Wednesday, April 11, 2007
ATERAS Announces ADABAS/Natural Migration Strategy to DB2, Oracle, SQL Server/COBOL, C# & VB.NET
ATERAS Announces ADABAS/Natural Migration Strategy to DB2, Oracle, SQL Server/COBOL, C# & VB.NET
News release
DALLAS, March 29 - ATERAS, a leading provider of fully automated legacy migration and modernization solutions, today announced its ADABAS/Natural conversion solution strategy that will enable organizations to migrate ADABAS databases and Natural applications to relational databases such as DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server using its automation technology DB-Shuttle(TM). Natural can be converted to COBOL, C# or VB.NET. The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution product offering helps organizations automatically migrate applications to modern, open technologies and database management systems. When an ADABAS/Natural migration is complete, a client will have functionally equivalent, seamlessly integrated applications, with Web capability that provides a reduced cost structure, improved business agility and applications that are SOA enabled and able to take advantage of new technical capabilities.
The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution product is another component in the overall DB-Shuttle Strategy, which includes: comprehensive IT assessments, database and data migrations and application migrations. The ATERAS solution ensures that the migration of ADABAS/Natural will be completed in a timely, cost effective and low risk manner. Our solution includes no system level software, no "black box" processing, no perpetuation of ADABAS, no additional execution overhead, no functional changes from an end-user perspective, and no license fees. The ATERAS solution provides for the complete replacement of ADABAS/Natural to newer relational technology databases and newer robust languages using highly automated tools and a comprehensive, streamlined and very mature process. The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution is designed to maintain comparable or improved application response times of the converted applications in the target environment and to ensure scalability, reliability and performance. The resulting conversion solution is a 3-tier architecture consisting of a User Interface Layer, Business Layer and Data Access Layer for each converted program.
"Providing an ADABAS/Natural migration solution is an important addition to our DB-Shuttle automation technology suite of products. There is a high demand for ATERAS to provide an ADABAS solution -- doing so will widen our product offering and customer base. Globally, ATERAS has had many successes with its other solutions (IDMS, IMS) that convert older applications and databases to new technologies," states Scott Miller, president and chief executive officer of ATERAS.
About ATERAS
ATERAS has supported global enterprises for over 20 years, offering state of the art services to our clients by modernizing and migrating legacy systems to the most current IT environments. The patent-pending DB Shuttle(TM) automation technology provides everything from comprehensive assessments of existing IT environments to fully automated conversions. Migration of mission critical applications and databases can be either mainframe to mainframe or mainframe to distributed platforms utilizing the .NET Framework. ATERAS delivers these solutions by working through leading systems integrators and alliance partners in markets including: Insurance, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government and Universities, both domestically and globally. For more information on ATERAS' solutions visit http://www.ateras.com/ .
Contact: ATERAS
Anna Stamatelatos
Vice President Sales & Marketing
469.385.7236
Website: http://www.ateras.com
News release
DALLAS, March 29 - ATERAS, a leading provider of fully automated legacy migration and modernization solutions, today announced its ADABAS/Natural conversion solution strategy that will enable organizations to migrate ADABAS databases and Natural applications to relational databases such as DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server using its automation technology DB-Shuttle(TM). Natural can be converted to COBOL, C# or VB.NET. The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution product offering helps organizations automatically migrate applications to modern, open technologies and database management systems. When an ADABAS/Natural migration is complete, a client will have functionally equivalent, seamlessly integrated applications, with Web capability that provides a reduced cost structure, improved business agility and applications that are SOA enabled and able to take advantage of new technical capabilities.
The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution product is another component in the overall DB-Shuttle Strategy, which includes: comprehensive IT assessments, database and data migrations and application migrations. The ATERAS solution ensures that the migration of ADABAS/Natural will be completed in a timely, cost effective and low risk manner. Our solution includes no system level software, no "black box" processing, no perpetuation of ADABAS, no additional execution overhead, no functional changes from an end-user perspective, and no license fees. The ATERAS solution provides for the complete replacement of ADABAS/Natural to newer relational technology databases and newer robust languages using highly automated tools and a comprehensive, streamlined and very mature process. The ADABAS/Natural conversion solution is designed to maintain comparable or improved application response times of the converted applications in the target environment and to ensure scalability, reliability and performance. The resulting conversion solution is a 3-tier architecture consisting of a User Interface Layer, Business Layer and Data Access Layer for each converted program.
"Providing an ADABAS/Natural migration solution is an important addition to our DB-Shuttle automation technology suite of products. There is a high demand for ATERAS to provide an ADABAS solution -- doing so will widen our product offering and customer base. Globally, ATERAS has had many successes with its other solutions (IDMS, IMS) that convert older applications and databases to new technologies," states Scott Miller, president and chief executive officer of ATERAS.
About ATERAS
ATERAS has supported global enterprises for over 20 years, offering state of the art services to our clients by modernizing and migrating legacy systems to the most current IT environments. The patent-pending DB Shuttle(TM) automation technology provides everything from comprehensive assessments of existing IT environments to fully automated conversions. Migration of mission critical applications and databases can be either mainframe to mainframe or mainframe to distributed platforms utilizing the .NET Framework. ATERAS delivers these solutions by working through leading systems integrators and alliance partners in markets including: Insurance, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government and Universities, both domestically and globally. For more information on ATERAS' solutions visit http://www.ateras.com/ .
Contact: ATERAS
Anna Stamatelatos
Vice President Sales & Marketing
469.385.7236
Website: http://www.ateras.com
Labels: c-sharp, cobol, databases, db2, migration, oracle, sql-server, vb-net
IBM to Help Banks Improve the Consumer Experience
IBM Opens New Centers to Help Banks Improve the Consumer Experience
Apr 11, 2007
Acting on consumer and market research, IBM today launched three new Banking Centers of Excellence (BCOE) to help financial services clients modernize aging computing systems and meet the needs of banking consumers.
The BCOE is a direct response to the many global business challenges banks face...Two primary roadblocks banks face in trying to better understand the customer experience are aging banking application systems that don't easily share information across banking channels and traditional customer relationship management practices that focus more on functional services like loyalty and retention programs...
Read the full news report from here @ Sys Con
Apr 11, 2007
Acting on consumer and market research, IBM today launched three new Banking Centers of Excellence (BCOE) to help financial services clients modernize aging computing systems and meet the needs of banking consumers.
The BCOE is a direct response to the many global business challenges banks face...Two primary roadblocks banks face in trying to better understand the customer experience are aging banking application systems that don't easily share information across banking channels and traditional customer relationship management practices that focus more on functional services like loyalty and retention programs...
Read the full news report from here @ Sys Con
Labels: banks, crm, finance, ibm
Vienna Insurance Provider Saves Millions by Migrating from Mainframes
Vienna District Health Insurance Provider Saves Millions by Migrating Applications from Mainframe
NEWBURY, England & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2007--Micro Focus(R) (LSE:MCRO.L), a leader in enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announced that Vienna, Austria, health insurance provider Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse (WGKK) has successfully switched over from its Unisys 2200 mainframe to IBM System p hardware running AIX, saving WGKK many millions of euros in IT costs. In addition, ongoing annual IT operating costs have been dramatically reduced and are now just 5 percent of the operating costs of the mainframe.
Read the full press release from here @ Insurance News Net
NEWBURY, England & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2007--Micro Focus(R) (LSE:MCRO.L), a leader in enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announced that Vienna, Austria, health insurance provider Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse (WGKK) has successfully switched over from its Unisys 2200 mainframe to IBM System p hardware running AIX, saving WGKK many millions of euros in IT costs. In addition, ongoing annual IT operating costs have been dramatically reduced and are now just 5 percent of the operating costs of the mainframe.
Read the full press release from here @ Insurance News Net
Labels: aix, austria, cobol, costs, europe, finance, insurance, migration, unisys
Paymaster Saves 300,000 GBP Per Year by Modernizing Core Banking Systems
Paymaster Saves 300,000 GBP Per Year by Modernizing Core Banking Systems
10/04/2007
Press release Via: Business Wire
Micro Focus(R) (LSE.MCRO.L), a leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announces that Paymaster, one of the largest providers of outsourced financial services in the United Kingdom, has successfully used Micro Focus application modernization technology to move its core legacy applications from a VME mainframe to a new Windows server.
Paymaster's operating costs have been reduced by 300,000 GBP per annum and banking processes are now running ten to 30 times faster.
The migration was conducted by migration partner Transoft (a Micro Focus Migration and Transformation Consortium (MTC) member) and completed within budget in just ten months.
Paymaster now anticipates an even better return on investment (ROI) than the 11 month ROI originally projected.
Additionally, Paymaster has been able to improve levels of system availability and security, while reusing its core application code and data to minimize risk and expense.
The application modernization initiative was prompted in June 2005, when Fujitsu announced its plans to withdraw support for its Trimetra mainframe line by the end of April 2006.
Paymaster's mission-critical banking suite was the last remaining application on its Trimetra mainframe and running such an important system on an unsupported platform was not an option for Paymaster.
By moving to a Windows server, the company has not just eliminated this problem, it has also dramatically improved batch performance and job automation, enabling its evening batch to complete three hours earlier.
"The savings we have been able to make of around 300,000 pounds per annum gave us our expected return on investment in just ten months.
However, the performance improvements took us by surprise, with our batch processes completing 10 to 30 times faster running under Micro Focus COBOL on a small two CPU server.
The project has been a total success for us and has given us the confidence to really drive ahead with further developments," said Ralph Tigwell, chief technology officer, Paymaster.
"We are pleased to assist Paymaster in its application modernization strategy," said Stuart McGill, chief technology officer at Micro Focus.
"Too many companies, unlike Paymaster, underestimate the value of their core systems when looking at ways to improve operational efficiency and business agility." About Paymaster Paymaster (1836) Ltd (previously the Office of the Paymaster General) is one of the largest providers of outsourced financial services in the UK.
Established in 1836 to co-ordinate the payment functions for public sector organisations, in particular pensions and payroll administration, Paymaster became part of Hogg Robinson plc in 1997 and subsequently Xafinity Ltd in July 2005.
Since 1997 it has provided services for both public and private sector companies.
Paymaster provides pensions administration and payroll services for some of the largest schemes in the UK.
It covers all aspects of DB and DC pension scheme and annuity administration.
Its pension payroll services make payments totalling more than GBP 7 billion to over 1.5 million pensioners and their dependants, in 189 countries throughout the world.
About Micro Focus Micro Focus provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.
Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk.
For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com.
The very latest perspectives, expertise and developments from Customers, Partners and Micro Focus are under one roof at Micro Focus World 2007.
For more information visit: www.microfocusworld.com.
10/04/2007
Press release Via: Business Wire
Micro Focus(R) (LSE.MCRO.L), a leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announces that Paymaster, one of the largest providers of outsourced financial services in the United Kingdom, has successfully used Micro Focus application modernization technology to move its core legacy applications from a VME mainframe to a new Windows server.
Paymaster's operating costs have been reduced by 300,000 GBP per annum and banking processes are now running ten to 30 times faster.
The migration was conducted by migration partner Transoft (a Micro Focus Migration and Transformation Consortium (MTC) member) and completed within budget in just ten months.
Paymaster now anticipates an even better return on investment (ROI) than the 11 month ROI originally projected.
Additionally, Paymaster has been able to improve levels of system availability and security, while reusing its core application code and data to minimize risk and expense.
The application modernization initiative was prompted in June 2005, when Fujitsu announced its plans to withdraw support for its Trimetra mainframe line by the end of April 2006.
Paymaster's mission-critical banking suite was the last remaining application on its Trimetra mainframe and running such an important system on an unsupported platform was not an option for Paymaster.
By moving to a Windows server, the company has not just eliminated this problem, it has also dramatically improved batch performance and job automation, enabling its evening batch to complete three hours earlier.
"The savings we have been able to make of around 300,000 pounds per annum gave us our expected return on investment in just ten months.
However, the performance improvements took us by surprise, with our batch processes completing 10 to 30 times faster running under Micro Focus COBOL on a small two CPU server.
The project has been a total success for us and has given us the confidence to really drive ahead with further developments," said Ralph Tigwell, chief technology officer, Paymaster.
"We are pleased to assist Paymaster in its application modernization strategy," said Stuart McGill, chief technology officer at Micro Focus.
"Too many companies, unlike Paymaster, underestimate the value of their core systems when looking at ways to improve operational efficiency and business agility." About Paymaster Paymaster (1836) Ltd (previously the Office of the Paymaster General) is one of the largest providers of outsourced financial services in the UK.
Established in 1836 to co-ordinate the payment functions for public sector organisations, in particular pensions and payroll administration, Paymaster became part of Hogg Robinson plc in 1997 and subsequently Xafinity Ltd in July 2005.
Since 1997 it has provided services for both public and private sector companies.
Paymaster provides pensions administration and payroll services for some of the largest schemes in the UK.
It covers all aspects of DB and DC pension scheme and annuity administration.
Its pension payroll services make payments totalling more than GBP 7 billion to over 1.5 million pensioners and their dependants, in 189 countries throughout the world.
About Micro Focus Micro Focus provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.
Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk.
For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com.
The very latest perspectives, expertise and developments from Customers, Partners and Micro Focus are under one roof at Micro Focus World 2007.
For more information visit: www.microfocusworld.com.
Labels: banks, costs, europe, finance, microsoft, migration, uk, vme
IBM ends 31-bit z/OS mainframe support
IBM ends 31-bit z/OS mainframe support
By Mark Fontecchio, 11 Apr 2007 | SearchDataCenter.com
IBM stopped supporting 31-bit z/OS on the mainframe on the first of this month.
Jim Rhyne, chief architect for enterprise software at IBM, said some companies are able to strike deals to extend IBM support for 31-bit z/OS. But for the most part, Rhyne said that IBM has given customers plenty of time to migrate off z/OS 1.4 and 1.5, as the end-of-service announcement was made in August of 2003.
Read the full news report from here @ Search Data Center
By Mark Fontecchio, 11 Apr 2007 | SearchDataCenter.com
IBM stopped supporting 31-bit z/OS on the mainframe on the first of this month.
Jim Rhyne, chief architect for enterprise software at IBM, said some companies are able to strike deals to extend IBM support for 31-bit z/OS. But for the most part, Rhyne said that IBM has given customers plenty of time to migrate off z/OS 1.4 and 1.5, as the end-of-service announcement was made in August of 2003.
Read the full news report from here @ Search Data Center
SAS Brings Enterprise Intelligence Platform to IBM System z
SAS Brings Enterprise Intelligence Platform to IBM System z
11 Apr 2007
SAS has tightly integrated its Enterprise Intelligence Platform – which includes data integration, intelligence storage, business intelligence and analytics software – with the IBM System z mainframe.
In addition, the introduction of sub-capacity pricing provides SAS mainframe customers with a cost-effective way of adding new workloads and new applications to the System z platform, says this news report.
Read the full news report from here @ ebizQ
11 Apr 2007
SAS has tightly integrated its Enterprise Intelligence Platform – which includes data integration, intelligence storage, business intelligence and analytics software – with the IBM System z mainframe.
In addition, the introduction of sub-capacity pricing provides SAS mainframe customers with a cost-effective way of adding new workloads and new applications to the System z platform, says this news report.
Read the full news report from here @ ebizQ
Labels: business-intelligence, prices, zos
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Viador's R1/ReportWizard for IBM Mainframes -- Web-Based Reporting, Charting on IBM z/OS
Viador Announces R1/ReportWizard for IBM Mainframes -- Web-Based, Easy, Open, Secure, Scalable Reporting and Charting Native on IBM z/OS
Press release
SUNNYVALE, CA -- April 02, 2007 -- Viador Inc.™ today announced the release of Viador R1/ReportWizard for IBM™ Mainframes to complement its existing ReportOne Business Intelligence product suite. ReportOne (R1) is a new J2EE-based product line that includes the R1/ReportWizard for SQL reporting and the R1/Analyzer for OLAP analysis. R1/ReportWizard provides reporting capabilities directly from any supported web browser, accessing a variety of relational data sources including IBM DB2™. Executives, business analysts, and other knowledge workers will gain immediate insights into their data, and increased productivity from this new Viador product.
Viador R1/ReportWizard provides true full-function web-based reporting capability, without the need for any extra client-installed or downloaded software (an area of critical security and administration concern to many corporations). With this capability, users are able to easily create data views, interactively analyze them, drill into detail, and produce charts, using any supported web browser. Viador R1/ReportWizard is ideally suited to the needs of IBM mainframe customers, due to its architecture, ease of use, security, and minimal support requirements; it can scale up to support thousands of users with enterprise-class performance. Because it is completely web-based, users can easily share insights they derive with the help of R1/ReportWizard by simply granting another user secure, auditable access to the URL of the report that they are viewing. Unlike many other products, Viador requires no additional software to create or use R1/ReportWizard reports.
R1/ReportWizard is the latest product of Viador's new native J2EE-based complete product suite, running on Windows, UNIX, Linux, and now IBM z/OS. It is built with a zero-footprint DHTML interface, open APIs, and offers a JSR168-compliant portlet to integrate with industry standard portals, such as the IBM WebSphere™ Portal. R1/ReportWizard integrates with numerous IBM products, features, and functions, such as IBM WebSphere, IBM DB2™, IBM z/OS™, IBM RACF™, and IBM zAAP™.
The R1/ReportWizard architecture is fully compliant with all relevant open standards, such as JAAS security and XML. Viador products leverage the strength of J2EE and its rich universe of supporting products; as a result, Viador can offer unmatched scalability and future-compatibility for R1/ReportWizard. Designed for ease of installation, administration, deployment, and use, R1/ReportWizard enables very rapid return on investment (ROI) and low total cost of ownership (TCO).
"We are pleased to offer industry-leading Business Intelligence products to the IBM mainframe community," said Ben Connors, President of Viador. "With Viador R1/ReportWizard, users can have unparalleled ease of use, open architecture, and scalability to securely access IBM DB2 and a variety of data sources. Because it runs natively on the IBM z/OS operating system, users leverage all of the scalability, security, and reliability that IBM mainframes are known for."
"We have helped multiple customers successfully use Viador solutions for secure large-scale deployments, both within their organizations and through the firewall," said Loyal Pridgen, President of IndigeTech in Richmond, VA. "Now that Viador products run natively on IBM mainframes, these deployments can grow to substantial scale."
Availability
Viador R1/ReportWizard is available immediately on a worldwide basis. It is delivered globally both through Viador and through Viador channel partners.
About Viador Inc.
Viador Inc. combines proven experience, technology and partnerships to deliver Business Intelligence for leading businesses and organizations worldwide. Viador offers industry-leading BI development tools for SI/ISV partners and Enterprise customers by providing a platform that is highly customizable, allows the addition of new features on demand, requires zero client maintenance, offers quick and reliable deployment, and the industry's lowest TCO. Viador is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. For more information, contact Viador at (408) 992-6000, Fax (408) 992-6001, email press@viador.com, or visit the Viador website at www.viador.com.
Viador, R1/ReportWizard, and the Viador logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Viador Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contact for Viador:
Viador Inc.
(408) 992-6000
SOURCE: Viador
Press release
SUNNYVALE, CA -- April 02, 2007 -- Viador Inc.™ today announced the release of Viador R1/ReportWizard for IBM™ Mainframes to complement its existing ReportOne Business Intelligence product suite. ReportOne (R1) is a new J2EE-based product line that includes the R1/ReportWizard for SQL reporting and the R1/Analyzer for OLAP analysis. R1/ReportWizard provides reporting capabilities directly from any supported web browser, accessing a variety of relational data sources including IBM DB2™. Executives, business analysts, and other knowledge workers will gain immediate insights into their data, and increased productivity from this new Viador product.
Viador R1/ReportWizard provides true full-function web-based reporting capability, without the need for any extra client-installed or downloaded software (an area of critical security and administration concern to many corporations). With this capability, users are able to easily create data views, interactively analyze them, drill into detail, and produce charts, using any supported web browser. Viador R1/ReportWizard is ideally suited to the needs of IBM mainframe customers, due to its architecture, ease of use, security, and minimal support requirements; it can scale up to support thousands of users with enterprise-class performance. Because it is completely web-based, users can easily share insights they derive with the help of R1/ReportWizard by simply granting another user secure, auditable access to the URL of the report that they are viewing. Unlike many other products, Viador requires no additional software to create or use R1/ReportWizard reports.
R1/ReportWizard is the latest product of Viador's new native J2EE-based complete product suite, running on Windows, UNIX, Linux, and now IBM z/OS. It is built with a zero-footprint DHTML interface, open APIs, and offers a JSR168-compliant portlet to integrate with industry standard portals, such as the IBM WebSphere™ Portal. R1/ReportWizard integrates with numerous IBM products, features, and functions, such as IBM WebSphere, IBM DB2™, IBM z/OS™, IBM RACF™, and IBM zAAP™.
The R1/ReportWizard architecture is fully compliant with all relevant open standards, such as JAAS security and XML. Viador products leverage the strength of J2EE and its rich universe of supporting products; as a result, Viador can offer unmatched scalability and future-compatibility for R1/ReportWizard. Designed for ease of installation, administration, deployment, and use, R1/ReportWizard enables very rapid return on investment (ROI) and low total cost of ownership (TCO).
"We are pleased to offer industry-leading Business Intelligence products to the IBM mainframe community," said Ben Connors, President of Viador. "With Viador R1/ReportWizard, users can have unparalleled ease of use, open architecture, and scalability to securely access IBM DB2 and a variety of data sources. Because it runs natively on the IBM z/OS operating system, users leverage all of the scalability, security, and reliability that IBM mainframes are known for."
"We have helped multiple customers successfully use Viador solutions for secure large-scale deployments, both within their organizations and through the firewall," said Loyal Pridgen, President of IndigeTech in Richmond, VA. "Now that Viador products run natively on IBM mainframes, these deployments can grow to substantial scale."
Availability
Viador R1/ReportWizard is available immediately on a worldwide basis. It is delivered globally both through Viador and through Viador channel partners.
About Viador Inc.
Viador Inc. combines proven experience, technology and partnerships to deliver Business Intelligence for leading businesses and organizations worldwide. Viador offers industry-leading BI development tools for SI/ISV partners and Enterprise customers by providing a platform that is highly customizable, allows the addition of new features on demand, requires zero client maintenance, offers quick and reliable deployment, and the industry's lowest TCO. Viador is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. For more information, contact Viador at (408) 992-6000, Fax (408) 992-6001, email press@viador.com, or visit the Viador website at www.viador.com.
Viador, R1/ReportWizard, and the Viador logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Viador Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contact for Viador:
Viador Inc.
(408) 992-6000
SOURCE: Viador
Labels: business-intelligence, db2, ibm
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