CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clerity, a full-service provider of mainframe migration, modernization and optimization solutions, today introduced enhanced automated Assembler conversion tools and services to help companies efficiently translate Assembler application components into readable, maintainable COBOL language code.
Migrating low-level Assembler code to the more flexible COBOL programming language lowers annual software maintenance fees, improves application portability and flexibility, and helps businesses respond quickly to market changes.
Application migration from Assembler is part of a worldwide trend for companies modernizing vital legacy applications. COBOL, which has been the language of business for 50 years, remains so today. COBOL-based systems process billions of transactions per day, and more than 5 billion lines of new COBOL code are added to systems each year.
Several recent Clerity customers have moved applications containing Assembler to COBOL:
- DRV, the pension administer for 57 million citizens in Germany
- ITIJ, the Ministry of Justice in Portugal
- SITA, the world’s leading air transport IT and communications specialist
Clerity has many years of experience moving Assembler to COBOL. The target COBOL platform is often isCOBOL Evolve and vCOBOL Enterprise, both modern COBOL technologies from Veryant. These platforms blend the optimized, business-oriented nature of COBOL with the openness, portability and power of the Java platform. This enhances productivity and eases integration between legacy and new application environments. Clerity can also move applications from Assembler to COBOL on the mainframe or to Micro Focus COBOL.
Because Assembler code can address a wide range of functionality, including processing application logic and interfacing with complex operating system procedures, Clerity’s approach to Assembler conversion is to use software tools to the greatest extent possible, in conjunction with skilled service consultation.
Clerity’s comprehensive Assembler migration solution includes thorough analysis of the Assembler application code, careful development of a design approach and project methodology, an iterative, incremental methodology during implementation to accelerate delivery times and reduce conversion risk, and a comprehensive testing phase.
About Clerity Solutions
Clerity is a leading, full-service provider of mainframe migration, modernization, and optimization solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices worldwide, Clerity's service team and software solutions have facilitated hundreds of successful migrations. With over 17 years of experience and more than 1,300 sites worldwide, Clerity is uniquely positioned to assist organizations through all aspects of legacy migration. Visit http://www.clerity.com.