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Webinar 'ICEBERGS Ahead – Software Modernization Made Easily'
Our first webinar 'ICEBERGS Ahead – Software Modernization Made Easily' took place on November 13th, 2024.
Using the story of the Titanic, we showed you how you can deal with today's challenges in application modernization in a relaxed manner and avoid every iceberg.
The first episode of our webinar series on automated software modernization met with great interest. Over 60 interested parties had registered. You couldn't attend? Then you can request the recording here. The second episode in this series will be available at the end of January. The focus will then be on (re-)understanding applications
Slides and Recording of the Webinar
You couldn't attend?
No Problem: You can request the presentation slides and the recording here.
Read also our text series “Iceberg ahead”
Download Language: Englisch - Version: MT21105.01
In the text series "Iceberg ahead", our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in dealing with legacy applications.
Read which possibilities there are to realise the added value of a modernisation.
- Part 1: "How you can successfully bring your COBOL or PL/I Applications into the Future without hitting an Iceberg"
- Part 2: "Knowledge Transfer - Securing, Re-understanding, Optimizing and Passing on the Foundation"
- Part 3: "Assessment or how to
Newsletter - September 2024
Newsletter - Thursday, 19. September 2024
Dear Reader,
Do you also have applications that actually exactly implement your company processes, but which nevertheless increasingly feel like a brake block?
These applications have often been in use for decades and are constantly being expanded and adapted to new requirements. However, the readability, maintainability and flexibility of the applications have diminished. Throwing them away and rewriting are no options, the effort and risks are far too high. That's why our AMELIO product family helps you to automatically analyse, clean up and modernise your applications. In part 3 of our article series ‘4 important steps for sustainable software modernisation’, we introduce you to our software washing machine.
We also invite you to the 1st part of our webinar series ‘Icebergs ahead - mastering modernisation with ease’. In it, we will discuss with you the hurdles, procedures and solutions for various modernisation projects.
Our CEO, Dr Daniela Schilling, shared our experiences with mainframes and legacy applications in the podcast ‘Mainframe - What the Heck’. Listen in.
For our Delta ADS users, we also have our support news and the opportunity to watch our Delta ADS webinar to learn more about all the new features.
We hope you enjoy reading.
Your Delta Software Technology Team
Content
- 4 Important Steps for Sustainable Software Modernisation (Part 3)
- Webinar 'ICEBERGS Ahead – Software-Modernization Made Easy'
- Podcast: Mainframe – What the Heck?
- Delta ADS Webinar - Refresh & Connect
- Support Information: New Product Updates Available
Open Newsletter: https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6370
Podcast: Mainframe – What the Heck?
Episode 69: Mainframe - The Corporate Silverware (Tobias Leicher, Heidi Schmidt & Daniela Schilling)
The invited expert guest in the 69th episode is Daniela Schilling, CEO of Delta Software Technology GmbH. She shares Delta’s exciting insights into the topic of mainframes and the handling of legacy systems with the experts Heidi Schmidt and Tobias Leicher.
Play Podcast now ... (german)
Mainframe – What the Heck?
“The mainframe is dead - long live the mainframe! Hardly any other technology is being consigned to the IT graveyard while at the same time is driving our lives every day: whether we are withdrawing money from an ATM, booking a trip, concluding an insurance or building our new high-tech car. The mainframe is therefore a vital element of our daily lives and of paramount importance for the global economy. In this podcast, Heidi Schmidt (PKS Software GmbH) and Tobias Leicher (IBM Deutschland GmbH) provide answers to hypes, myths and current trends on this platform. There are user talks from real everyday project work in mainframe transformation as well as discussions with experts. The podcast clarifies and provides a basis for decision-making. Listen in and be informed, entertained and inspired.”
Support Information: New Product Updates Available
We have released new versions for the following products:
- Delta ADS for COBOL (6.6.7)
- Generator Engine all variations (6.6.6)
- ADS on Eclipse (8.2.1)
- ADS on opentext (Micro Focus) EDz / EDc (8.2.1)
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.
Beta Systems - Connect & Innovate: Shaping the future together
Beta Systems cordially invite you to an exclusive event in Switzerland! Experience a world full of innovation, lively exchange and valuable networking opportunities. Themed "Connect & Innovate: Shaping the future together", a day full of exciting presentations and inspiring discussions. Don't miss the opportunity to exchange ideas with like-minded people and learn about the latest trends and innovations at first hand. Register today and join us as we shape the future together!
We will be there on September 12, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. with a lecture:
"Fit4Future with AMELIO: (re)understanding & cleaning up proven applications"
Register here now:
https://www.betasystems.com/events/events/connect-innovate-shaping-the-future-together
Delta ADS Webinar - Refresh & Connect
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)
Newsletter - May 2024
Newsletter - Wednesday, 15. May 2024
Dear Reader,
What's new in Delta ADS? Yes, you read that right: Our popular tool for efficient backend development may be almost 50 years old, but we are constantly developing it further to fulfil your current requirements.
- In our webinar ‘ADS - Refresh & Connect’, we will inform you about all the new features and further possibilities for your development processes.
- The new Delta ADS for the target system P3/COBOL opens the door to the world of Java.
In the following articles, we present further methods for preparing your modernisation projects in a targeted manner:
- We explain another important step for the sustainable modernisation of your COBOL, PL/I and Delta ADS applications.
- AMELIO Logic Discovery - simply (re)understand applications so that onboarding and modernisation projects succeed reliably.
- AMELIO Clean-up - The software washing machine safely frees your applications from technical debts and everything that is no longer needed.
We wish you an insightful read and look forward to exchanging ideas.
Your Delta Software Technology Team
Content
- Delta ADS Webinar - Refresh & Connect
- 4 Important Steps for Sustainable Software Modernisation (Part 2)
- Pre-release available: Delta ADS - Generation for the Java Target System P3/COBOL
- Presentation at GSE zExpert Forum: AMELIO - The Software Washing Machine
- Software Reengineering & Evolution
- Support Information: New Product Updates Available
Open Newsletter: https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6366
4 Important Steps for Sustainable Software Modernisation
Do you value the functionality and reliability of your COBOL and PL/I applications?- Are you struggling with the complexity and do you lack precise knowledge about the implementation of the functionality?
- Have you also been reducing your investment in existing backend applications for a long time and your experts and knowledge carriers are on their way to retirement?
- Do you want to modernise your operational backend applications and benefit from new technologies while playing it safe with all changes?
We discuss 4 steps that will help you to modernise your applications securely and sustainably. The individual articles will be published successively in our newsletter.
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6318
Pre-release available: Delta ADS - Generation for the Java Target System P3/COBOL
Existing IT applications are often a company's most valuable software assets, setting it apart from its competitors. One of today's greatest challenges is therefore to expand a company's technology base without having to give up decades of valuable development work.
So how do you bring your COBOL applications generated with Delta ADS into the modern world quickly and securely? It's simple! To make it easier for you to integrate your Delta ADS applications into your Java environment, Delta Software Technology made the Delta ADS development system available for the EasiRun P3/COBOL compiler.
Integrate your Delta ADS applications easily into your Java environment:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6357
Software Reengineering & Evolution: Benefit from the Direct Exchange between Practice and Research
"Software Reengineering and Evolution" is an evergreen in software development. However, new technologies and possibilities in the area of development lead to ever new challenges in dealing with the existing software.
The expert group Software Reengineering and Evolution (SRE) within the "Gesellschaft für Informatik" (GI) – the German-speaking professional society for computer science – offers compelling lectures and discussions on challenges and solutions, tool demos and much more.
The 26th Software Reengineering & Evolution Workshop of the GI Software Reengineering (SRE) specialist group took place on 29 and 30 April in Bad Honnef.
At this year's tool session, Dr. Daniela Schilling, CEO of Delta Software Technology, presented:
‘When the English Dictionary is Not Enough - Understanding COBOL Applications with AMELIO Logic Discovery’
You couldn’t attend? No problem!
Contact us directly and find out how AMELIO Logic Discovery can help you to re-understand your COBOL applications.
All details about the “Software Reengineering and Evolution” (WSRE) workshop can be found here:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6355
Presentation at GSE zExpert Forum: AMELIO - The Software Washing Machine
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/