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What is Caravel? Automatic Conversion Service of COBOL & RPG Systems into Java In alignment with the IBM modernization strategy for Mainframe and iseries Go to Java, Go NOW! Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 2
What is Caravel? Caravel enables you to implement your future IT strategy with the minimum impact Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 3
Mainly Features 100% System Conversion 100% applications functionalities 100% Operating System s functionalities Completly automatic conversion Web architecture Result: Java code and XML transportable without limit to any platform Independient of HW, Operating System, RDBMS or Application Server Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 4
For Application Owners Current situation Mantain a platform out of the standard scope of the firm Very high property and upgrade costs Serious difficulties in finding legacy technology experts Converting your systems with Caravel means Consolidating your systems in one open platform while protecting prior investments Re-engineering: a good chance to improve your system s performance and deploy new functionalities and interfaces E-business: creates opportunities for a more efficient access to market Aligning your systems with the next decade s technology trends Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 5
For SoftwareVendors Current situation The AS/400 market is in the best of case stable, but the main trend is decreasing Very good functionality applications, but great difficulty in finding new customers Converting your systems with Caravel means: Buying time: Less that 1/10 the time of a re-writing process Preserving application stability while modernising it, enabling your systems to deploy new functionalities and total e-business integration Expanding your business to new market niches and opportunities Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 6
For In-House Developers Current situation Maintaining different platforms rises property costs to very high levels Low system control due to the lack of documentation and management tools Serious difficulties in finding legacy technology experts Converting your systems with Caravel means: Consolidating your systems in one open platform while protecting prior investments Re-engineering: a good chance to improve your system s performance and deploy new functionalities E-business: creates opportunities for a more efficient access to market Aligning your systems with the next decade s technology trends Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 7
Caravel as the key tool in a Cost-cutting Project Current situation We have But Objective To reduce costs within the IT budget while maintaining the advantages of the current system Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 8
Caravel as the key tool in a Cost-cutting Project What Caravel can deliver to achieve the goal To grant the fastest ROI:Caravel represents less than 1/10 the cost of the different alternatives Final platform neutral environment:free your system from its hardware and software platform hindrances. Enjoy the best cost/performance ratio To minimize TCO & future investments:take advantage of increasing capacity and decreasing costs To work with Java standards:seize the opportunities of open source and less expensive resources To avoid investing time and resources in change management : no user re-training required To keep the best of your IT department s human capital:java converted code with Caravel are easily understood by existing technical team Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 9
Today s challenges: The Java way A highly competitive and changing environment The challenges your challenges The Java response The power and versatility of Java brings you new functionalitypossibilities, enables your organization to work in an all-cooperative environment and reduces the application s time-to-market cycle Java enables your organization to deploy a complete e-business strategy Java is the core technologyto raise your application s developing and managing activities to new higher standards of productivity Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 10
Caravel project features PROCEDURAL OBJECTS Java COBOLs CLs OCLs CMDs MENUs JCLs etc. DECLARATIVE OBJECTS DSPFs BMS PRTFs Page DEF PFs LFs XML Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 11
Caravel interface examples Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 12
Benefits & Advantages No productivity curve Converted systems are immediately usable, not affecting the current activity of your company Keeping your company s know-how Keeping the same organization processes Protecting prior investments Human factor Java converted lines are easily understood by existing technical team Quickest Java adaptation: Training oriented to legacy technology technicians No user re-training required Full system conversion Modernization / Use of standards 100% of legacy code converted to Java, keeping the original functionality Java, Java EE6, XML, Relational Database, JDBC Deployment of new functionalities International adaptability: multi-language enabled applications Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 13
Benefits & Advantages Multi-platform Hardware: i5 / iseries, PC (Wintel), xseries, pseries, Sun, Itanium, etc. Expanding your present business scope Achieving positive ROIs in a short period of time Operating System: OS/400, UNIX, Linux, Windows, Solaris Database: DB400, DB2, Oracle, MultiBase, SQL Server, etc. Application Server: Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, Sun One, Jboss, etc. Development Tools: Eclipse, WebSphere, Forte, JBuilder, etc. Deploying your e-business strategy Access to a wider market thanks to the new neutral platform Easy integration with advanced systems Strong reductions in hardware, software and maintenance expenses Increasing productivity thanks to the full integration with open Java EE6 standards Java qualified programmers readily available Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 14
Caravel success stories Siemens Health Services Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 15
ESA Software: success story Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 16
ESA Software: success story ESA Software A company belonging to IL SOLE 24 ORE, one of the biggest industrial group of Europe http://www.esasoftware.com/ Information systems developers for big manufactures firms Converted System Si5: A complete ERP for managment, planning and control of the production, oriented to big industrial firms Developed in RPG and Cobol, on System i More than 50.000 objects / more than 10.000.000 code lines Deployment in more than 10 countries Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 17
ESA Software: success story A totally new product, with a very reduced cost Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 18
ESA Software: success story A totally new product, with a very reduced cost Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 19
ESA Software: success story A totally new product, with a very reduced cost Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 20
ESA Software: success story Project Java conversion, in Web architecture Support for the clients market renovation Result A complete ERP, Si5 Java, in Web architecture Ready to run within 6 months from the begining of the project Deployable on any platform Integrated with all the modern systems of the company: supply chain, e-commerce, Web Portals, special peripherals With a strong reduction of deployment and TOC costs Caravel Fast Facts 2012 BASE 100, S.A. 21
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