Probably you know all the good reasons to replace your IMS databases:

• Reduction of cost and maintaining multiple database technologies
• Lack of flexibility of IMS databases
• Diminishing know-how and specialists
• No successors available
• Difficult connection with new technologies like Mobile Cloud etc.

The hurdles for replacing IMS-databases is huge and the applications are running smoothly. These, often mission critical, applications are big, complex and the documentation is in most cases not sufficient for the task ahead.

Is a secure and efficient replacement of your IMS system possible?

Delta Software Technology presents a reliable solution that gives you the following advantages:

• Supporting you with defining the new relational database model.
• The transformation will be automated and secure, with automatic integration of the changes that were done during ongoing maintenance
• Drastic reduction of testing because of the automation of the changes
• No footprint and no vendor lock-in

Take the opportunity and ask your questions directly at companies that have successfully replaced IMS/DB already.

Join us: we invite you for this short (ca. 45 minutes) webinar 25 October 2023 11:00 AM CET (all presentations will be in german - If you would like the presentation in english, please contact us by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.):

• "Automated and secure from IBM IMS/DB to Db2 with AMELIO Modernization Platform"
  Dr. Daniela Schilling (CEO, Delta Software Technology GmbH)
  
  

• Followed by a Discussion and and sharing of experiences of two reference customers Gothaer Solutions GmbH and Provinzial Versicherung AG that will share with you their successful IBM IMS/DB replacement.
  
  

Take the opportunity and ask your questions directly at companies that have successfully replaced IMS/DB already.

We, the Delta Software Technology team, look forward to your participation!

PS: Please forward this invitation to interested colleagues.

Would you like to read up on it?
Then you will find the relevant reports here:

Gothaer migrates its IBM IMS Databases to IBM Db2 together with Delta Software Technology

Gothaer Systems migriert zusammen mit Delta mehr als 400 IMS-Datenbanken zu Db2. Durch den Aufbau einer passgenauen Factory konnten notwendige Schritte zur Transformation automatisiert, gut kalkuliert und risikoarm durchgeführt werden.

„By migrating from IBM IMS/DB to IBM Db2 together with Delta, we have successfully mastered the next big step in the ‘Smarter Mainframe’ project.“
Burkhard Oppenberg, CIO, Gothaer

Read here the success story:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=0314

From IBM IMS/DB to Db2 - Provinzial realizes complete Migration

With the tools and services from Delta Software Technology, Provinzial Rheinland finished the complete application and data migration from IBM IMS/DB to IBM Db2, automated and securely, of over 75 IBM IMS databases and over 36,000 artefacts.

"The guaranteed operational “smoothness” in the project, despite the complex modernization, is certainly a unique feature of the solution.“
Stephan Kaiser, Program ‘sponsor’ Provinzial

Read here the success story:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=0329

The independent IT consulting company itemis AG hosted the webinar "Legacy Systems in Flux - Automatic Migration?" on 27 July. Our managing director Dr. Daniela Schilling was invited as a speaker.

How can legacy applications be made fit for the future and is an automatic migration from COBOL to Java effective?

The experts presented their solutions, approaches and experiences in short presentations. This was followed by perspectives and opinions on challenges and best practices. The automatic language transformation from COBOL to Java was discussed in a particularly lively and controversial manner.

The answers to the following questions were considered crucial for the success of such projects:

• Are the migrated sources still maintainable or does the automated migration inevitably lead to a "Jabol" disaster?
• How do you test the migrated applications? And what hurdles have to be overcome?

As an alternative to an automatic language transformation, Dr. Daniela Schilling presented an automated modernisation in manageable steps and with a suitable solution for each sub-application and explained specifically why a 1:1 language transformation leads to additional problems.

Please also have a look at our slides with detailed information on our solution and proceeding:

You can watch the recording of the webinar here: https://info.itemis.com/de/webinar/systeme-im-wandel/

Contact us! We would be happy to present our approach for the transformation and modernisation of your applications.

COBOL and PL/I applications do their job reliably every day. However, the longer the applications live, the more impurities and technical debt accumulate in the applications, making maintenance and further development increasingly difficult and error-prone. It also makes sense to clean up the applications in the run-up to modernization projects in order to avoid errors and reduce costs.

At the following event we will report on how you can use a software washing machine to clean up your applications in an agile way:

• GSE Mainframe Modernization
  20.-21.03.2023, Kassel (Germany)
  
  

Delta Software is represented there with a lecture on March 21, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.:

Agile Application Clean-up – A Washing Machine for Software

COBOL- and PL/I-applications are still performing their tasks reliably. But the longer these applications live, the more imperfections and technical debts are collected, that inhibit efficient maintenance. In the preparation of modernization projects, the clean-up of applications is important to prevent errors and reduce the effort.
Traditionally the clean-up of (legacy) software is done manually. During this process, the complete kaleidoscope of possible clean-ups is performed for each program after program. But very often, not all possible and necessary clean-ups are known at the beginning. Many only come in sight when other clean-ups are done. A much better strategy would be to perform the first clean-ups for all programs before, using the knowledge acquired, the next clean-up is performed. This would require an approach where each program might be changed more than once. The risk and effort of such an approach can be minimized when using an automated solution, that can be repeated for as many new clean-ups as are needed.

The AMELIO software washing machine enables such an agile approach in which:

• new clean-ups can be added continuously,
• the application is divided in manageable packages for which each clean-up can be defined separately,
• each of these packages can be processed by the washing machine as many times as needed.

How such a washing machine enables an agile clean-up, will be demonstrated based on a customer example.

Our speakers

Manuel Dolle

Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology

Reg Mulder

Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology

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51st GSE AADLD meeting in Hannover on Sep. 12th 2023 and Delta will present it’s 'Software-Washing machine'.

During the GSE AADLD meeting in Hannover on Sep. 12th 2023 Reg Mulder and Hans Nickessen will present AMELIO CleanUp, the first Washing machine for Software.

"Agil cleaning of Applications – with the first Washing Machine for Software"

COBOL and PL/I applications are still doing their job reliably ‘til today. However, the longer the applications live, the more contaminants and technical debts accumulate in these applications, making them increasingly difficult to maintain and evolve and error-prone. It makes absolutely sense to clean up the applications in the run-up to modernization projects in order to avoid ongoing errors and significantly reduce costs.
We will use a customer example to show you how AMELIO CleanUp, the washing machine enables agile cleanup.

Our Speakers

Hans Nickessen

Hans is Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology

Reg Mulder

Reg is Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology

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