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Iceberg Ahead: Helmsman get us on Track
Iceberg Ahead! Helmsman Get Us on Track or How to Realise the Added Value of Modernisation.
Modernising a legacy application to. e.g. save costs, minimise risks or replace old platforms or technologies? Yes! But ...
- ... which is the best way?
- ... how can risks be minimised?
- ... how can efforts for modernisation and testing be reduced?
- ... how can the productive implementation of the modernised application be simplified?
In his series "Iceberg ahead", our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in dealing with legacy applications.
Read in the current episode which possibilities there are to realise the added value of a modernisation.
"Iceberg Ahead!" Here are part 1 to 5 of the series:
Download Language: Englisch - Version: MT21105.01
In the text series "Iceberg ahead", our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in dealing with legacy applications.
Read which possibilities there are to realise the added value of a modernisation.
- Part 1: "How you can successfully bring your COBOL or PL/I Applications into the Future without hitting an Iceberg"
- Part 2: "Knowledge Transfer - Securing, Re-understanding, Optimizing and Passing on the Foundation"
- Part 3: "Assessment or how to
Delta IDS - The Integrated Solution for the Efficient Development of Your Delta ADS Applications
Are you also tired of the hassle with multiple development environments?
Do you also wish for a uniform development environment and process control for the different programming languages?
Delta IDS is the modern integrated development environment (IDE) for the easy and efficient development and maintenance of your Delta ADS applications, which blends seamlessly into your existing working environment.
Use the features of Delta IDS
- to better understand applications,
- to easily streamline development processes,
- to deploy new application functionality faster and with better quality.
Click here to discover Delta IDS now:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6349
Digital Finance and Insurance: Legacy Systems in Flux - Automatic Migration?
Legacy Systems in Flux - Automatic Migration?
How can legacy applications be adapted for the future and is an automatic migration from COBOL to Java effective?
Are the applications then still maintainable?
This was discussed lively and controversially by the experts in the webinar organised by itemis.
Find out here which arguments speak for or against certain solutions and approaches.
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6347
Understanding Performance Problems with AMELIO Logic Discovery
Does this sound familiar? Your application is doing what it is supposed to do, but here and there, the performance leaves a lot to be desired? You have already performed profilings and identified performance-critical applications, programs and statements, but where exactly the problems come from, which dependencies exist, etc. is not clear to you?
Then, AMELIO Logic Discovery will help you to finally understand the performance problems of your COBOL, PL/I and Delta ADS applications and to track down the causes. - How? Find the details here:
Download Understanding Performance Problems with AMELIO Logic Discovery
Remove Your Technical Debts with AMELIO CleanUp aka. Washing Machine for Software
Software also accumulates dust over the years. Because of the effort and risk, a removal of the dust is often avoided. On the other hand, the maintenance is becoming increasingly difficult. If the proven code should be used continuously, either in maintenance or as a basis for rewriting, it is worth cleaning up the applications. To save the time-consuming manual work and to minimize the risks, we have developed a washing machine for software for this task.
Read now how you can remove the technical debts from your COBOL, PL/I and Delta ADS applications securely and completely automatically with AMELIO CleanUp:
Download Remove Your Technical Debts with AMELIO CleanUp
GSE Mainframe Modernization: A Washing Machine for Software
Our colleagues Manuel Dolle and Reg Mulder presented our concept of a software washing machine at the 'SVA Mainframe Dayz 2023' and at the 'GSE Technical University - Mainframe Modernization'. We will be happy to send you the presentation slides and discuss with you how your applications can be cleaned up with agility:
Clean Up Applications with Agility - Using the Washing Machine for Software
COBOL- and PL/I-applications are still performing their tasks reliably. But the longer these applications live, the more imperfections and technical debts are collected, that inhibit efficient maintenance. In the preparation of modernization projects, the clean-up of applications is important to prevent errors and reduce the effort.
How such a washing machine enables an agile clean-up, will be demonstrated based on a customer example.
Were you unable to attend or would you like to find out more?
We would be happy to send you the presentation slides or present the AMELIO Software Washing Machine to you in a personal meeting:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6344
Let's meet Delta
COBOL and PL/I applications perform their service reliably every day. But the longer the applications live, the more dirt and technical debts accumulate in the applications, making maintenance and further development increasingly difficult and error-prone. Also, in the run-up to modernisation projects, it is advisable to clean-up applications in order to avoid errors and to reduce costs.
At the following events, we will report on how you can clean-up your applications in an agile way using a software washing machine:
- SVA Mainframe Dayz 2023 | 07.-08.03.2023, Wiesbaden (Germany)
- GSE Technical University - Mainframe Modernization | 20.-21.03.2023, Kassel (Germany)
By the way, the presented approach and technology is also perfectly suited for a safe, step-by-step modernisation of applications.
You cannot attend the events?
We would be happy to present the AMELIO Software Washing Machine to you in a personal meeting. Simply get in touch with us.
Support Information: New Product Versions available
We have released new versions for the following products:
- Delta ADS for COBOL (6.6.1)
- PostgreSQL - New Target for ADS 6 for COBOL
- ADS on Eclipse (8.1.1)
- ADS on Micro Focus (8.1.1)
Delta ADS 6 for COBOL (6.6.1)
In this new release, we have implemented new functions and some changes. The generation has been further optimised.
PostgreSQL - New Target for ADS 6 for COBOL
Do you rely on PostgreSQL?
With Delta ADS release 6.6.0 we now offer you for this database system a new target for the generation of data services.
ADS on Eclipse (8.1.1)
With this new release you can now also define your own targets. The storage of the generation artefacts becomes more flexible. More information can be displayed in the console window and the navigation to the generator messages has been simplified. Furthermore, analysis data can now be created in MALIST format in addition to HTML format.
ADS on Micro Focus Enterprise Developer / Connect (8.1.1)
With this new release we support Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Eclipse version 8. The installation of the basic components has been completely revised and simplified.
With this release you can now also define your own targets. The storage of the generation artefacts becomes more flexible. More information can be displayed in the console window and the navigation to the generator messages has been simplified. Furthermore, analysis data can now be created in MALIST format in addition to HTML format.
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.
Newsletter - February 2023
Newsletter - Thursday, 02 February 2023
Dear Reader,
Full of energy, we are starting this new year! Finally, we can meet you again in person: at events and at your company. We very much hope to see you at SVA Mainframe Dayz and at the GSE Technical University. Look forward to the presentation of our washing machine for software.
In the text series "Iceberg ahead", our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in dealing with legacy applications. Read in the current episode how the modernisation of legacy applications helps to reduce costs and risks.
We also have some product updates, new training dates and, of course, the highlights from 2022 for you.
We hope you enjoy reading and we are looking forward to a lively exchange.
Your Delta Software Technology Team
Content
- Support Information: New Product Versions available
- Let's meet Delta
- Iceberg Ahead: Hard to Port or Risk Minimization
- New Delta Training Courses: Register Now
- Our Highlights in 2022
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Iceberg Ahead: Hard to Port or Risk Minimization
Modernization of COBOL or PL/I applications
Changing large, productive IT applications is associated with high costs, risks and an enormous amount of time. The race in the areas of agility, adaptability, and the adoption of new requirements is becoming increasingly difficult. The costs for the maintenance and further development of the application are increasing. The productive lifetime of business functions is often measured in decades. Technologies, on the other hand, have a much shorter lifespan. For such transformation projects, you therefore need flexible tools that change your applications in a targeted manner - without endangering functionality and thus the important day-to-day business.
Our colleague Hans Nickessen reports in his text "Hard to Port or Risk Minimization" about how modernization contributes to cost reduction.
"Iceberg Ahead!" Here is the 4th part of the series:
Hard to Port or Risk Minimization - Reducing costs through modernization
Download Iceberg Ahead: Hard to Port or Risk Minimization - Reducing costs through modernization
Here you will find the first parts of the text series "Iceberg Ahead!":
- "Iceberg ahead: Assessment or how to assess and minimize the Risk of a Change" - (part 3):
https://delta-software.com/link.php?de=6339 - "How you can successfully bring your COBOL or PL/I Applications into the Future without hitting an Iceberg" - (part 1) &
"Knowledge Transfer - Securing, Re-understanding, Optimizing and Passing on the Foundation" - (part 2):
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6335
SVA Mainframe Dayz 2023
The SVA Mainframe Dayz 2023 will take place in Wiesbaden from March 7th to 8th, 2023.
Delta Software Technology is represented with a presentation. On March 7th, 2023 at 1:15 p.m., Dr. Daniela Schilling:
"Automated Application Cleanup: Using the Washing Machine for Software"
Further information, registration and agenda can be found here:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6311
Be there and take the opportunity to exchange ideas with your colleagues and to shed light on current topics.
Sign up now!