COBOL Projects
Modern Systems Awarded Conversion of IMS COBOL to Oracle Java by Large U.S. Manufacturer
Modern Systems has engaged in a project with a large manufacturer to eliminate their dependence on an aging mainframe environment. Modern Systems is using its expertise and automated technology to convert IMS databases to an Oracle database residing on a Java Enterprise Edition platform. Legacy application code will be converted from COBOL and IMS-DC to object-oriented Java.
Read moreEuropean Banking Giant Completes Mainframe Assessment with Modern Systems
Modern Systems completed the mainframe assessment for a large European Banking customer, providing the bank with a full roadmap for their IMS to DB2 conversion. The bank is now able to engage in additional resource and calendar planning for a full conversion from COBOL IMS-DC and IMS-DB to COBOL DB2. The assessment was successful and uncovered a series of additional refinement tasks that the Bank would like to perform after the conversion to DB2 is complete.
Read moreModern Systems Tapped For Massive Mainframe Assessment
A large U.S. insurance provider has been working for several years to replace their core policy applications with new applications operating on non-mainframe platforms. Modern Systems was engaged to perform a Mainframe Assessment to ensure that all required applications and subsystems on the mainframe were replaced with new applications prior to decommissioning it.
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How GE Capital Reduced
Modernization Scope by 78%
How GE Capital and Modern Systems worked together to reduce COBOL Modernization project scope by 78%. Video presentation from Gartner Symposium.
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Innovative “Batch Off The Mainframe” Project
Prepares MTA for the Cloud
New Cobol to Java approach to mainframe modernization improves maintainability of batch processes, prepares MTA for cloud. Seattle, WA– April 22, 2015 – Modern Systems (NASDAQ: MDSY) announced completion of […]
Read moreCanadian Insurance Organization preparing a Roadmap
Modern Systems began a mainframe software assessment with Fujitsu consulting for the benefit of a large Canadian insurance company. The software assessment is being performed using advanced technology from Modern Systems. Language types include COBOL, ADS/Online, ADSA , ULTIM, JCL and more. The organization has used IDMS, DB2 and VSAM in the past and plans to define a roadmap for the future using the Modern Systems assessment process and the Enterprise Application Viewer portfolio management suite.
Read moreLarge U.S. Manufacturer to eliminate Adabas and Natural
A large U.S. manufacturer has contracted Modern Systems to eliminate Adabas and Natural from the company’s application portfolio. Modern Systems will use its automated technology to convert the Adabas databases and the related data. The new databases will use IBM’s DB2 LUW and will execute on the Linux platform. All natural code will be converted to COBOL executing in the Dell BPE/TPE environment. The conversion includes more than 14,000 Natural components and is scheduled for completion in December 2015.
Read moreState Agency Archives IDMS to SQL Server
A U.S. northern state government purchased an IDMS Database Archive from Modern Systems for the preservation of former IDMS mainframe data in a SQL Server database. Modern Systems used its automated technology to generate a replacement database for the IDMS schema, COBOL IDMS extract programs and related JCL to extract the data from IDMS into a SQL Server Bulk Insert format, and the related FTP and FMT files for moving and loading the extracted data to SQL Server. The conversion was delivered and the archive completed within a two-month period.
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