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2008 April
The april 2008 edition of the quarterly magazie Windows in Financial Services has published a report on Mainframe Modernization.
The article showcases SoftwareMining as the only company offering viable COBOL to Java / C# translation tools, and a true path to migration away from COBOL.
The full article and and introduction by Microsoft's Spyros Sakellariadis can be found at www.windowsfs.com .
2007 October
Major North American Bank uses SoftwareMining for Translation of IBM COBOL Code to Java.
The SoftwareMining's high quality of generated java code, and its ease of Maintenance has lead to SoftwareMining's selection in this project. The new Java Application will be deployed on MS Windows/Intel platform, leading to a decomissining of the Mainframe hardward.
2007 August
SoftwareMining has released version 7.4 of its CORECT Legacy Transformation Toolkit.
This new release of CORECT produces even higher quality code than previously available as it adheres to Javabean standards. Support for additional dialects of COBOL has also been added, bringing the total number of supported dialects to 8.
Cyrus Montakab, SoftwareMining’s CTO said, “It’s great to be able to release this new version. The generated code quality is higher than ever, conforms to even more industry standards and covers yet more COBOL dialects. I am confident that this release makes our products even more competitive and keeps us in an industry-leading position”.
Jan 2007
US State chooses SoftwareMining transformation tools for 2 year project.
SoftwareMining is delighted to announce that it has been selected as tools vendor for the Revenue Division of a US state. A specialist taxation systems integrator in the USA will use SoftwareMining’s CORECT toolkit to convert in excess of one million lines of COBOL into Java/J2EE, thus enabling the client to shed its dependencies on its mainframe technology and COBOL support resources. The project is to be implemented in low-risk, managed steps and will be completed in 2008. Tim Hill, Sales & Marketing Director of SoftwareMining said, “This is a great win for us in a highly competitive situation. We were chosen because of the exceptionally high quality of our generated code and the usability of the tools, together with our strong partnership with a specialist SI who will work very closely with the client”.
2007 Jan
Financial Times - Digital Business / SoftwareMining Interview
Today's Financial Times published a Special Report on "Business Problems with Old Code" (page 6 - FT Digital Business Section). This lengthy article focuses on the imminent reduction in Legacy resources, reporting that, according to Gartner Group, by 2007 approx 50% of those with mainframe skills will be eligible for retirement.
The article is available on-line from:
Programs written in old code pose business problems
The Financial Times also dedicates a section to SoftwareMining on the same page, and conducts interviews with Tim Hill - Sales & Marketing Director and Dr Cyrus Montakab , founder and Technical Director.
The article is available on-line at:
Case study: Cobol to Java 'transformer' comes into its own
2006 Feburary
SoftwareMining and XACTIS Corp US sign Partnership Agreement.
SoftwareMining today announced a strategic partnership with Xactis Corp USA (http://www.xactiscorp.com)
Xactis is a leading supplier of Business Rule Extractions tools in the US. It provides solutions and products for legacy systems that are unique in the mainframe environment. Operating from East Coast USA, Xactis works with leading Financial and Government organizations to address modernisation and integration issues through application of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
More information on the company can be found at
http://www.xactiscorp.com
2005 November:
Perot Systems identifies SoftwareMining as Best Quality COBOL to Java Transformation Company
SoftwareMining's Transformation technology has been pin-pointed by Perot Systems as offering the BEST QUALITY of transformation, generating a highly maintainable code.
The objective review which was done on behalf of a major credit card company, is been used in proposals for rapid COBOL to Java modernisation of the client code.
2005 October:
Unisys selects SoftwareMining Business Rule Extraction and Data Migration Tools for Far East project
After detailed technical analysis of available solutions, Unisys has choosen SoftwareMining Tools and Services for a major Far-East Government Project.
The Business Rule Extraction tools and services were selected for their versatility, and customisation of different languages.
SoftwareMinings's Data-Migration services which have a strong focus on Java developement, have also been selected for this project.
May 2005:
IT In Depth Interview with SoftwareMining CTO
IT In-Depth
with the byline of “where IBM big iron fans get their CICS”,
is Website that specializes in technical analysis and news related to IBM sector data center issues.
It is spearheaded by the well known, independent IBM watcher, Mr. Anura Guruge (who was Mr. SNA for over two decades) and regularly
covers a wide spectrum of issues ranging from IBM’s zAAP Java accelerator for mainframes to Grid computing initiatives by Globus
– many of them in the form of exclusive, in-depth interviews.
As a part of an ongoing series on innovative SOA-based solutions,
Dr. Cyrus Montakab, the founder and CEO of SoftWareMining
was recently interviewed by “IT In-Depth” as to the role that its automated COBOL conversion technology
can play when it comes to SOA and legacy modernization.
April 2005: Release of CORECT v. 6.0
Version 6.0 of SoftwareMining's Automatic Transformation Tool - CORECT - is released today. This upgraded product is available for evaluation via download from our website.
New features:
- Support for more platforms (VOS, STRATUS, HP, DL1/IMS, CICS, ESQL, SHADOW, ...)
- Improved Generated Code improved Framework
- Support for C# / .NET
- Improved Business Rule Extraction : Extraction in COBOL, Java and C#
- More functional Evaluation Version.
To download the latest version
please visit :
http://www.softwaremining.com/jsp/register.jsp?reg_for_download=yes
March 2005: Formula OpenSoft (Netherlands) Strategic Partnership
SoftwareMining today announced a strategic partnership with Formula OpenSoft - Netherlands.
Their partnership will further enhance the options for companies who need to extend, transform or
evolve legacy applications to contemporary platforms and architectures.
About Formula
OpenSoft:
Formula OpenSoft is a leading distributor of software tools on Mainframe, Unix and PC platforms. It
provides solutions and products for legacy systems that are unique in the mainframe environment. Formula OpenSoft helps companies to successfully modernize their mainframe applications. The organization's solutions and tools are used by leading enterprises and government organizations all over the world, to reduce and control the total cost of owning operations and developing applications for mainframe, UNIX and PC environments. Formula OpenSoft is a privately held company based in Dordrecht, The Netherlands and founded in 1994.
More information on the company can be found at http://www.formulaopensoft.com
View Press Release:
http://www.softwaremining.com/sm/press-release.jsp
March 2005: eCube Systems and SoftwareMining Strategic Partnership
SoftwareMining announces a strategic partnership with eCube Systems LLC.
The partnership is designed to help achieve a stepwise transformation of legacy applications into C# and Java platforms.
This approach allows quick time to market of the front-end applications, whilst the back end systems are in midst of migration.
About eCube Systems, L.L.C.
eCube Systems LLC provides Enterprise Evolution products and services that
maximize technology investment by leveraging existing equity to meet new
business needs. eCube’s offerings enable immediate interoperability with, and
phased transformation to, contemporary platforms such as XML, SOAP, J2EE, .NET,
for users of COBOL, RPG/OS400, IMS, VMS, MVS, COOLGen, Entera and DCE/RPC.
More information on the company can be found at www.ecubesystems.com
View Press Release:
http://www.softwaremining.com/sm/press-release.jsp
Feb 2005: SoftwareMining to Offer RPG To Java Translation Services
A forthcoming strategic partnership between SoftwareMining and eCube Systems (US) opens the doors to Migration of RPG applications to Java.
The partnership is designed to help achieve a stepwise transformation of legacy applications into C# and Java platforms.
This approach allows quick time to market of the front-end applications, whilst the back end systems are in midst of migration.
Jan 2005: SoftwareMining successfuly completes STRATUS COBOL to Java Translation Project for Financial Industry client.
Softwaremining starts translation STRATUS COBOL to Java.
Nov 2004: Major Indian Outsourcing Company standardises on use of SoftwareMining Tools for COBOL Migration Projects.
ZENSAR Technologies (INDA) - one of the top 25 indian companies signs agreements for
use of SoftwareMining Tools and Services.
Oct 2004: SoftwareMining successfuly completes IBM COBOL/SHADOW TP to Java Translation project.
Translation IBM COBOL, SHADOW TP, 3270 Terminal Screens to Java.
June 2004: SoftwareMining successfuly completes IBM CICS TP to Java Translation for Media Client.
Translation IBM COBOL, CICS TP, BMS Screens to Java.
August 2004: Main Saudi HP Distributors and SoftwareMining agree to provide HP COBOL/MPE to Java translation to Saudi HP 3000 user base.
SoftwareMining starts translation of HP mpe 3000 COBOL with TurboImage and VPLUS Screens.
2003 News
SoftwareMining helps steer OMG Legacy Transformation Standards.
OMG, the technology standards body, has set up a new
workgroup to address Legacy Transformation Standards issues. This
is a reflection of OMGs view that Legacy Transformation issues are
becoming significant and important, thus requiring the attention
of a standards body.
SoftwareMining is a key member of this workgroup and
is in a lead position to contribute and define such standards and
provide solutions meeting industry standards specifications. The
first RFP's will be convering standards on definitions, processes
and exchange formats.
One of the vision of the Work Group is stated as:
"Legacy Transformation Standards will allow users
to begin legacy transformation projects knowing that they do not
depend exclusively on any one vendor, while ensuring that applications
thus migrated will be again migrateable in the future (future proofing)."
SoftwareMining already practices/adheres to such vision
by providing Platform Independent Models (PIM) for representation
of structures discovered from the original application. Thus providing
vendor independence, as well as future proofing the generated application.
SoftwareMining gain very favourable review
in new Butler Group report.
Butler Group, the leading IT analyst company, is launching a new report on Application Consolidation. The report, due to be released in June 2003, features SoftwareMining in detail, with a very favourable analysis of the strengths of the company, its market and competitive position, technical product capability and potential for further growth. Direct quotes form the report will be featured here as soon as the report is published.
Business Rule Extraction features added to CORECT v4.0
SoftwareMining's unique application transformation toolset has just got better - with the addition of integrated business rule extraction. During the transformation of an application process, CORECT uses heuristics to simplify the system, provide an extensible framework and remove dead or unused variables. However, this alone is not enough as individual business rules need to be identified from the original
code. CORECT v4.0 now features a new Business Extraction Module which is designed to work on top of the existing heuristics based system to identify the business rules or program structure through the application
CORECT v5.0 now supports J2EE and .NET
CORECT, the advanced, heuristics-based transformation
toolset from SoftwareMining now supports the Microsoft C# family
of languages. For Microsoft-orientated Web deployment of legacy
applications CORECT v4.0 now generates C# applications or ASP models.
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