Our specialist team uses automated tools to modernise your VME application to run natively on platforms including Linux, Unix and Windows. This retains existing business logic, and the value of core applications.
Migrating delivers maintainable code in the latest development environments (Microsoft Visual Studio or Eclipse), meaning you’ll be able to benefit from the Cloud, data warehousing and business intelligence too.
CHALLENGES
Managing the VME platform requires specific expertise but these specialists are becoming increasingly difficult to find and expensive to hire.
VME developers always need more time. By introducing a new tool, developer productivity will increase and new features can be created faster, enabling continuous delivery.
Middleware can improve interoperability between different technologies, and ease data management. However, it is not always successful and cannot be built to last.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Core applications running on the VME mainframe operating system can restrict your organisation’s ability to move forward. Investing in a new platform for your critical applications aligns your technology to the business' growth and operational strategies.
StandardisationDeveloping standards-based and compatible technologies within your organisation ensures the quality, interoperability and consistency of your business' technology base.
Reduce costsWe can convert your Application Master code to well-structured and maintainable code, meaning less specialists are needed.
Going digitalReplacing your IDMSX database and flat file data with a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) enables you to execute an effective digital strategy.
Are your platforms powerful enough for all of the data you need to process? Taking your VME applications through our migration process delivers comprehensive data management.
Cross-business benefitsJournal RollForward (JRF) provides one-way synchronisation from an IDMSX database to an RDBMS, enabling business intelligence, data integration and batch reporting across the business.
Information-driven changeOur Enterprise Data Dictionary maintains a repository of application assets, enabling change to be driven from a single common point by technology which already supports your business.
Improved data handlingData is converted from IDMSX to a leading relational database, and accessed via generated SQL I/O modules. This is a powerful and flexible way to handle your data now, and in the future.
A full modernisation project can be time-consuming, costly and risky to undertake, it’s why some businesses hang on to applications. We provide a number of options.
Smooth transitionWe offer a comprehensive open systems-based library of the equivalent functionality of the ICL9 system calls and VME system commands and functions.
Extensive convertersWe have multiple converters that can take your applications forward, including VME COBOL code to Micro Focus Visual COBOL and VME for Application Master code to COBOL.
Your choiceYou have options at different stages of the migration project. You can choose to keep a character-based user interface, for example, or you can add a 'true' GUI or browser-based interface.
A migration project involves cost, time and an element of risk so it’s important you can trust your provider and its methodology. This is why you should partner with proven specialists.
Minimal disruptionOur fast, automated approach reduces the risk of human error and keeps disruptions in your business to a minimum.
Refreshed, not redoneWe ensure your applications retain existing business logic, integrate with core applications and produce maintainable code. You keep the parts of your current estate that work for you.
Cost-efficientTimescales and costs are defined upfront to ensure you know what to expect from the project. We invest in specialists to manage and develop VME applications so you don't have to.
PROCESS OVERVIEW
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