Newsletter April 2017

Conference & Lecture: 4th Government IT Modernization

New IT development is limited by the fact that 90% of IT budgets is spent on maintenance of legacy systems. To enable projects to reduce the cost of maintenance, the US Federal Government has promised US$ 90 Billion for Government IT Modernization for its organisations. To share strategies, solutions and experience the 4th Government IT Modernization conference will be held April 26-28 in Washington DC, USA.

Delta Software Technology GmbH has been contacted by IQPC to contribute to the conference. Reg Mulder will attend the conference and present information about our successful IT Modernizations projects from the last decade: Friday, 28.04.2017 14:15 - 15:00 - "Enabling New Technologies, Reducing Costs and Improving Quality Through Automated Software Modernization".

You will find our Lecture on SlideShare.

Clean Up Your COBOL–, PL/I- and Delta ADS Applications

Flexibility and fast adaptability of core applications are prerequisites for an optimal software support of business processes. COBOL, Delta ADS and PL/I applications have grown over decades, they have been extended and adapted to new requirements. This has reduced the maintainability of the applications and has significantly hindered their further development.

With the AMELIO CleanUp Factory by Delta Software Technology you can quickly and securely clean up your COBOL and PL/I as well as Delta ADS applications and thus regain the flexibility and adaptability of your core applications.

• AMELIO CleanUp-Factory analyses the entire source code automatically.
• Dead code sequences, from data elements to single statements up to entire code blocks, are detected and securely removed.
• Different syntax variants can be reduced to one standard, e.g. from COBOL’74 to COBOL’85.
• If the code to be cleaned up is derived from a copybook, an include or a macro, all impacts and dependencies are verified and the modules are cleaned up consistently.
• By using the Pretty-Print function the layout of the application can be re-formatted and the improved readability can be achieved.
• Every change that is implemented by the factory is documented in an audit-proof way, as special marking in the code and/or as additional documentation that contains a detailed list of the lines that have been removed or modified in which module and why.
• The clean-up of the application can be performed cluster-wise or for the entire source code.
• The maintenance and further development of the application can be continued without any obstruction while the CleanUp takes place.

Additional options

But with the AMELIO CleanUp-Factory not only standard clean ups can be performed. The factory can be precisely tailored to the customer’s requirements. In this way, the read- and maintainability of the application can be improved through individual options, like:

• Name changes of sections, paragraphs, data elements
• Uniform implementation of company policies
• Replacement of (business-specific) code smells
• Replacement of third-party tools such as the decision table generator VORELLE by Evaluates, DETAB etc.

CleanUp your Application with AMELIO CeanUp-Factory ...

The Perfect Solution for a Secure Replacement of IMS Databases: AMELIO Modernization Platform

Companies that want to replace their IBM IMS databases with relational databases are facing an enormous challenge.

With AMELIO Modernization Platform, Delta Software Technology provides a safe and very flexible solution for such complex modernisation projects.

Find more Information in our new Flyer:

AMELIO Modernization Platform - Replacing IMS Databases

Learn more in our articles on: "Successfully Replace IMS Databases"

Support information: New Product Versions available

Today we have released new versions of the following products:

• ADS 6 for COBOL 6.1.7
• ADS on Eclipse 6.7.5

You can find more information about new features and fixes in the release notes at the support area of our website ...

GI-Workshop "Software-Reengineering & Evolution"

Software reengineering and evolution are core aspects to preserve the benefits and value of large software systems while requirements and environment conditions are changing constantly.
To address this issue the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)) organises the main German speaking reengineering conference. This conference takes place together with the Workshop „Design For Future“ (DFF 2017) of the working group "Long-living Software Systems".

GI: 19. Workshop Software-Reengineering & Evolution
08 – 10 May 2017, Bad Honnef, Germany

Delta Software Technology will present possibilities to regain the application knowlegde implemented in the software systems.

Lecture: "Understanding COBOL and PL/I Applications Automatically" (in German)

As applications grow old, their maintenance, evolution and modernisation become more and more difficult. The knowledge about the applicatons is draining over time.

Regaining that knowledge is not that simple due to the size and complexity of such applications.

Therefore, AMELIO Logic Discovery helps you to regain the knowledge implemented in COBOL and PL/I applications with 100% automation.

Our Speaker

Dr. Daniela Schilling
Dr. Daniela Schilling is CEO of Delta Software Technology.

Further Information

Further information on the event (German):
http://fg-sre.gi.de/wsre2017.html

Further information on DFF 2017 (German):
http://akl2s2.ipd.kit.edu/veranstaltungen/dff2017

Register now

https://userpages.uni-koblenz.de/~riediger/wsr/registration.php

You can’t participate? Please contact us to discuss the topic and solutions directly.

You will find our Lecture on SlideShare ...

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Unsere frühere Kollegin Daniela Schilling (Delta Software Technology) spricht über #Reengineering von #COBOL- & #PL/I-Anwendungen #WSRE2017 pic.twitter.com/gaImAuCfSm

— Stefan Sauer (@stsauer13) 10. Mai 2017

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OO software developers

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• You have a baccelor or master degree in information technique or a comparable education in the IT sector.
• You already have a solid knowledge in object oriented software development.
• Ideally you already have experience in C++, Java, generator systems , Eclipse or Visual Studio.

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• Besides an attractive salary model you can expect a varied and responsible task area in a friendly, professional team and a business culture that is based on openness, fairness and enjoyment of work.
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