What challenges did Novacomp face before AI implementation?

Upgrading legacy Java 8 code was estimated to take about three weeks and diverted senior engineers from feature development and other priorities. The company wanted to reduce technical debt and security vulnerabilities while accelerating modernization work for its customers.

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Evidence: Medium50/100

Novacomp modernizes legacy Java code using Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation

Use case typeCode modernizationUpdated Jun 13, 2026

Novacomp, a Costa Rica–based IT services company, modernized legacy Java applications to reduce maintenance burden and technical debt. The company needed to upgrade a project with more than 10,000 lines of Java 8 code to Java 17 while improving security and compliance for its clients.

Organization: Novacomp
Industry: Tech & Comms
Location: Costa Rica
Published: May 2026

Reported outcomes

−60%

quantified impactRisk, reliability & safety

50 minutestime

Strategic outcomes

Speed & agilityAccelerated legacy code modernizationRisk & complianceImproved security posture for legacy codeNew product / capabilityEnabled natural-language AWS knowledge accessEmployee experienceImproved developer onboarding and troubleshooting

Catalog median for risk, reliability & safety deployments: −70% across 13 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →

Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks

Normalized claim

Time: 50 minutes increase

AWS Case StudiesMay 13, 2026Case studyInferred claimMedium evidence strength

Novacomp upgraded more than 10,000 lines of Java code in 50 minutes instead of an estimated three weeks.

Normalized claim

Quantified impact: 60% decrease

AWS Case StudiesMay 13, 2026Case studyInferred claimMedium evidence strength

The company reported an average 60% reduction in technical debt and improved security posture for legacy code.

Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks

Customer: Novacomp
Provider: AWS
Maturity: Unknown
Linked source: AWS Case Studies

No explicit deployment-stage evidence found.

Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity evidence evaluated

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Use case focus

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1Application modernization
2Code transformation
3Developer productivity

Upgrading legacy Java 8 code was estimated to take about three weeks and diverted senior engineers from feature development and other priorities.
The company wanted to reduce technical debt and security vulnerabilities while accelerating modernization work for its customers.

Novacomp used Amazon Q Developer and the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation to automatically upgrade, recompile, and deploy the Java code.
The company also connected Amazon Q Developer to its internal knowledge bases so developers could ask natural-language questions about AWS services, code, troubleshooting, and architecture best practices.
Novacomp used the tool to help onboard new developers more quickly and improve their ability to understand the base code and resolve tickets.

Technologies

Amazon Q Developer Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation

Novacomp upgraded more than 10,000 lines of Java code in 50 minutes instead of an estimated three weeks.
The company reported an average 60% reduction in technical debt and improved security posture for legacy code.
Time and cost savings were redirected toward additional modernization work and new AWS projects.

Sources & evidence1

Evidence: Medium50/100Evidence strength