René Wagner
Ten Ways Automated Modernization can Improve Application Security
The recent successful and attempted attacks on critical government legacy information systems at the Office of Personal Management and the IRS have provided a stark reminder of just how vulnerable these older systems are. Commercial systems are not immune to criminal and foreign agencies either, and in fact, may have more to lose in the near term in lost revenue, IP theft, negative branding, and the scandals lingering often for years. Sony, Anthem, Banner Health, Home Depot and many others can testify to this fact.
COBOL to C++ - Premera Blue Cross
Premera Blue Cross required the assessment, transformation and re-factoring of its existing Automated Document Assembly System (ADAS). ADAS was written in WANG COBOL and self generated WANG COBOL programs tailoring health care booklets for specific customer needs. TSRI was selected to assess, transform, and re-factor the WANG COBOL code, migrating the system into a C++ Windows NT environment with full functional equivalency.
Customer: Premera Blue Cross Source & Target Language: COBOL to C++ Lines of Code: Nearly 50,000 Duration: 4 Months Services: Code Transformation, Automated Refactoring, Testing and Implementation Support, Transformation Blueprint®
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COBOL & C++ to Java - US Air Force / REMIS Technical Refresh
The Reliability & Maintainability Information System (REMIS) is a key component of the Air Force Depot Maintenance System. Ten years after the successful modernization of REMIS in 2004, the US Air Force reached back out to TSRI to modernize the rest of the system as well as take the C++ we already produced to Java. The project was delivered on time and under budget by almost half a million dollars.
- Customer & Integrator: US Air Force
- Source & Target Language: COBOL to C++
- Lines of Code: 1.1 million
- Duration: 7 months
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Fortran to C++ - Raytheon Patriot Missile System
Raytheon has partnered with TSRI on several successful modernization projects. Specifically, several years before the Patriot-Japan project was initiated, Raytheon was tasked with modernizing a set of Patriot Missile Simulation software. Following a formalized decision process, TSRI was selected as the best option for transforming the code from FORTRAN to C++, due to our unique fully automated transformation technology. So, when Raytheon began modernizing Battalion Simulation Support System and its Preprocessor for the Japanese Patriot Missile system, TSRI was contacted and began work.
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BASIC to PL/SQL - Capita Prism
Capita, a company based in England and Wales, determined that one of their important software assets called PRISM required modernization, including code transformation, platform migration, and database migration. Capita engaged TSRI, with their proven automated modernization services, to complete this project, which was finished in 3 months.
Customer: Capita Source & Target Language: BASIC to PL/SQL Lines of Code: 660,000 Duration: 3 months Services: Transformation Blueprint®, Automated Code Transformation, Automated Refactoring, Integration and Testing Support
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Ada to C++ - Innovative Defense Technologies ATRT
TSRI was engaged to modernize IDT's Automated Test & ReTest (ATRT) tool from Ada 95 to C++. This was a combination classified and unclassified system which contained 186,000 lines of classified and unclassified code and 6,000 comments.
- Customer & Integrator: Innovative Defense Technology (IDT)
- Source & Target Language: Ada 95 to C++
- Lines of Code: 192,000
- Duration: 2 months
- Services: Application Blueprint®, Transformation Blueprint®, Engineering Support, Automated Refactoring
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COBOL, Assembly, JCL and Fortr. to Java Metlife/ Alico Japan
The original LifeComm application was written by CSC for Alico of Japan. Following the acquisition of Alico by MetLife, it was determined that the LifeComm application would require modernization. To support this, MetLife first needed to better understand this legacy application. MetLife engaged TSRI to provide an Application Blueprint® of the LifeComm application.
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JOVIAL J73 to C++ - BAE Systems
BAE Systems received an award from South Korea's Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency for a multi-year project to upgrade 134 Korean Air Force F-16 (KF16) fighters. The upgrade included obsolescence management for the computers and operating systems for near real-time tactical data and voice information and including the Core operational flight programs: Advanced Mission Computer (AMC), Upgraded Central Interface Unit (UCIU), Cockpit Display Generator (CDG) and the Center Pedestal Display (CDP). BAE Systems employed TSRI for their modernization services to modernize and document the Jovial source code to C++.
Customer: Bae Systems Source & Target Language: Jovial J73 to C++ Lines of Code: 340,000 Duration: 6 months Services: Code Transformation, Automated Refactoring, Installation and Testing Support, Transformation Blueprint®, Application Blueprint®
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Ada to Java - Adv. Field Artillery Tactical Data System / Stanley
Stanley and Assoc. contracted TSRI to modernize the Battle Command Software - Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). This system is an integrated system that provides the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps automated fire support command, control and communications. Prior to this modernization, AFATDS was written in legacy Ada-83. The target code selected for the AFATDS modernization was Java.
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Micro Focus COBOL to C & C++ - Sprint Billing
When Sprint Nextel Corporation (now T-Mobile) was ready to begin a modernization and cloud migration project for their billing system, they naturally turned to Amdocs, who then selected TSRI to complete the modernization of the billing system successfully. The billing system that Sprint wanted to modernize was written in over 5 million lines of Micro Focus rehosted Pro*COBOL and Pro*C code. Operational costs to maintain the system were consuming critical budget and hampering the organization’s capacity to enhance and scale the system to meet growing operational requirements.
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