Software Platform Migrations

The following tables provide a representative, not exhaustive, list of almost 50 companies who have delivered more value from their existing systems by successfully migrating aspects of their applications to more contemporary software platform environments.

Company Name(Country)

Vertical Market

Original Software 
Platform

New Software 
Platform

Application Details

Mivtachim Pension Group

(Israel)

Financial Services

ADABAS

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

DB/2
COBOL (IBM)
CICS

Migration of Pension Fund System, live in 2002

Coal Services Corporation (USA)

Manufacturing

ADSO 

IDMS-DC

COBOL (IBM)

BMS

CICS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

 

Québec Loisirs (Canada)

 

Multi-media

CICS (IBM)

BMS

IMS

COBOL (IBM)

CICS (MF)

BMS

UDB

COBOL (MF)

Customer Administration System live since 2003.

 

SFW

 (South Africa)

Agriculture

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

VSAM

COBOL (OS400)

CICS

VSAM

Distribution system live since 1994

C-TEC (USA)

Financial Services

CSP

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

GE Lighting (USA)

Manufacturing

CSP

COBOL (IBM)

Billing, Accounts Receivable and Rebate applications live since 2001

SAIF Corp. (USA)

Financial Services

CSP

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

A. Mondadori (Italy)

Industry

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

DB/2

1800 CSP apps. migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 1999

 

Gruppo Duomo – Maeci (Italy)

Insurance

CSP

CICS

BMS

VSAM

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

VSAM

Core systems live since 2000

Gruppo ERG Petroli (Italy)

Industry

CSP

CICS

BMS

VSAM

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

VSAM

Applications 

live since 1997.

 

Interbanca (Italy)

Banking 

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS 

DB/2

1 Million CSP statements migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

during 2002.

 

Istiituto Geografico De Agostini  (Italy)

Industry

CSP

CICS

BMS

VSAM

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

VSAM

400 CSP apps.  migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 1998.

 

Regione EMILIA (Italy)

Public Sector

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS 

DB/2

320 CSP applications migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 1999

 

Regione TOSCANA (Italy)

Public Sector

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

DB/2

300 CSP applications migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 2000

 

SSB (Italy)

Banking Services 

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS 

DB2

180 CSP applications migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 2002

 

UNO-A-ERRE (Italy) 

Manufacturing

CSP

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

DB/2

100 CSP applications migrated to COBOL/CICS. 

Live since 2000

 

Supervalu (USA) 

Warehousing Distribution

DMSII

COBOL (Unisys)

 

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

DB2

Micro Focus Mainframe Express

Core applications live since 2001 along with new PC based development environment around Mainframe Express.

 

Price Waterhouse (USA)

Financial Services

IDEAL

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

PWGSCA (Canada)

Government

IDEAL

Datacom

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

Core system live since 2001

U.S. Library of Congress (USA)

 

Government

IDEAL

Datacom

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

Library Inventory System

Hyder

(UK)

Utility

IDEAL

Datacom

CICS

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

Billing system live since 1996

Supermarket

(UK)

Retail

IDEAL

Datacom

CICS

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

Warehousing system live 1998

Bank of Montreal (Canada)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

PL/I (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

PL/I (IBM)

Function to be provided

BDM Technologies (USA)

IT Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

Bear Stearns & Company (USA)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (USA)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

Charles Schwab & Co. (USA)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

County of Santa Clara (USA)

Local Government

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

2 applications.

Function to be provided

Edward Jones (USA)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Customer Statement System

 

 

 

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (USA)

 

Manufacturing

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Personnel System live since 2001

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (USA)

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

MidAmerican Energy Company (USA)

Utility

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Accounting System 

Royal Bank of Canada

Financial Services

IDMS-DB

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

Client Information System with COBOL/IDMS-DB programs to DB2

United Stationers Supply Company (USA)

Manufacturing

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

1000+ Programs

Function to be provided

University of California San Diego (USA)

 

Education

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

2100+ Programs Function to be provided.

 

Unnamed

New York (USA)

Financial Services 

IDMS-DB

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM

DB/2

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Two Investment Banking Systems

 

American President Lines (USA)

Travel 

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

Provident National Bank (USA)

 

Financial Services

IDMS-DC

ADSO

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

COBOL (IBM)

Mutual Fund and Trust applications 

The Co-Operators Insurance Co. (Canada)

Financial Services

IDMS-DC

ADSO

IDMS-DB

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

BMS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

Customer Information System 

New Brunswick Telephone Co. (Canada)

Utility

IDMS-DC

IDMS-DB

COBOL (IBM)

IMS-DC

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

500 Cobol programs.

Function to be provided

 

Washington State

Department of Corrections (USA)

Government

 

IMS-DB

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

Offender Tracking System live since 2002.

Garanti Bank

(Turkey)

 

Finance

IMS-DB

PL/i (IBM)

CICS

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

CICS

Internet Banking system live since 1999.

Schreiber Foods (USA)

Manufacturing

MANTIS

COBOL (IBM)

MANTIS to COBOL

Chemical Bank (USA)

Financial Services

MetaCOBOL

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided

American Financial Institution (Confidential)

(USA)

Insurance

NATURAL

ADABAS 

COBOL (IBM)

VSAM

CICS

Assembler

COBOL

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

VSAM

CICS

Assembler

Core insurance payment system, first Migration Cluster went live May, 2003

DVV-Les Assurances Populaires

(Belgium)

Assurance

Pacbase (MVS)

CICS

DB2

COBOL (IBM)

 

CICS

DB2

Core system live since 2002

Industria Armi Beretta (Italy)

Industry

RPG (DOS/VSE)

COBOL (VSE)

120 RPG II  programs converted to COBOL for VSE.

Live since 1999.

EDF Energy

(London Electricity)

(UK)

Utilities (Energy)

 

TELON

COBOL

IMS-DC

IMS-DB

COBOL (IBM)

 

CICS

DB/2

Engineering management system went live in 2003.

Cincom Systems (USA)

IT Services

VSAM

COBOL (IBM)

DB/2

COBOL (IBM)

Function to be provided