Software Platform Rationalization

Software Platform Rationalization is an application modernization approach taken by many organizations with applications that utilize proprietary, high-cost or non strategic development tools or infrastructure software.

The software to be rationalized is typically a proprietary 4GL or database and the target is to replace these with more standard software available on the existing hardware platform.

For example,

You may have one remaining application running on IBM z/OS written in a 4GL like IDEAL where the application data is stored in a Datacom database.

If the majority of your applications running on z/OS are written in COBOL and utilize DB2 then converting the IDEAL application code to COBOL and migrating the data held in Datacom to DB2 could be a sound modernization strategy as this helps you rationalize and simplify your software technology stack, reduce annual costs and mitigate risk.

Through our network of partners Micro Focus can help your rationalize a wide variety of languages by converting these to standard COBOL. Supported languages include:

Similarly, applications utilizing the following databases can be updated to utilize standard relational databases if this is the rationalization requirement

For details of completed software rationalization projects click here or contact a Micro Focus Migration Expert for more information.