Systems Modernization

eCube ARM: Systems Modernization process provides IT managers with the technology and procedures required to address the complex issue of legacy systems transformation head-on.

ARM (Assessment, Remediation, and Modernization) is a step-by-step process to enable Systems Modernization with an evolutionary approach. Using Enterprise Evolution techniques, ARM assures the maintenance engineer that their legacy system is going to retain all of its stability, but with newer technologies. With the ARM: Systems Modernization, IT managers can modernize legacy applications based on COBOL, C, Fortran and other heritage technology, such that they are hosted on or integrated into contemporary technology platforms and systems.

The benefit of the eCube ARM offering is that it can be customized to meet you needs using the eCube family of technology offerings:

1. On Demand Systems Modernization
2. On Demand Integration
3. NXTware Evolution Server
4. NXTware Evolution Switch

Distributed Systems Modernization

Distributed Systems have been running high-demand stable legacy systems for decades but require periodic upgrading to stay current. In some cases, distributed systems are built on obsolete platforms that are being discontinued by the vendors and will require those systems to be re-hosted. In these cases, a modernization effort can be expanded to inlcude new hardware and software platforms rather than staying with the same vendor platform. Assessing your options on possible new systems should include an application assessment. An assessment of your legacy system will help identify areas which are will be difficult to migrate: proprietary features, vendor lock-in, unstable code, data coupling, and cohesion. With On Demand Systems Modernization and the ARM process, eCube Systems improves the performance, portability and scalability of distributed systems by enhancing the underlying technologies of applications built in CORBA, Entera, Forte, Tuxedo, RPG, EDI and DCE.

Correspondingly, risk is the something every business executive has to deal with.  Whether a company decides to “stay put”, redevelop, or modernize, there is risk involved. eCube is committed to balancing the risk, with proven technology and systems modernization methods that insure the value of IT efforts moving into the future.  Systems modernization means that old applications can be maintained, renewed, evolved, transformed or harvested to speed new development in such a way as to assure the ability of IT to meet its commitments to the business and exceed expectation to reliability.

With NXTera 5.0 and NXTware EV, eCube Systems provides a systematic approach to Systems Modernization and  makes legacy evolution the extension of technology equity. This process is based on the evolution of existing business logic and the integration/Implementation of contemporary platforms.

Mainframe Modernization

On Demand Systems Modernization on the mainframe usually revolves around the transformation and rehosting of legacy hierarchical databases rather than the business logic, which was probably migrated during the Unix migration days of the 80s and 90s. Mainframe modernization is uniquely supported by the capabilities of the NXTware Evolution Server. In the On Demand Model, NXTware is used to bridge between legacy and contemporary implementations of your application. This means that your systems modernization process can be implemented in a phased approach with the legacy data and new database technology implemented side-by-side. This means that your systems modernization is no longer an all or nothing risky process, costing five to six times what the original system cost.