INDUSTRY :
Financial Services
APPLICATION :
Online and Batch Programs
SOLUTION :
COBOL-IT® Compiler Suite Enterprise Edition
COBOL-IT Developer Studio
PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENT :
HP Integrity BL 860c i4
HP Integrity BL 870c
HP vPar on Integrity BL 870c i4
HP-UX 11.31
Oracle Forms
Oracle Tuxedo 12cR1 for HP-UX Itanium (32-bit)
Oracle 11g 64-bit PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.4.0
NEW ENVIRONMENT :
HP Integrity BL 860c i4
HP Integrity BL 870c
HP vPar on Integrity BL 870c i4
HP-UX 11.31
Oracle Forms
Oracle Tuxedo 12cR1 for HP-UX Itanium (32-bit)
Oracle 11g 64-bit PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.4.0
COBOL-IT Compiler Suite Enterprise Edition
PREVIOUS COBOL :
Please contact COBOL-IT for more information
MIGRATION PARTNERS :
HPE
COBOL-IT
Yorkshire Building Society Group moved its mortgage and savings application to COBOL-IT, serving over 3 million online customers and 4500 end-users.
“We required a high-performance COBOL alternative that we could plug and play with Oracle Forms, Oracle Tuxedo, and Oracle Database 11g on HP-UX servers. COBOL-IT exceeded our expectations in terms of compatibility, performance, and price.”
Greg O’Mahony, Project Manager, Yorkshire Building Society Group
| Challenge | Solution | Customer Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Costs | Avoid new license costs with COBOL-IT. | Lower costs leaves money for personnel and application modernization. |
| Interoperability with “C” wrappers, Tuxedo | Solutions demonstrated in technical assessment. | 100% preservation of functionality. Change is transparent to users. |
| Modifications to Makefiles and scripts | Solutions demonstrated in technical assessment. | 100% preservation of functionality. Change is transparent to users. |
| Perform the migration in-house | Identify potential problems in technical assessment/training period and resolve before turning the migration over to the in-house team. | Minimizes costs of migration, and maximizes development of knowledgebase for new solution. |
Contact :
Alan Redmonds, Application Support Manager
apredmonds@ybs.co.uk