Our Automated CA Telon Refactoring solution delivers modern Cloud-enabled applications and databases that are functionally equivalent to their legacy counterparts, eliminating the hassle and expense of CA Telon and the mainframe. This reduces cost, allows for deeper integration, and enables customisation to meet business requirements.
CA Telon Migration
Why modernise?
CHALLENGES
Scarcity of domain expertise
Developers who understand CA Telon and mainframe technology are reaching retirement age and no one is being trained to replace them, resulting in a steadily diminishing talent pool. As this shortage grows, the costs and risk of relying on CA Telon will continue to rise.
Exorbitant costs
Mainframes running CA Telon cost as much as 4,500 per cent more to operate than equivalent Cloud counterparts. This quandary is compounded by CA Telon's rising licensing and maintenance fees.
Limited flexibility
Companies are rapidly moving to modern environments and practices such as DevOps and the Cloud. CA Telon and the underlying systems that support it were not designed for modern IT, resulting in difficult integrations and limited flexibility.
Automated CA Telon Refactoring
OUR SOLUTION
Our Automated CA Telon Refactoring solution preserves the benefits of legacy systems while empowering organisations to leverage the advantages of newer platforms, especially the Cloud. This unlocks a whole new world of quality and scalability from automated testing, to quality assurance, and the ability to leverage containerised deployments and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
We use proprietary automated tooling to ensure all business rules and functionality are preserved, then extrapolate the CA Telon-generated source into an intermediate state. This streamlines the code base and removes any dependencies on CA Telon-specific libraries or runtime routines. It optimises the application for the process of automated refactoring to object-oriented Java or C#.
After go-live, Java and C# developers can extend application functionality for Cloud optimisation using standard DevOps tools and CI/CD concepts that simply aren’t available for mainframe applications. Object-oriented application architectures conform to web-centric requirements and will run on any Java application server (i.e. WebSphere, WebLogic, Apache Tomcat, etc.) or on Microsoft IIS when the target language is C#. Precious business logic from the legacy system is preserved, while levels of optimisation can be applied to deliver efficiencies and business benefits such as elasticity, granular service definition, and easy integration with Cloud-native services.
Refactoring a fourth-generation language like CA Telon to object-oriented Java or C# presents many challenges. As such, our Automated CA Telon Refactoring process was designed with the following requirements in mind:
- Refactored applications must remain functionally equivalent to their original counterparts
- Refactored applications must be easily maintainable, attain SonarQube A ratings, and follow object-oriented concepts and paradigms
- Refactored applications should perform as well as, or better than, the original applications
- Refactored applications should be Cloud-ready and delivered using a standard DevOps toolchain and best practices
Over 35 years of CA Telon and mainframe modernisation experience
More than 500 successful modernisation projects completed
Over 2.5 billion lines of code refactored through automation
"We could not be happier with the Advanced team. They have done all that we’ve asked and more to make sure things have gone smoothly."
Carl Allen, Technical Architect,
Companies House
Additional resources to help you modernise
WHITEPAPER
They won't Telon you anymore
This whitepaper covers the current state of CA Telon in the enterprise and the most efficient, low-risk way to modernise CA Telon applications.
ON DEMAND
How to begin your modernisation journey
By joining this webinar you will discover how assessments provide stakeholders with valuable insight to inform mainframe modernisation decisions.
REPORT
2022 Mainframe Modernisation Report
Exploring the impact of the new era of digitalisation and change on the current state of legacy systems and organisations' modernisation plans.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Live discussion: 2022 Mainframe Modernisation Report
WHITEPAPER
Know the details, reduce the risk
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Inside the largest modernisation in UK Government history
How security is driving mainframe modernisation
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02 Dec 2022 by Tim Jones, Managing Director of Application Modernisation, Advanced
Digital transformation: Overcoming the challenges
Companies across the globe are seeking to embrace digitalisation and cloud infrastructure. However, there are a number of potential challenges one might face.
21st Oct 2022 by Tim Jones, Managing Director of Application Modernisation, Advanced
Four reasons why you should consider CA Telon modernisation
There are several impactful factors driving users to look for CA Telon alternatives. This blog explores the business case for modernisation.
03 Aug 2020 by Rob Anderson, Vice President of Marketing and Product, Advanced
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