Brownfield Architecture
IT has borrowed the term brownfield from the building industry, where undeveloped land (and especially unpolluted land) is described as greenfield and previously developed land – which is often polluted and abandoned – is described as brownfield.
- A brownfield architecture is an IT network design that incorporates legacy systems.
- A brownfield deployment is an upgrade or addition to an existing IT network and uses some legacy components.
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