ValueEdge: Value Stream Management
Align corporate investments with business strategy
Continuous quality from requirements to delivery
Scale enterprise SCCM with security and compliance
Resilient AI-powered functional test automation
Enterprise-level requirements management
Deliver continuous application performance testing
Plan, track, orchestrate, and release applications
Govern quality and implement auditable processes
Automate deployments for continuous delivery
使用當代技術建立業務應用程式並實現業務應用程式的現代化
The leading solution for COBOL application modernization
將 IBM 大型主機應用程式、交付過程、存取及基礎結構現代化
將主機應用程式存取現代化:更容易使用、整合、管理,而且也更安全
達到企業內系統互通
Modern mainframe application delivery for IBM Z
Secure, zero-footprint access to host applications
Access host data and automate processes with RPA
Multi-factor Authentication for IBM z/OS endpoints
安全開發、安全性測試、持續監控與保護
Augment human intelligence
適用於資料去識別化和隱私的加密、憑證化和金鑰管理
身份識別與存取管理的整合方法
Deliver simplified, secure access to users
Scale to billions of identities with IGA platform
Gain control of privileged user activities
Track changes and activities in managed services
透過關聯、資料擷取與分析功能,偵測已知與未知的威脅
Analytics for text, audio, video, and image data
Reduce risk, cost, and maintenance, and T2M
AI and machine learning for data analysis
Enterprise backup/disaster recovery
Unified traditional and mobile device management
Meet regulatory & privacy retention requirements
Email, IM, and chat-based collaboration
Mobile workforce communication & collaboration
Secure critical file storage and print services
以機器學習為基礎,加強終端使用者體驗並提高服務台效率
混合式 IT 的第一個容器化自主監控解決方案
自動管理傳統網路、虛擬網路和軟體定義的網路
探索與管理混合 IT 環境中的組態項目 (CI)。
簡化履行自動化並執行管理
將端對端 IT 程序自動化
Manage IT & software assets for better compliance
在整個資料中心自動化佈建、修補與合規作業
在企業內建立、保護和擴展自動化業務流程
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加快速度、消除瓶頸,不斷提升軟體交付能力
ValueEdge: Value Stream Management
Align corporate investments with business strategy
Continuous quality from requirements to delivery
Scale enterprise SCCM with security and compliance
Resilient AI-powered functional test automation
Enterprise-level requirements management
Deliver continuous application performance testing
Plan, track, orchestrate, and release applications
Govern quality and implement auditable processes
Automate deployments for continuous delivery
Access all products in application delivery management
實現核心業務系統的現代化以推動業務轉型
使用當代技術建立業務應用程式並實現業務應用程式的現代化
The leading solution for COBOL application modernization
將 IBM 大型主機應用程式、交付過程、存取及基礎結構現代化
將主機應用程式存取現代化:更容易使用、整合、管理,而且也更安全
達到企業內系統互通
Modern mainframe application delivery for IBM Z
Secure, zero-footprint access to host applications
Access host data and automate processes with RPA
Multi-factor Authentication for IBM z/OS endpoints
Access all products in Application Modernization & Connectivity
為您所有工作的核心提供安全防護,包含營運、應用程式、身分識別與資料
安全開發、安全性測試、持續監控與保護
Augment human intelligence
適用於資料去識別化和隱私的加密、憑證化和金鑰管理
身份識別與存取管理的整合方法
Deliver simplified, secure access to users
Scale to billions of identities with IGA platform
Gain control of privileged user activities
Track changes and activities in managed services
透過關聯、資料擷取與分析功能,偵測已知與未知的威脅
Access all products in CyberRes
值得信賴、經過法律驗證、遵循法規和隱私的解決方案
Analytics for text, audio, video, and image data
Reduce risk, cost, and maintenance, and T2M
AI and machine learning for data analysis
Enterprise backup/disaster recovery
Unified traditional and mobile device management
Meet regulatory & privacy retention requirements
Email, IM, and chat-based collaboration
Mobile workforce communication & collaboration
Secure critical file storage and print services
Access all products in Information Management and Governance
使 IT Operations 與 DevOps 齊頭並進
以機器學習為基礎,加強終端使用者體驗並提高服務台效率
混合式 IT 的第一個容器化自主監控解決方案
自動管理傳統網路、虛擬網路和軟體定義的網路
探索與管理混合 IT 環境中的組態項目 (CI)。
簡化履行自動化並執行管理
將端對端 IT 程序自動化
Manage IT & software assets for better compliance
在整個資料中心自動化佈建、修補與合規作業
在企業內建立、保護和擴展自動化業務流程
Access all products in IT Operations Management
制定策略並轉變您的混合 IT。
透過即時分析和搜尋非結構資料,從大數據獲得深刻見解。
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Utilia S.p.A. is a multi-platform software house and an IT service and integration company, owned by “Gruppo Società Gas Rimini”, focused on the utilities industry with specific skills in support services and process know-how. GiadaEVO is the solution to manage the core business of energy and utilities companies, the leading element in the suite of Utilia products to manage the whole utilities life cycle. GiadaEVO is used on a daily basis by utilities companies for the billing and metering requirements of over 500,000 end-customers.
GiadaAGE, the previous generation of GiadaEVO, was COBOL-developed over 20 years ago and used Micro Focus Server Express and Server for COBOL as its development and deployment platforms. The growing complexity in the energy and utilities market has increased competition among the main players at a time when compliance requirements have tightened as well. The application is used by partners and customers and needed a more flexible architecture to meet ever-changing requirements.
Enrico Vernocchi, CEO of Utilia, decided to redefine and reorganize the core software solution, as he explains: “Over the years different application modules have been developed to feed into GiadaEVO, such as supply procedures, billing, services ticketing, communication with the supply chain partners etc. However, we really needed to streamline this integration. We also wanted to respond quicker to business requests for new functionalities.”
Utilia wanted to leverage existing skills and reuse business logic, and needed a strong integration between Java and HTML through a Web services-oriented solution. It looked at a refactoring of the GiadaEVO solution, but found this would be too expensive and time-consuming, not meeting the time-to-market requirements. Commercial solutions were explored as well but the complex and specialized GiadaEVO functionality could not be matched.
A thorough analysis resulted in a detailed and customized list of new functionality and system integration requirements, with internal and external solutions. It was clear that a new technology platform could help evolve GiadaEVO into a more flexible solution with Micro Focus Visual COBOL as standard UNIX-based development platform.
Vernocchi comments: “We saw a clear opportunity to use Visual COBOL because it enables us to recompile our application logic to Java byte code, providing coexistence between our COBOL and Java applications and enabling better business integration.”
Micro Focus’s support for COBOL deployment to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) meant that Utilia could compile its COBOL programs directly to Java byte code, simplifying integration between the GiadaEVO application and other systems. Moving to managed code using the Visual COBOL JVM solution delivered simpler code reuse and easier business systems integration. Additionally, the modern Eclipse-based development toolset brought Java and COBOL teams together to support ongoing application maintenance and development.
Visual COBOL’s capabilities enabled the development of a modern user interface ensuring that the GiadaEVO application is cloud and mobile ready. Workflows between different systems have been automated with full systems integration at its core. Effective load balancing provides the scalability Utilia needed. GiadaEVO is now a Web-accessed solution with full integration to all related systems. The close Java integration aligns with the corporate application strategy and COBOL can now support the future application strategy of Utilia.
Vernocchi concludes: “We decided to follow the evolution of the Micro Focus COBOL platform because we are convinced of the new potential offered by Visual Cobol, and to achieve full interoperability between the COBOL layer of GiadaEVO and the Java layer of our suite of services and products dedicated to the energy world.”
We saw a clear opportunity to use Visual COBOL because it enables us to recompile our application logic to Java byte code, providing coexistence between our COBOL and Java applications and enabling better business integration.
We decided to follow the evolution of the Micro Focus COBOL platform because we are convinced of the new potential offered by Visual Cobol, and to achieve full interoperability between the COBOL layer of GiadaEVO and the Java layer of our suite of services and products dedicated to the energy world.