by webadmin | Jun 4, 2013 | general
Legacy modernization – What? Legacy modernization is a constant attempt for companies to improve their services and to provide the quickest access to information. Organizations are challenged to cope with new applications and to constantly adapt their legacy software to keep up with the latest trends on the business field. The purpose is to improve customer service and compete with the same enterprises. Basically, a legacy application is a software application that uses older programming languages. They may run on any platform, use any language and they can be in use for several years. Legacy modernization is a software update that combines the strength of the past applications, reused up to a point, with the cutting edge technologies available today, modern software architectures. Legacy modernization – When? A modern company should be constantly updating to all the changes in the business field and should be able to modify the application it buys without major problems. And a responsible manager should ask for a five year prediction on the impact that business trends and technology could have. When legacy modernization is needed, a company must evaluate its resources, meaning the applications it already has, establishing their value and their possibilities of merging with newer ones. The main issue is the balance between maintaining the old applications already paid for and investing in new up to date business opportunities. The options are quite simple, leaving things as they are without spending, or on the contrary remove them all and replace them, or, best of all, integrating new technology. There are a few factors an enterprise must...
by webadmin | Jun 3, 2013 | general
No one can solely depend on the market these days. They cannot predict what will rise and what might fall as new business requirements are coming into the market and the entire face of the market is changing and going in a whole new direction. With the ever changing market we are into, there are events like mergers and acquisitions of companies, globalization and increasing regulatory requirements that can either float or sink your ship in terms of revenue growth that you receive. To have a successful business and to keep your business running you need all your application integration software in place. Why Install an Application Integration Software? In order for your company to produce more gains and become credible enough to handle the pace of the present market conditions, you need to make sure that all your applications are able to communicate with one another. It does not matter what system platform, code generator, protocol, programming model, programming language, set of legacy applications, or data formats you follow. Maybe, you have invested a lot since the past couple of years in application solutions or maybe you have created your own that will be able to bring and integrate many business systems together so that they can easily communicate with one another. The very basis of this is application integration software. Maybe a very large sum of your budget for the company might be invested to building and maintaining software development. You need to make sure everything is up-and-running according to your specified needs and requirements. If your business systems can’t adjust...
by webadmin | May 30, 2013 | general, J Developer, legacy modernization, legacy system, recent work featured, Software Development, Software Migration, Software Modernization
This is the land of development of a software product , meaning the activity of computer programming, the process of writing and maintaining a source code. Software development includes research, prototyping, modification, re-engineering, maintenance and all the others activities that result in software products. Software is developed for a variety of purposes: to meet that need of companies for their development or to meet the needs of individuals. The development of software is the primary factor in development of informational technologies. And behind the “scenes”, there are the IT brains. You have probably met one along the way, it’s that person who seems to know exactly what words like AIX, COBOL, MAINFRAME mean, words that for most of us do not ring any bells. For them, there is an universe of possibilities out there. This can do that, with this I can make this work, and so on. Try to listen to a conversation between two programmers and you’ll think they speak different English. And they are! To be smart is good, but to be brilliant is a must in this field. The development of programming languages and the creation of universal programming tools made software development become easier to use and closer to the user. And all thanks to those brilliant brains that speak different English. They know how to generate a solution for our needs, and for that , their nights are whiter than ours. Years of learning and special trainings are now beginning to pay off. IT programmers are among the best paid workers in the world. And you cannot be surprised, the software development industry...
by webadmin | May 28, 2013 | COTS, Software Migration, Software Modernization
It is safe to say that one of the best constructs of this century is technology. Not only is there technology to help you accomplish virtually every daily task that you have but (cost aside) it is also accessible everywhere. One of the main benefactors of technology can be said to be the business world. Current technology has not only made businesses faster and better but business software integration has also made them stronger and thus more competitive, thus creating a sophisticated business climate rife with opportunity. If you are one of the millions of global citizens that runs their own business, then you are probably aware of the values of business software integration. In fact you don’t really need to be a business owner to know how software developments have changed how businesses operate; the evidence is all around us. The only downfall that can perhaps be noted about such a proliferation of technology is the fact that it makes shopping for software very difficult. There are so many varieties of COTS software in the market that it can often be a headache for a business owner to decide which one will give their business a strategic edge. With legacy software migration becoming a necessity it is imperative for the manager to know how to shop for the right business software integration package. There are several factors that you should take into account when purchasing software: Software development Company’s reputation – Business software integration packages are expensive, thus before you commit yourself financially you need to assure yourself that the vendor and their product are legitimate and can...
by webadmin | May 26, 2013 | .NET, Code Generation, general, Software Migration, Software Modernization
CA-IDMS… one of the top mainframe software development and database systems from years gone by. ADS/O for the screens, IDMS calls for database operations. Good stuff, if you know how to use it. Compare to Model 204 (also known as M204), Software AG Natural and ADABAS, CA-Datacom (IDEAL and Datacom/DB), and MAPPER on the Unisys mainframes.More productive than straight COBOL, but not as powerful as the true 4GL environments like Focus and RAMIS. One thing that drives customers to modernize is the license cost. For example, the State of Iowa reports that they saved $296,413 in FY 2005 by negotiating a common license agreement with CA to support 3 agencies. That’s great, that these savings could be had — but it’s sobering to realize that if the savings were that large, the ongoing expense surely isn’t $1,000 per year. It’s still a 6-fingure number. And that doesn’t take into account the fact that all of the mainframe software vendors are raising the fees every year. Then there is the problem of impending retirement of the IDMS knowledgeable programmers. it’s like the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem – just not with the hard deadline. At some point in time, the systems can’t be maintained. So what do you do? The mainframe is secure, it works well, as long as changes are not required and as long as there is money to pay the fees. But the first “rush” change that’s needed in response to new laws or the offerings of a competitor, or the first time 4 or 5 programmers retire at the same time… life gets interesting. If you want...
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