Diasoft, a leading provider of software solutions for the global financial industry, offers an opportunity for online testing of its Legacy Renovation technology through real-time conversion of COBOL source code to Java EE at http://cobol2java.com/.

Based on more than 20-year experience in software development and using the best IT practices and globally approved technologies, Diasoft offers to the market a modern cost effective approach to legacy solutions enhancement which allows rapid modernization of the existing IT infrastructure and also provides the business with a powerful development tool.  

Diasoft’s unique legacy renovation methodology involves the automated conversion of legacy source code to cutting-edge SOA JavaEE technology, making it possible to rapidly transform aging IT infrastructures into the modern 3-tier architecture without the need to reconstruct the existing business processes or get rid of the corresponding customized software features. The technology is based on Diasoft Framework - a modern SOA-compliant development tool and reliable platform for Java-based services, and has successfully proven its efficiency with obsolete systems developed in COBOL (including BMS Maps and JCL), SmallTalk, SQL, Oracle Forms, Borland Delphi, Centura/Gupta, Visual Basic), etc.

Modernizing legacy solutions with our Legacy Renovation technology, organization acquires a modern scalable system, running on most available enterprise-class servers, operating systems and databases – a system which can be easily integrated into any IT-landscape and which can serve as a basis for the development of an integrated IT-infrastructure. All the unique business logic of a legacy solution is retained and can be further expanded or modified in accordance with new business requirements, with the modifications taking much less time and efforts.

Here are 5 main advantages of system modernization with the help of the Legacy Renovation technology:

• Retaining and extending legacy investments, since the unique business logic is maintained in the renovated system;
• Retaining user interfaces and pageflow logic, which saves time for training staff to work with a new system;
• Automated conversion of the business logic — we do not need to know how this logic works, and we will not spend months for auditing and creating thousands of pages of specifications;
• Parallel running of the new and the old systems, which considerably reduces risks and allows for gradual migration of users to the new core banking system and allows for instant switching back to the old system in case of emergency;
• Iterative approach to the project allowing for gradual system modernization and step-by-step migration of the functionality to the Diasoft Framework. In comparison to other approaches, it allows for smooth migration for both the business and IT.

Diasoft is the first provider, offering an opportunity to test its Legacy renovation service online. Check our real-time COBOL to Java EE converter at http://cobol2java.com/. Being a part of Diasoft’s Legacy Renovation technology, online converter was designed to demonstrate advanced capabilities of migration toolkit, allowing to convert COBOL statements into readable and supportable Java code. Simply run your COBOL code through the translator and launch converted code right in the window of your browser.

“Diasoft has great experience in successful modernization of both its own solutions and systems provided by other vendors, including the projects for the implementation and running of the renovated systems in several banks. This is the reason why we understand well all difficulties and risks the bank can face during such projects and how to overcome such challenges. We have necessary tools and expertise to fulfill the modernization projects in the most efficient way – both in terms of technologies and in terms of project planning and risk management. In other words, we offer not only an innovative and technologically advanced platform, but a transparent project approach, with predictable terms and budget”, - Alexey Zanyuk, Director for Legacy Renovation Department, Diasoft.