architecture and documentation
- Transfer of knowledge into your organisation
- Clear governance models to prevent uncontrolled sprawl
- Avoidance of unnecessary proprietary dependencies
Technology should empower your organisation, not create new forms of lock-in. Our role is to ensure you remain in control of your data, your systems, and your roadmap.
Common Migration Platforms
Technology We Use for Data Migration & Legacy Modernisation
Modernisation programmes often involve a combination of data restructuring, platform replacement, and workflow redesign. The technologies we use depend on the organisation’s existing systems and long-term architecture goals.
Common platforms we work with include:
Microsoft Power Platform
Power Apps and Dataverse provide environments for replacing Access database or spreadsheets.
Rails
A mature application framework used to rebuild legacy systems as secure, scalable web applications.
Microsoft Power BI
Enables organisations to transform migrated data into structured reporting environments.
Airtable
Flexible database platform used to modernise spreadsheet based workflows and create structured operational systems.
Azure
Cloud infrastructure that supports secure data migration, storage, and integration across enterprise systems.
Dataverse
A secure, scalable data platform that underpins Power Apps, enabling governance and integration.
“Our partnership with Formulate has lasted well over a decade because they are true experts. In the marine service industry, our data challenges are global and mission-critical. Formulate has consistently met these challenges with a straightforward, informed perspective. They have seen us through multiple iterations of the iTurbo system, always acting as a consultative partner rather than just a vendor.”
Sarah Kay
Managing Director, TSI
Audit Platform Migration From Appian to Microsoft Power Platform For A Global Bank
Migrating and Modernising a Mission Critical Audit Platform
A leading global financial institution partnered with us to modernise its internal audit platform, replacing a costly and inflexible Appian solution with a scalable Microsoft Power Platform architecture.
The existing system sat at the core of the bank’s governance framework, requiring a seamless migration that maintained data integrity, ensured security and avoided disruption to live audit operations.
Remarkable by Formulate delivered a fully redesigned platform with improved usability, stronger integration across banking systems, and enhanced reporting through Power BI. The result was a £2m reduction in licensing costs, increased functionality, and a secure, future-ready audit solution; delivered on time, on budget, and with strong adoption across the business.
Our Relevant Capabilities And Services
Service
Technology Consultancy
Helping you define the right architecture and platform strategy before committing to build.
Technology
Microsoft Power Apps
We build internal applications that integrate seamlessly with your web platform and operational systems.
Technology
Microsoft Power BI
We will turn platform data into structured reporting and real-time operational insight.
Data Migration & Legacy Modernisation
Frequently Asked Questions.
Data migration and legacy system modernisation involve moving data from outdated systems into modern platforms while improving how those systems are structured, integrated and maintained.
This typically includes replacing legacy applications, redesigning data models, and introducing scalable architecture.
Organisations typically modernise legacy systems when they become difficult to maintain, limit operational efficiency, or cannot support new requirements. Common triggers include reliance on outdated databases, manual processes, fragmented data or increasing operational risk.
The main risks include data loss, system downtime, data inconsistency and disruption to business operations. These risks are reduced through structured planning, data validation, phased migration approaches and thorough testing.
Successful migrations are typically carried out in phases, allowing legacy systems to continue operating while new platforms are introduced. This approach ensures continuity, reduces risk, and allows teams to transition gradually.
The right approach depends on the condition of the existing system, the complexity of workflows and long-term business requirements.
In many cases, a phased modernisation approach, combining migration and system redesign. This provides the best balance of risk and scalability.
Modern systems allow organisations to implement structured data models, access controls and auditability. This supports compliance requirements and provides better visibility of how data is managed across the organisation.
Timelines vary depending on data volume, system complexity and integration requirements. Smaller migrations may take a few weeks, while enterprise modernisation programmes can run over several phases.
Yes. Many organisations modernise systems incrementally by replacing components, restructuring data and introducing new platforms alongside existing systems. This reduces risk and avoids large-scale disruption.
Data quality is maintained through validation processes, cleansing and structured data modelling. This ensures that migrated data is accurate, consistent and usable within the new system.
Technologies typically include cloud platforms such as Azure, application frameworks, data platforms like Dataverse, reporting tools such as Power BI and integration layers that connect systems during transition.
Scalability is achieved through clear system architecture, structured data models and integration design.
Modern platforms are built to support increasing data, users and operational complexity over time.
Data migration focuses on moving data from one system to another, while system modernisation involves redesigning how systems operate, including applications, data structures and integrations.
Most organisations require both to achieve long-term improvement.
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