Gain control of your applications Derek Britton, Product Management Dennis Voorhees, Systems Engineer
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What applications should we use We must solve our skills crisis Our testing is hugely expensive We are running short of processing time What need insight to shape IT strategy We are stifled on 3270 We never hit test milestones The mainframe upgrade is so expensive It s difficult to know where to start My teams just aren t productive We need to deliver 20% more this year I m paying a fortune to run our systems Knowledge Development Quality Deployment Head of Development Service Delivery Mgr IT Ops Mgr Strategy Manager Ops Mgr CTO QA Manager Chief Architect CIO Technical Analyst
Solved by Micro Focus Knowledge Development Quality Deployment Head of Development Service Delivery Mgr IT Ops Mgr Strategy Manager Ops Mgr CTO QA Manager Chief Architect CIO Technical Analyst
Knowledge Development Quality Deployment
A unified solution Whatever your journey, wherever your destination Knowledge Development Quality Deployment
The Knowledge theme: Application Portfolio Management
Knowledge Enterprise-wide information and insight to support superior IT strategy Benefits Identify genuine priorities to improve application portfolio Accelerate modernization projects by 40% and more Cut 15% and more from maintenance budgets Capability A variety of technical, operational data is presented as business insight Dashboard views allow focus on key KPIs to enable informed decision making Detailed technical metrics are derived from the only source of truth the applications themselves
Complexity is the enemy of knowledge How do you even start to manage an IT landscape?
Understand the application portfolio Establish a single source of truth Technical Analysis Technical Users Understand application code Execute development and modernization activities Enterprise Application Knowledgebase Business Insight Business Users Understand how applications support the business Manage IT like a business
Understand and visualize your applications Rapid insights - automatically Share insights in standard formats Users can customize their views Select code of Interest quickly Intelligent diagrams let users make smarter changes Multiple perspectives boost insight
Understand and visualize your applications Rapid decision support for IT strategy Executive dashboards summarize portfolio trends Users can drill down within a dashboard for more detail Metrics sorted by business groupings like department Enrich technical metrics with data from business stakeholders Collect data from other sources to locate productivity & quality issues
How we do this? Class-leading enterprise technology Enterprise Breadth High mainframe compatibility and Enterprise legacy language support Windows Server-based repository and interface supporting industry-standard database models Full analysis of COBOL, PL/I, JCL, CICS, IMS-TM, VSAM, IMS-DB and DB2 Established skills, processes and technology Dovetails into Micro Focus Mainframe Solution for enterprise-scale capabilities Industry-strength delivery methodology to support partners Unparalleled technology and delivery partner ecosystem Robust and Scalable engine Windows architecture allows you to scale up at low cost according to your application processing needs Low-config quick start scales up to enterprise scale repository and information Usage scenarios supported from technical analysis through to IT strategic intelligence
Customer: Large Bank (USA) One of the largest banks in the US could not efficiently manage its investment and retail banking applications Problem Approach Rising complexity and inability to control outsourced team Located inefficient and duplicate code, reducing application code by 40% Assessments of existing applications Helped establish compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations
Customer: Prescription Benefits Processor (USA) Inflexibility of applications in a changing world New development team became instant experts Managing complex medical benefits requires agile applications Need to make development teams more efficient Combined with mainframe IDE for added value
Customer: International Bank Problem: Legacy application fell short of quality metrics Approach: Extensible Quality Rules library for COBOL, Java, JCL ControlM The bank wanted to improve its code quality practice Results: A clear view of portfolio volumes and complexities SCM-integrated solution enabling quick go/no-go decisions
Customer: Leading Insurer (USA) In 2011, a 6 month review of Micro Focus against current methods Conclusion: The ROI for the cases tested would be millions of dollars in savings Further additional cases identified for even greater potential Large-scale deployment currently in process
Knowledge Development A unified solution Whatever your journey, wherever your destination Quality Knowledge Development Quality Deployment Deployment
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Demonstration topics Align business priorities with technical realities Gain control of your applications with comprehensive visuals and reports Assess application modernization alternatives Identify application portability impediments and risks Improve code quality practices and operational performance Develop and maintain applications more effectively
Knowledge Development A unified solution Whatever your journey, wherever your destination Quality Knowledge Development Quality Deployment Deployment
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Product roadmap 2010 2011 2012 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Enterprise Analyzer 3.3 Modernization Workbench 3.2 Portability Assessment Developer Support Enhancements Extension technology (Architecture Modeler) Usability Enhancements Java Enhancements Dead Code Elimination Enterprise View 3.2 Enterprise View 3.3 External Survey Plug-ins Industry Metrics Display
Supported environments COBOL Dialects Enterprise Languages Control Languages Data AcuCOBOL Assembler AS/400 CL AS/400 DDS ANSI '74 COBOL C/C++ CA-7, TWS schedulers CA-IDMS ANSI '85 COBOL Fujitsu COBOL (OS IV MSP & OS IV XSP) IBM AS/400 COBOL IBM VS COBOL II ICL COBOL Micro Focus COBOL OS/390 COBOL Siemens COBOL Tandem Screen COBOL Unisys 2200 ASCII COBOL Unisys 2200 UCS COBOL Unisys MCP COBOL 74/85 UTS 4000 COBOL C# Easytrieve Java JSP Micro Focus APS Natural.NET PL/I PL/SQL RPG ILE Visual Basic 6 ECL JCL WFL Screens AS/400 Screens CICS BMS IMS/MFS Natural Maps Unisys DPS DB2 Universal Database v.8 IMS DB Natural Adabas SQL, including ANSI standard and DB2; plus exports to Oracle and MS SQL Server Unisys DMS, DMS II VSAM and flat file definitions
Deployment architecture