Legacy applications still provide the core services that power our business today. COBOL still remains the most widely used programming languages accounting for 75% of all computer transactions. Although these systems provide mission-critical business functionality, they represent an estimated USD 2 trillion worth of assets that are dated & not flexible, costing an enormous amount of maintenance & running costs.

Application Rehosting Methodology

Yes, with Hexaware’s rehosting approach, your organization can meet long term goals and achieve consistent ROI.

In an Application Rehosting exercise all application components including sources, copybooks, procs, JCLs are typically ‘Lifted’ from Mainframe environment & re compiled with the .net Cobol compiler which produces MSIL verifiable code to run under .NET platform.The compiled code then runs under products which emulate CICS (for online transactions) & JES2 (for Batch processing)

Benefits of Re Hosting under .NET

• Traditional ’Rip & Replace’ initiatives are very risky , or are rarely delivered on time & with in budget
• Retain your Cobol Program & Programmer assets
• Reduced Hardware costs
• By migrating applications off to .NET you are positioning them for future developments in a more agile environment.
• By Re Hosting your application on cheaper platforms & taking advantage of the more productive environments & tools of Visual Studio .NET you reduce your maintenance costs by 70% on an average
• By the proven RAD capabilities of Visual studio .NET you accelerate delivery of new application features

Hexaware USP

• Proprietary Six Phase Re Hosting Framework
• Dedicated COE for Legacy Modernization
• Technology vendor relationships like Microfocus & Fujitsu Computer Systems
• Trained and experienced resources on Fujitsu NetCobol product suite
• Migration Lab with NetCobol product installation
• Existing toolsets for data assessment, cleansing & facilitate M/F to SQL Server migration