Many mainframe applications are condemned for escalating costs due to hardware maintenance and support termination, lack of documentation, a shortage of relevant programming skills and complex upgrade paths. But at the same time, most enterprises recognize that their existing mainframe applications are business-critical and generally robust, despite being regarded as legacy systems.
While it may seem that the only solution is to bite the bullet and deploy new bespoke or adapted vendor systems, replacing an enterprise information system is fraught with risk, from specification and development cost control to delivery deadlines and performance deficits.
Many existing legacy applications can be modernized and given many more years of useful operation. Not only can the look and feel of an ageing application be brought in line with user and customer expectations, but the functionality can be greatly enhanced without loss of the essential and core business logic, that has kept the application alive and relevant till today.
The technology and expertise is out there but it may be hidden by the promotional efforts of the dominant multi-national enterprise application vendors.
The options of Migrate or Upgrade in Place are often the most cost effective answer. RapidGen Software can provide expertise and solutions for modernising your enterprise information system.
Migration
Our own Genius Application Suite can be migrated to all major platforms and our expertise in database systems and reporting software gives us a significant advantage when it comes to delivering software and solutions to facilitate migration projects.
As members of The Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) we are working to help
customers migrate workloads from the mainframe and onto the Microsoft platform.
The Alliance represents a group of companies that have their interests aligned
in making legacy modernization easier and more efficient for customers.
Upgrade in Place
Our experience and expertise can be mobilised to develop new interfaces, functionality and integration to modernise existing enterprise systems, in place.
We have experience with all major enterprise platforms from the 1970’s to date and can do much to overcome the problems associated with undocumented database interfaces and reporting functions. In many cases we can provide new tools for accessing and reporting from legacy systems and a natural language development toolset to extend, enhance or integrate with existing enterprise applications.