IBM COBOL Migrations to Micro Focus COBOL

The following is a list of over 60 organizations that have already unlocked the value in their existing systems by migrating their mission critical COBOL applications, from IBM mainframe environments, to more contemporary, lower cost Windows, UNIX or Linux platforms running Micro Focus COBOL. 

This table is sorted based on the name of the new platform  the application was migrated to.

 

Company Name

(Country)

Vertical Market

Original

Platform

New Platform

Application Details

Bureau de Crédit de Montréal (Canada)

Financial

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

Compaq Alpha

Tru64 UNIX

Scoring application for credit rating live since 2001.

Axfood (Sweden)

 

Distribution/retail

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

DEC

OpenVMS

 

Retail system live since 1999

West Dorset General Hospital NHS Trust (UK)

 

Health

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

HP G30 Unix

Package interfaces. Live since 1994

 

Datatech Software

(USA)

Application Provider in

Advertising & PR

 

IBM RS6000 AIX Server

 

HP9000

HP/UX

Advertising and PR Package available since 2001.

 

Banca di Credito Cooperativo Alta Padovana  (Italy)

 

Banking

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 HP9000

 HP/UX

All core retail-banking systems live since 2001.

Public Electricity Company (Greece)

 

Energy 

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 HP9000

 HP/UX

Payroll systems live since 20001

City & County of San Francisco (USA)

 

Government

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 HP9000

 HP/UX

Tax systems live since 2003.

 

Acciaierie Valbruna (Italy)

Industry

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

 HP9000

 HP/UX

Proprietary ERP system alive since 1999.

 

G.D. (Italy)

 

Industry

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 HP9000 

 HP/UX

 IBM RS6000 

 AIX

 

Electric CAD systems live since 2002.

Gruppo Snaidero (Italy)

 

Industry

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 HP9000 

 HP/UX

Payroll and MRP systems live since 2002.

 

Savio Macchine Tessili (Italy)

 

Industry

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

 HP9000

 HP/UX

Payroll and MRP systems alive since 2001.

Cahners (USA)

 

Publishing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 HP9000

 HP/UX

Publishing systems live since 2003.

 

Valero Energy

(USA)

Energy

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

IBM RS600

AIX

Credit Card systems for gas stations live since 1999.

 

Journal of Commerce (USA)

Publishing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

IBM RS600

AIX

Publishing system live since 2000.

 

Dutch Army (Holland)

Defence

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

IBM RS6000

AIX

 

Distribution logistics System.

 

Magnetk (Italy)

 

Industry

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 IBM RS6000

 AIX

MRP system alive since 2002.

EMI

(USA)

Manufacturing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

IBM RS6000

AIX

 

Data Repository / Inventory system 

National Starch

(USA)

Manufacturing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

IBM RS6000

AIX

 

Manufacturing system.

Ministry of Public Order (Greece)

 

Public Sector

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 IBM RS6000
 AIX

Payroll systems live since 2000

Unnamed Packaged

Application Provider (USA) 

 

HRMS

Packaged

Application

Provider

 

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

 

 

Intel Linux

 

Batch HRMS System targeted to go live during 2004.

Pharma Rechenzentrum (Germany)

 

 

Retail

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

SNI RM 600 SINIX

Ordering and Delivery systems live since 1996.

Direction Générale des Postes (Tunisia)

 

Public Sector

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

SNI RM400 SINIX

Core system live since 1998.

A. Mondadori (Italy)

 

Industry

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

SUN SPARC Solaris

 

Magazine subscribers system live since 2002

McGraw-Hill (USA)

Publishing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

SUN SPARC Solaris

Royalties System live since 2003.

 

Gaumont

(France)

 

  Broadcasting

  IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Unix

 

Financial system live since 1994

Universityof British Columbia (Canada)

Education

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

Unix

Core administration systems.

Rabobank

(Netherlands)

 

Finance

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

Unix

 

Reconciliation system live since 1994.

 

Universal Leaf

(USA)

 

Manufacturing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Unix

 

Distribution system live since 1999

Universal Leaf

(USA)

Manufacturing

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Unix

Manufacturing system live system 2000

 

AllianceCoal

(USA)

Mining

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Unix

 

Process control system live since 1997

 

Various (USA)

Various

IBM AS/400 Server

 

Various

Various

Tulane (USA)

Education

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Windows 2000

Budget planning system live in 2003.

 

Alyeska Pipeline

Service Co. (USA)

Energy

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Windows 2000

Security & employee tracking system live in 2003

 

Delta Dental of Puerto Rico (USA)

Financial

IBM PC DOS

Windows 2000

Claims Processing live since 2003.

 

Iron Workers National Pension Fund (USA)

 

Financial

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows 2000

Pension fund management system went live in 2003

 

Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund (PPNPF) (USA)

 

Financial

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

Windows 2000

 

Pension fund management system went live in 2003

 

Orange County 

(USA)

Government

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows 2000

 

Tax and billing systems went live in 2003

 

Western Australia Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR)

(Australia)

 

Government

IBM S/390 MVS

Mainframe

Windows 2000

All core systems live since 2000.

Delta Dental plan of KY (USA)

 

 

Insurance

IBM RS6000 AIX Server

 

 

Windows 2000

 

Claims Processing system live since 2002.

 

JOB Consultants

(USA)

ISV

IBM RS6000 AIX Server

 

Windows 2000

 

Pension plan manager live since 2002

 

Hannover Re (UK)

Re-insurance

IBM S/390 MVS

Mainframe

Windows 2000

Policy administration systems live since 2003.

 

Financial Network Services 

(Australia)

 

Financial

IBM S/390 MVS

Mainframe

Windows 2003

BANCS core banking package with 811 TPS benchmark completed 2003.

 

Québec Loisirs (Canada)

Multi-media

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows 2003

Customer Administration System live since 2003.

 

Southern Life

(South Africa)

Assurance

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Windows NT

Asset administration systems live since 1996.

 

Eurocopter an EADS company (Germany)

 

Aviation

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

ZINA Time Management System live since 2002.

 

St. LouisPSRS

(USA)

Education

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

Windows NT

Retirement Fund Management live since 2001.

 

Central States Health and Life Company of Omaha (USA)

 

Insurance

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Windows NT

 

Insurance system live since 2000

Winterthur(Austria)

Insurance

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

 

Windows NT

Insurance system, live since 2001.

 

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (UK)

 

Local Authority

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

Council tax, rates and benefits historical data systems went live in 2003.

 

PPG (USA)

 

Manufacturing

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

Windows NT

Billing system live since 2000.

 

Alcan (Germany)

Metal Industry

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

Windows NT

ERP systems live since 1998.

 

Bern Swiss / Bertelsmann (Switzerland)

 

Multi-Media

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

CR and retail system went live in 2003.

 

Bertelsmann Media Sp.z.o.o. Warszawa (Poland)

 

Multi-Media

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

CR and retail system live in 2003.

 

Donauland Bertelsmann (Austria) 

 

Multi-Media

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

 

Windows NT

CR and retail system live in 2003.

 

France Loisirs Suisse /Bertelsmann 

(Switzerland)

 

Multi-Media

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

CR and retail system live since 2002.

LR-Medienverlag Cottbus (Germany)

 

Publishing house

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

Core commercial business systems live since 2002.

 

UNILOG (Germany)

System Integrator

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

Application Provider Time Management System ZINA available since 2002

 

ICS Competence Center, Bertelsmann (Austria)

 

Systems Integrator

IBM S/390 DOS/VSE Mainframe

Windows NT

CR and retail system live since 2002.

 

Sumisho Computer Service (Japan)

Systems Integrator

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

 

Windows NT

&

HP9000

HP/UX

 

Sales/Logistics/HR systems live since 1998.

Alnova  (Spain)

Banking

Package

IBM S/390 MVS Mainframe

Windows XP 

Banking Package started testing Q4-2001.