CA Gen is a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) application development environment. CA Gen applications are usually of considerable size and accumulate complex business logic. A lack of skilled resources, limited integration and high costs create challenges around maintaining CA Gen. Our team works closely with you to help you handle and modernise your CA Gen application, combating these challenges.
CA GEN
CA Gen Modernisation
Understanding key issues
CHALLENGES
Total cost of system ownership
CA Gen applications generate significant tangible costs associated with hardware and licensing. The ability to move to a lower cost platform and more open source technologies can greatly reduce IT costs.
Feature freeze
No significant features have been added in over a decade. Unlike modern platforms, CA Gen’s development roadmap doesn’t accurately reflect the value of the data stored on the platform.
Diminishing skills and resources
People who know mainframe technology are steadily retiring and most universities no longer offer mainframe instruction, increasing the shortage and cost of experienced programmers.
Difficulty responding to competitive pressure
Lack of frameworks, debugging tools and test automation add significant time on to development cycles on the mainframe, resulting in slow responses to challenges from competitors.
How our CA Gen Modernisation Services can help you
FEATURES & BENEFITS
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Assessment
The automated application assessment is intended to clearly define the current state of applications and databases, while the operational and infrastructure assessment identifies the current state of operations and infrastructure.
Comprehensive assessment
The assessment is a complete research and analysis project that outlines all mainframe application and database refactoring candidates. Components are classified and listed in detail.
Working with you
This phase includes working with you, discussing and reviewing the overall system test strategy and the division of the converted code into work packets.
Focused approach
Once the areas of concentration are identified, we will work together to implement the most appropriate solutions.
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Code conversion
The entire inventory of CA Gen components supplied and scoped during the assessment is automatically converted to functionally equivalent Java or C# code using our toolset. It is configured to support the options selected during assessment.
End of phase
The converted code, without compilation errors, along with the supporting framework code, is packaged and delivered to you for subsequent testing.
The package includes:
Java or C# source and binary code for converted CA Gen procedures and action blocks, XML files for converted CA Gen flows, Java or C# source and binary code for our framework with documentation and default configuration files.
Optional package inclusions:
Source code, binaries and compiled DLL for generated COM proxy classes for converted CA Gen server procedures.
Smooth transition
This offers a 100 per cent functionality match for model, view, and controller layers. It is great for moving CA Gen apps to Java or C#, and databases to SQL Server, DB2 or Oracle.
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Test, refresh and deploy
Mutually agreed tests will be run on the existing system. We will then run the tests against that data on the converted system, then identify, investigate and fix discrepancies in the modernised application’s expected behaviour.
Pre-delivery testing
Pre-delivery testing will consist of test cases picked from all available functional test cases, in order to be representative of different parts of the applications.
Code refresh
This ensures that any changes that took place in the legacy application environment during the conversion process are accounted for, converted into the target language and environment and then tested.
Smooth and error-free transition
A primary team may be onsite during the cut-over, and others are on-call should assistance be required. Our teams also provide any required assistance during the pre-negotiated warranty period.
Additional insights to help you transform
RESOURCES
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Reimagining Legacy Applications to Embrace Transformation
Embracing digital transformation through reviewing and modernising your legacy applications.
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Analyst Firm EMA Recommends Advanced
EMA positions Advanced as a leader in Application Modernisation and they recommend ModPaaS.
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The 2020 Mainframe Modernisation Business Barometer Report
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