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Delta ADS - 'Saint Nicolas' Release
"Every year again..." - This year we have once again created a 'Saint Nicolas' release for you:
Just in time for 6th December, the new Delta ADS release (6.6.9) is available for you.
This release contains new functions, some changes and the generation has been further optimized.
With Delta ADS Release 6.6.9 we also offer you a new target for the generation of P3/COBOL.
You can find further information on both the new release and the new target in the release notes in the support area of our website.
Request your update directly!
You’ll find a list of our current product versions here.
Delta ADS - Generation for the Java Target System P3/COBOL
Existing IT applications are often a company's most valuable software assets, setting it apart from its competitors. One of today's greatest challenges is therefore to expand a company's technology base without having to give up decades of valuable development work.
So how do you bring your COBOL applications generated with Delta ADS into the modern world quickly and securely? It's simple! To make it easier for you to integrate your Delta ADS applications into your Java environment, Delta Software Technology made the Delta ADS development system available for the EasiRun P3/COBOL compiler.
Integrate your Delta ADS applications easily into your Java environment:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6357
New Delta Training Courses: Register Now
Anyone using tools to automate software development needs in-depth knowledge of the methods, modes of operation, and capabilities of the tools. And not just "in principle", but in relation to the concrete environment and task.
Our training courses and workshops help you to use Delta tools efficiently and to optimise the development of your applications: Practice-oriented and taking into account your main areas of interest.
ADS Basics - ADS for Administrators - ADS Refresher - ADS on Eclipse - ADS What's new
Here you will find the new dates:
- 03.03.-05.03.2026 and 15.09.-17.09.2026 - ADS Basics
- 10.03.-12.03.2026 and 22.09.-24.09.2026 - ADS for Administrators
- 17.03.-18.03.2026 and 29.09.-30.09.2026 - ADS Refresher
- 14.04.-15.04.2026 and 06.10.-07.10.2026 - ADS on Eclipse
- 21.04.2026 and 13.10.2026 - ADS What’s new
- 28.04.2026 and 20.10.2026 - Delta DETAB
Learn more about our trainings and workshops ...
Contact us to discuss your requirements for a customised training.
ceCMG Conference - We were there!
The ceCMG Autumn Conference took place between November 11th and 12th, 2025, at BearingPoint location in Frankfurt. CeCMG is the meeting venue for everyone who is driving the future of enterprise IT. Two days filled with exciting insights from research and practice, intensive discussions, and the latest exchange of information – all about the challenges and developments in the enterprise IT environment.
We did not only attend but did highly appreciated presentation: Dr. Daniela Schilling (CEO, Delta Software Technology) used current customer examples to demonstrate the automated migration of database systems: "From IBM IMS/DB to relational? Absolutely secure!"
You were not able to attend?
Then don’t hesitate and request the presentation. We also recommend our webinar recording: "Automated and Secure Migration from IBM IMS/DB to DB2". In the webinar, we demonstrated our AMELIO solution and, together with Gothaer Solutions GmbH and Provinzial Versicherung AG, answered participants' deep dive questions.
You can request the presentation slides and recording here (available in german). A Recording of an english webinar you will find here: Virtual IMS Meeting - Replacing IBM IMS/DB.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and made the discussions so lively, and kudos to the ceCMG board for organizing and running this fantastic event.
You can find more information about the ceCMG here.
Newsletter - Thursday, 10. July 2025
Newsletter - Thursday, 10. July 2025
Dear Reader,
Have you ever wondered how a once cleanly structured application could become a big ball of mud? Clear structures are no longer recognizable, and it feels like everyone is interacting with everyone else, in an undefined manner? And even more importantly: how can you re-understand such an application in order to clean it up, refactor it, and modernize it? Yes. It's possible with AMELIO Logic Discovery. We presented and summarized it at the "Software Reengineering and Evolution" workshop.
The loss of clean design is one of the challenges, when maintaining and developing your solid and proven applications. During our webinar series "Icebergs Ahead," we depicted which other risks can threaten proven applications and how to safely navigate them with the AMELIO family. We have recorded all episodes for you.
The importance of proven applications and the need for automated solutions, to clean up and modernize them, were also highlighted at the IBM Z symposium. Our colleague Manuel Dolle and other participants, explored there the topic of "application modernization" in a panel discussion.
Also in this issue: Our customer RDW has successfully modernized the development process for its Delta ADS applications.
And we have created a new ADS release, Release 6.6.8 is ready for you.
Enjoy reading this issue,
Your Delta Software Technology Team
Content
- Lecture on WSRE: Analysing a Big Ball of Mud
- Successfull Webinar Series: 'ICEBERGS AHEAD: Discover - CleanUp - Modernize' completed
- IBM Z Symposium 2025 from 14.-15. May 2025 in Stuttgart
- RDW modernizes its development pipeline for Delta ADS
- Support Information: New Product Updates available
Open Newsletter: https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6377
RDW Modernizes its Development Pipeline for Delta ADS
Legacy applications not only have old technology, often they also are maintained with legacy development processes.
After successfully migrating their mainframe application portfolio to a windows environment, RDW decided to bring their development process completely under Visual Studio.
Delta Software Technology provided RDW with a plugin for Delta IDS (ADS on Visual Studio) to support RDW’s hybrid strategy where runtime environment consists of Delta ADS COBOL modules and C# modules. Together they provide the necessary business functionality.
More about this here:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6378
IBM Z Symposium 2025
IBM Z Symposium 2025 from 14.-15. May 2025 in Stuttgart.
This year, we were again actively involved in the IBM Z symposium in Stuttgart at the MHP Arena for two days. It was packed with exciting presentations on AI, CyberVault, z/OS, DevOps, and security.
We happily accepted IBM's invitation, to participate in the panel discussion on the topic „application modernization“. Moderated by Tobias Leicher (IBM), Heidi Schmidt (PKS), Frank Hammer (Kyndryl), and Manuel Dolle (Delta Software) discussed the current state of affairs. The modernization topic was regarded from an economic, advisory and technical perspective and lots of expertise and knowledge has been shared. The conclusion: It's time to analyze and clean up applications to increase maintenance efficiency, save costs, and make the transition to legacy systems for the next generation much more easier.
Many thanks to IBM for this great event and the opportunity to actively participate.
Do you also want to understand and clean-up your applications?
With AMELIO, Delta can offer you fully automated solutions for this task. Just contact us.
Further information and the review can be found at IBM.
Software-Reengineering & -Evolution
Software Reengineering & Evolution: Benefit from the Direct Exchange between Practice and Research
“Software Reengineering and Evolution” is an evergreen in software development. However, new technologies and possibilities in the area of development lead to ever new challenges in dealing with the existing software.
The expert group Software Reengineering and Evolution (SRE) within the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) - the German-speaking professional society for computer science - offers exciting presentations and discussions on challenges and solutions, tool demos and much more.
Delta was there with a presentation on April 9, 2025 at 2 p.m.:
Analysing a Big Ball of Mud
The original design of an application is often lost over the decades, creating a “big ball of mud” instead. Such applications are difficult to maintain and even more difficult to modernize. With AMELIO Logic Discovery you can analyse applications and prepare for clean-up and modernization projects.
How? We presented and summarized this for you at the Software Reengineering and Evolution (WSRE) workshop of the GI Software Reengineering (SRE) specialist group.
All details about the workshop “Software Reengineering and Evolution” and the presentation slides can be found here:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6355
Recording >>> Webinar 'ICEBERGS AHEAD: Modernize - Make Applications future-proof!'
Part 4 from May 13th, 2025
Review: Webinar Party 4 'ICEBERGS AHEAD: Modernize - Make Applications future-proof!'
We would like to thank you very much for your interest in our webinar "ICEBERGS AHEAD: Modernize - Make Applications future-proof!" from May 13th, 2025.
Many people think of mass changes due to specifications when they hear the word "modernize". But replacing a 7 with a 9 is easy. A script is enough. We'll go a little further. For us, concepts like automated, flexible approaches, no footprint, and meta-level testing play a crucial role in modernization projects.
If you're interested in the series or individual parts, you can find the recordings of the webinar series here.
Slides and Recordings of the Webinars
You were not able to attend?
You can now watch all Recordings and download all presentation slides (part 1 to 4) using the following link: Recordings of part 1 to 4.
Recording >> Webinar 'ICEBERGS AHEAD: CleanUp - Tidy and clean up Applications!'
Part 3 from March 26th, 2025
Review: Webinar Part 3 'ICEBERGS AHEAD: CleanUp - Tidy and clean up applications!'
On March 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., the time had come. Part 3 of our webinar series: "ICEBERGS AHEAD: CleanUp - Tidy and clean up applications!" aired and the list of attendees was impressive.
Icebergs are best avoided, as the Titanic taught us over 100 years ago. There are icebergs in application modernization, too. In the third episode of the webinar "Icebergs Ahead," we showed you how you can safely clean up your applications with us.
Anyone who thinks that cleanup is just about finding dead code is thinking too narrowly. We'll go further ahead and provide you with a variety of practical options for cleaning up legacy applications and more in advance of the actual modernization and eliminating technical debt.
Slides and Recording of the Webinar
You were not able to attend?
No Problem: You can request the presentation slides and the Recordings of part 1, part 2 and part 3 here.
Support Information: New Product Updates available
We have released new versions for the following products:
- Delta ADS for COBOL (6.6.8)
- Delta ADS Targets (6.6.8)
For more information about the new features and improvements, please see the respective release notes and reference books in the support area of our website.
Get information and updates right now. You’ll find the list of our current product versions here.