Reduce Cost

LegacyJ solves a pervasive problem with those businesses still dependent on closed-end COBOL systems. LegacyJ offers an easy, intuitive, cost-effective solution for migrating information from legacy proprietary systems such as CICS (Customer Information Control System)  based COBOL systems. 

Existing Transaction systems within large corporations are complex, system dependent, require unique technical skills and are costly to enhance and maintain.

Timeliness – Building  of new applications on legacy transaction systems are difficult and time consuming. Average time for new project is 18 months (Tutorial on Software Maintenance, G. Parikh & N. Zvengintzov, 1983).

Aging Work Force – Average age with mainframe CICS workers is greater than 55 versus 30 for Java and Unix workers (Meta Group, 2001).  No new recruits are forthcoming because young programmers prefer to learn modern languages like Java rather than CICS/COBOL.

Cost – A transaction costs $0.033 for CICS on mainframe vs. $0.005 for Lintel (Linux on Intel) and $0.006 for Sun according to the Standish Group, 2002 (based on customer’s data).

LegacyJ provides options for hardware type, operating system, application server, and deployment configurations. Customers have options to configure or scale their enterprise based on requirements and needs.  Legacy transaction applications run in Java enabled environments and take advantage of new capabilities while permitting business continuity.

LegacyJ product solutions take customers from dead-end legacy systems to the “open” supported Java enabled environment substantially reducing operational costs.

Touch Points

Accurate

Limited or no changes to code required

Reduce Development time 

Approximate one month excluding test and adding application extensions.

Quick Payback Period

Approximate payback within 6 months. Project times can be very short; from 1-2 months to around 6 months.