by Big Iron | 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...
by Big Iron | Oct 17, 2012 | general, Micro Focus
When people ask me about Micro Focus COBOL Modernization, I’m always at a bit of a loss as to how to respond. First, is the question about moving off the mainframe and switching out the mainframe COBOL (such as Unisys COBOL or IBM COBOL) for the Micro Focus...
by Big Iron | Oct 16, 2012 | COTS, general
We get a number of inquiries about Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) software. The reasons vary: some want to know if we can modernize the COTS software they are using, and the answer to that is “Yes”. Some want to know if we can modernize their existing...
by Big Iron | Oct 12, 2012 | Code Generation, general, JAVA, legacy modernization
Because we write a lot of code very quickly, sometimes people conclude that Java code generation is responsible for the speed we achieve. And, in a way they’re right, although often people have in mind the old style code generators of the 70’s when they...
by Big Iron | Oct 10, 2012 | architecture, contractors, legacy modernization, silos
Let’s suppose that you have a large system you’d like to redo for the web. You could get it translated, but you don’t want the likely performance and maintainability problems associated with wholesale line-by-line translation. In fact, you...
