by webadmin | Aug 3, 2012 | applications, Code Generation, general, legacy modernization, legacy system, main, Micro Focus, recent work featured, Software Development, Software Migration, Software Modernization, system integration
What is Micro Focus Cobol? According to Wikipedia COBOL is one of the most ancient programming languages. Its name comes from the words COmmon Business-Oriented Language, a definition for its main use in finance and other businesses, as well as in systems of administration for governments and companies. Its date of birth is18th of September 1959. A bit of history of Cobol In the second part of that year, a team consisting of several researchers coming from different sectors of the private industry but also from the government and educational departments got together with the purpose of creating a different technical approach to a common business language. 3 government agencies joined the battle, among which there was also the US Air Force . There were 6 computers manufactures, users, on one hand, and the University of Pennsylvania Computing Center on the other hand. A year later, the first compilers for COBOL were implemented on two different computers, demonstrating that compatibility is possible. And that was only the beginning. Today, after 40 years, Cobol is a programming the language dedicated to stable applications for businesses, while MF Cobol is the power engine behind the modern Cobol. The engineers continued to move forward to meet users’ demands. They were there when tools such as Visual Cobol was born, so that Cobol applications is able to run on JVM, Linux or Windows. MF Cobol in Business Micro focus COBOL has been the dominant programming language in the business domain. Around the year 2000, the company estimated that there were about 300 billion lines of computer code in use in the world and...
by webadmin | Jul 31, 2012 | applications, general, legacy system, Software Development
What happens when a business software application fails? Human intervenes. That’s the most common reaction. This issue simulating conflicts or failures of software integration and/or automating system have been around since the early 80s. Two things can be attributed to this failure – too much reaction or intervention of humans or the lack of it. Wrong decisions or the lack of plan in the event that a series of events occur that were deemed too unlikely to come into reality often comes in strings when humans intervenes. When you look at the cause and effect of why a combination of improbable chain of proceedings add to that human interactions, you will find ways to develop application integration. At times you may require to generalize with other business integration software that will improve the operation side of your systems application. The most common overlooked in application integration software problem lies in the fact or the lack of system monitoring, log files of events and tracking matrix on every layer of the -system simply put it – documentation. The business system that we developed should be transparent to us, meaning every possible irregular occurring events should be noted and analyze corresponding reactions and its equivalent results. Doing things over and over again using various scenarios and actions until the event of failure is taken note of subjecting and planning additional parameters that will supply definitive reaction to each identified event. When you develop a business application software, put into mind that people will be using it, in fact people of various capacity and state of thinking. When you think of it...
by webadmin | Jul 10, 2012 | Legacy integration, legacy modernization, legacy system, Software Development, Software Migration, Software Modernization, system integration
If you were to look at the number of new businesses that emerge every month – especially web based enterprises then you would be right to assume that starting a business is not so hard. Given the type of business integration software available today, you can set up your business in a week and with the right strategy be profitable in a month. This ease with which such feats are possible today is not to be taken for granted though; it was definitely not the ‘norm’ just ten years ago. The technological dark ages, as they were made it infinitely harder to get things done. Not to say that the tasks we hardly pay attention to today were extremely hard, it was simply harder and took much longer to start up and make profits. With everything having to be done manually or (if you were the lucky sort) with the aid of legacy applications software, efficiency as well as accuracy were often compromised. The turn of the century though and rapid developments in technology brought with them a set of business integration software applications that could be used to perform repetitive tasks and thus halve the amount of time and energy the manager had to spend on them. Thus leaving the manager with ample time and resources, to focus on strategies and growth tactics aimed at making the business more profitable. When starting up a business there are a lot of things to take into account. While most people simply focus on licensing, financing and the final product, it is also imperative to consider aspects such as the business...
by webadmin | Jul 5, 2012 | applications, Business, Integration, legacy modernization, legacy system, main, Software Development, Software Modernization, system integration
One of the most common dilemmas a company faces today centers around how to deal with legacy applications. Many existing companies had their IT systems set up using legacy applications that have become obsolete in the wake of technological development. In light of a changing business atmosphere that incorporates technology into nearly almost every process, companies are beginning to face up to the fact that an upgrade might be a necessity as opposed to a luxury. Upgrading legacy applications however is neither a simple nor a cheap process. The main problem is the fact that the structure of legacy systems does not integrate well with existing technology platforms. While a complete system overhaul is a possibility it remains an unrealistic one. The fact is that legacy systems integration, though outdated, are very stable platforms that support most of a company’s business processes. This is why most companies have opted for a solution which involves applications integration. Enterprise applications integration has proven to be the most advantageous legacy integration method for commercial businesses. This is because business enterprise systems are made up of a host of different system applications that work in tandem to perform various processes. An entire system would for instance consist of applications fro supply chain management, customer relationship management software, payroll software and of course legacy applications based business logic software. For these systems to work in tandem applications integration is a necessity. The main benefits of applications integration are: Data integration – In a system that is as varied as a business enterprise system, it is important that data flows freely between all involved applications....
by webadmin | Jun 28, 2012 | Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Software Development, Software Modernization, Technology, Xbox
Software giant Microsoft looks as if it has taken the challenge to itself to rise in challenge of strong competition. Remember the time when Netscape was in neck to neck with Microsofts Internet Explorer in web browsing domination? Or when Sony was dominating the gaming world which gave birth to the Xbox? And now as we know it, Apple has taken a very big chunk in the computing world – most particularly in the Tablet technology where iPad has taken the market by storm. This most recent challenge from Apple have once again ignited a fire in Microsoft. Tablet technology market have been a passion for the company with which it has tried to perfect and dominate in the recent decade. The release of Windows 8,has clearly turned its aim toward the tablet market. Previous attempt in the tablet technology has shown its great flaw in clunky hardware and low performing battery life and design. Microsoft have recently lunch a pair of tablets running on Windows 8 – one that is based in ARM platform on Windows 8RT and the other running on a familiar Intel chipset with Windows 8 Pro. Physically it seems more alike and having the look, feel, size and weight of an iPad. What probably sets it apart from iPad is that it has a larger HD – quality screen, a magnetic cover that apes the smart cover from Cupertino, a full keyboard and touchpad but with minimal additional size or weight. With Windows 8 running in the background MS Office comes in very handy. Microsoft is offering the best of both worlds: compatibility with...
by webadmin | Jun 21, 2012 | COTS, general, Legacy integration, legacy modernization, legacy system, main, SOA, Software Development
The most important technique to be followed in any business is the tracking system, which details records of the customers. There is no doubt that every business requires the use of various components for running their business successfully. With the immense advancement in technology, software plays a crucial role in deciding the fate of many businesses. Software integration is where the different types of computing systems and software applications are linked together. Through usage of this software integration, the process occurs either physically or through the function in which they are involved. A variety of systems are involved in software integration and it brings together the use of different systems into a common place. The code generation is one of the important functions in software integration as it utilizes a set of rules for the generation of the source code. As the demand by the software increases, the code generator seems to be more appropriate. To increase the speed of the code generator, it is advisable to combine a unique traditional structure or framework with it. The Commercially available Off-the Shelf (COTS) products are much versed in the technological world, as they can be installed quickly. They are available for both software and hardware products and once installed, they quickly interoperate with the pre-existing components of the system. A majority of software products purchased by a standard network user falls into the COTS category. They are reasonable in price, which is considered as the major advantage of this product. The term Service Oriented Architecture or SOA is nothing but the computer methodology which doesn’t belong to...
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