{"ai_json_enabled":true,"answer":"Yes, that can be possible; Annex's published work includes delivery inside existing technical and organisational environments rather than only greenfield builds. The purpose of this project was to develop a Digital collaboration solution for the incident response team where provisioning is simple, fast and electronic with appropriate security and access to both internal and external users, and helps track the decision process even post-event with the solution need to be compliant with relevant NAA policies for records management. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. The sensible starting point is to identify what already works, what is constraining the service, and where integration or incremental change is safer than unnecessary replacement. The answer for a mixed or legacy technical landscape would depend on its actual condition and dependencies.","answer_source":"initial_seed_from_approved_annex_knowledge","category":"Solution Architecture","category_slug":"solution-architecture","confidence":"grounded_in_approved_public_brain","conversation_stage":"implementation","created_at":"2026-09-11T03:15:00+00:00","date_published":"2026-09-11T04:46:59+00:00","display_date":"2026-09-11","editor_images":[],"freshness_warning":"","id":"annex-qa-09-08","image_ids":["annex_real_011","annex_real_010","annex_real_007","annex_real_016","annex_real_034","annex_real_017","annex_real_035","annex_real_005","annex_real_032","annex_real_003"],"image_url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60f1133ba7288a73bf4472bd/60f1156deb38b5d4730ceb4a_DVA-Desktop.png","inline_image":false,"inline_image_role":"","json_url":"/answer/can-annex-work-with-a-mixed-or-legacy-technical-landscape-rather-than-starting-again-from-scratch.json","language":"en-AU","last_updated":"2026-09-11T03:15:00+00:00","needs_review":false,"public_disclaimer":"","publish_status":"published","published_at":"2026-09-11T04:46:59+00:00","question":"Can Annex work with a mixed or legacy technical landscape rather than starting again from scratch?","question_intent":"collaboration","review_status":"initial_seed_reviewed_for_source_grounding","rss_enabled":true,"schema_enabled":true,"site_key":"annexaidt","slug":"can-annex-work-with-a-mixed-or-legacy-technical-landscape-rather-than-starting-again-from-scratch","source":"approved_annex_public_brain","source_record_ids":["annex-projects-how-do-you-create-a-collaborative-digital-tool-01","annex-projects-always-up-to-date-information-on-covid-19-01","annex-projects-covid-19-updates-in-your-language-01","annex-projects-creating-consistent-experiences-01"],"source_type":"initial_seed_public_brain","source_urls":["https://www.annex.com.au/projects/how-do-you-create-a-collaborative-digital-tool","https://www.annex.com.au/projects/always-up-to-date-information-on-covid-19","https://www.annex.com.au/projects/covid-19-updates-in-your-language","https://www.annex.com.au/projects/creating-consistent-experiences"],"status":"published","tags":["solution-architecture","collaboration","annex","initial-seed"],"updated_at":"2026-09-11T03:15:00+00:00"}