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Newsletter - Thursday, 02 February 2023

Dear Reader,

Full of energy, we are starting this new year! Finally, we can meet you again in person: at events and at your company. We very much hope to see you at SVA Mainframe Dayz and at the GSE Technical University. Look forward to the presentation of our washing machine for software.

In the text series "Iceberg ahead", our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in dealing with legacy applications. Read in the current episode how the modernisation of legacy applications helps to reduce costs and risks.

We also have some product updates, new training dates and, of course, the highlights from 2022 for you.

We hope you enjoy reading and we are looking forward to a lively exchange.

Your Delta Software Technology Team

Content

• Support Information: New Product Versions available
• Let's meet Delta
• Iceberg Ahead: Hard to Port or Risk Minimization
• New Delta Training Courses: Register Now
• Our Highlights in 2022

Open Newsletter: https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6342

Modernization of COBOL or PL/I applications

Changing large, productive IT applications is associated with high costs, risks and an enormous amount of time. The race in the areas of agility, adaptability, and the adoption of new requirements is becoming increasingly difficult. The costs for the maintenance and further development of the application are increasing. The productive lifetime of business functions is often measured in decades. Technologies, on the other hand, have a much shorter lifespan. For such transformation projects, you therefore need flexible tools that change your applications in a targeted manner - without endangering functionality and thus the important day-to-day business.

Our colleague Hans Nickessen reports in his text "Hard to Port or Risk Minimization" about how modernization contributes to cost reduction.

"Iceberg Ahead!" Here is the 4th part of the series:

Hard to Port or Risk Minimization - Reducing costs through modernization

Here you will find the first parts of the text series "Iceberg Ahead!":

• "Iceberg ahead: Assessment or how to assess and minimize the Risk of a Change" - (part 3):
  https://delta-software.com/link.php?de=6339
  
  
• "How you can successfully bring your COBOL or PL/I Applications into the Future without hitting an Iceberg" - (part 1) &
  "Knowledge Transfer - Securing, Re-understanding, Optimizing and Passing on the Foundation" - (part 2):
  https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6335

The SVA Mainframe Dayz 2023 will take place in Wiesbaden from March 7th to 8th, 2023.

Delta Software Technology is represented with a presentation. On March 7th, 2023 at 1:15 p.m., Dr. Daniela Schilling:

"Automated Application Cleanup: Using the Washing Machine for Software"

Further information, registration and agenda can be found here:
https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6311

Be there and take the opportunity to exchange ideas with your colleagues and to shed light on current topics.

Sign up now!

"Every year again..." - This year we have once again created a 'Saint Nicolas' release for you:
Just in time for 6th December, the new Delta ADS release (6.6.0) is available for you.

This release contains new functions, some changes and the generation has been further optimized.
You’d like to use PostgreSQL? With Delta ADS Release 6.6.0 we also offer you a new target for the generation of data services for this database managementsystem.

You can find further information on both the new release and the new target in the release notes in the support area of our website.

Request your update directly!

You’ll find a list of our current product versions here.

Newsletter - Wednesday, 03. November 2022

Dear Reader,

Do you have proven applications that you have nurtured for decades and are planning to modernize? With AMELIO you can prepare your modernization project and implement it successfully and automatically.

Learn today how

• AMELIO Logic Discovery helps you to understand your applications again and prepare them for refactoring.
• you can reduce costs and risks of your modernization and migration project with the AMELIO Modernization Platform.
• we used the AMELIO Modernization Platform at Provinzial to successfully migrate the application from IBM IMS/DB to IBM Db2.

In the text series “Iceberg ahead”, our colleague Hans Nickessen describes his experiences in handling legacy applications. Read in the current episode how a tailormade assessment will contribute to the success of your modernisation project.

We hope you enjoy reading,

Your Delta Software Technology Team

Content

• IMS Guide - GSE AK IMS System Administration
• AMELIO Logic Discovery - Procedures and Functions in COBOL
• AMELIO Modernization Platform slashes Risks and Costs for Modernization and Migration
• Iceberg Ahead ...

Open Newsletter: https://delta-software.com/link.php?en=6338