Newsletter - February 2024

Delta ADS Webinar - Refresh & Connect: Short Survey

Delta ADS has been the proven solution for the efficient development of operational backend applications in COBOL and PL/I for almost 50 years. Our customers are active in all sectors and have been benefiting from the advantages and continuous development of Delta ADS for many decades. Even at 50, Delta ADS is still evolving to meet today's requirements.

That is why we informed you about all the new features and improvements in a free webinar and at the same time offered you the opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with other Delta ADS users.

Topics relating to the development with Delta ADS and the possibilities of its integration in modern development environments such as Eclipse or Visual Studio with Delta IDS were presented and discussed.

You couldn't attend?
Then request the slides and recording here. (only german)

AMELIO Logic Discovery 2.5.0

AMELIO Logic Discovery 2.5.0: New Visibility for External Information

Only rarely is all the relevant information in a program bundled in one place. Much more frequently, it is distributed throughout the entire program or even stored in other artefacts. AMELIO Logic Discovery provides the knowledge gained with its profound analyses summarised thematically in various perspectives. With the new PeekWindows, it is now also possible to display information that is spread throughout the artefact or even comes from other artefacts.

Get the new AMELIO Release 2.5.0 now and benefit directly from the bundled presentation of all relevant information.

AMELIO Logic Discovery helps to understand the existing COBOL and PL/I Applications and thus reduces the costs for re-implementation of the existing functions and for the modernization of the applications. Would you like to see the advantages of AMELIO Logic Discovery for your applications?
Then get in touch with us now!

Presentation at the 'Virtual User Group IMS' - Replacing IBM IMS/DB

On February 13th, 2024 the Virtual IMS (VIMS) User Group Meeting took place, we presented solutions for “Replacing IBM IMS/DB - Fully Automated and with Highest Security” that enable you to replace IBM IMS/DB in your company and securely modernize your business-critical backend applications.

IBM IMS/DB has been regarded as an absolutely reliable and high-performance database system for decades. Nevertheless, there are good reasons for replacing IMS/DB with a relational DBMS.

But how can such a paradigm shift succeed?

The hurdles are enormous: the applications are business-critical, large, complex and the documentation – where available - is not suitable for the project. As these are large projects, the change should take place in parallel with ongoing maintenance and further development and must not disrupt daily business. In our presentation, we will show you how these hurdles can be successfully overcome by means of complete automation and audit-proven processes, with AMELIO Modernization Platform.

• You can find the recording of the meeting here:
  
  
  
• You can find the presentation slides here:
  

  Download Replacing IBM IMS/DB [VIMS-Lecture 02/204]

Also read about this...

• IMS Replacement at Gothaer: In Time – In Budget – In Scope
• Provinzial realizes complete migration from IBM IMS/DB to IBM Db2 with Delta
• IBM IMS/DB? Modernization Now!
  
  

About the Virtual IMS User Group
"The Virtual IMS User Group is an independently-operated vendor-neutral site run by and for the mainframe IMS user community. This is a mainframe IMS information website, not in any way related to, sponsored, or approved by IBM, which is the legitimate owner of the trademark, and any use of the mark in the URL or the body of the site is for information, education, and opinion expression purposes. The Virtual IMS user group was established as a way for individuals using IBM’s IMS for z/OS database to exchange information, learn new techniques, and advance their skills with the product. Anyone with an interest in IMS for z/OS is welcome to join the Virtual IMS user group and share in the knowledge exchange."

GSE zExpertenforum: Presentation of the Software Washing Machine AMELIO

Clean Up Applications with Agility - Using the Washing Machine for Software

COBOL- and PL/I-applications are still performing their tasks reliably. However, the longer these applications live, the more debris and technical debts accumulate in the applications, making their maintenance and further development increasingly difficult and error-prone. It also makes sense to clean up applications in the run-up to modernisation projects in order to prevent errors and minimise costs.

Traditionally, the clean-up of (legacy) software is done manually. During this process, the variety of possible clean-ups is performed program by program. But very often, not all possible and necessary clean-up actions are known from the outset. Some of them only come in sight when other clean-up measures have been implemented. A much better and safer strategy is to perform one clean-up task for all programs in one go at the same time, before - using the knowledge acquired - performing the next clean-up task. This requires an approach where each program might be changed more than once. The risk and effort of such an approach can be eliminated by using an automated solution that repeatedly can be applied consistently for as many clean-ups as needed.

As a solution, Manuel Dolle presented at the Swiss 98. GSE z/OS zExpert Forum on 10 April 2024, how the software washing machine with AMELIO Cleanup enables a secure and agile cleanup of your applications.
You couldn't attend but are interested in the lecture? Then contact Manuel Dolle directly.

The zExpert Forum is the z/OS working group of GSE Switzerland: The forum of “z/OS Experts for z/OS Experts” in Switzerland meets twice a year to discuss experiences and provide interesting presentations.

Further information can be found here:
https://www.zexpertenforum.ch/

Support Information: New Product Updates Available

We have released new versions for the following products:

• Delta ADS for COBOL (6.6.4)
• Generator Engine for z/OS (6.6.4)
• AMELIO Logic Discovery (2.5.0)
  
  

Delta ADS 6 for COBOL (6.6.4)

In this new release, we have implemented new functions and some changes. The generation has been further optimised.

AMELIO Logic Discovery (2.5.0)

With the new PeekWindows, it is now possible to display information that is spread throughout the artefact or even comes from other artefacts.
Further Information here.

For more information about the new features and improvements, please see the respective release notes and reference books in the support area of our website.

Get information and updates right now. You’ll find the list of our current product versions here.