CS Group Transoft, a leader in helping companies evolve their existing legacy applications, has announced its partnership with SYKORA-ML GmbH to distribute ML-iMPACT in North America and the United Kingdom. ML-iMPACT provides an automated conversion from IBM iSeries and System i RPG applications to Microsoft .NET.
Driven by what the company called a lack of skilled resources, reduced cost of ownership, and platform standardization, many iSeries users are investigating the options available to take their RPG applications to a more standard architecture, the company claimed.
CS Group Transoft has more than 20 years experience in providing legacy modernization solutions, the company says. Its proven methodology coupled with a wide variety of modernization products has allowed CS Group Transoft to address the evolution of multiple legacy platforms and applications.
ML-iMPACT is the result of a progressive development of iSeries modernization tools by a German company, SYKORA-ML. With several successful conversions completed in Europe, ML-iMPACT provides an automated means of converting RPG and CL code to C#, and DB2/400 data to Microsoft SQL Server.
Paul Holland, CS Group Transoft chief executive officer said, "This partnership is good news for iSeries and System i users. The combination of the conversion power of ML-iMPACT and the modernization experience of CS Group Transoft means that iSeries users are no longer presented with confusing, piecemeal, 'do-it-yourself' modernization options. The CS Group Transoft-SYKORA solution provides iSeries customers with a project-based approach to moving applications to Microsoft .NET, ensuring that all aspects of the modernization project are understood, planned for, and addressed in the conversion process."
"We are pleased to see continued industry support for the Microsoft .NET platform," said Spyros Sakellariadis, director, Midrange Alliance Program at Microsoft Corp. "CS Group Transoft is bringing its industry expertise to bear on the IBM System i marketplace, providing customers with the option of Microsoft Windows as a cost-effective platform for modernizing their legacy environments."
Thomas Sykora, chief executive of SYKORA-ML commented, "We chose CS Group Transoft as our US partner because of their vast experience and great reputation in the US and UK application modernization markets. We are already seeing the benefits of the partnership, with the two companies working closely to provide the very best modernization solution to iSeries users."
About CS Group Transoft
CS Group Transoft is a leader in enabling companies to evolve new IT solutions from their existing applications. CS Group Transoft allows companies to deliver improved business processes faster, with less risk and lower costs. CS Group Transoft's evolutionary solutions enable organizations to utilize the latest technologies as part of the development lifecycle of existing applications. This ability keeps applications productive and relevant to changing business needs and delivers an improved return on investment.
Since 1986, CS Group Transoft has provided a range of specialist tools and expertise to help major organizations safeguard the huge investment they have made in their current IT infrastructure. CS Group Transoft is a part of CS Group plc. Listed on the London Stock Exchange it is a fast growing software business employing over 500 people, with offices in the UK and US. CS Group's core business is the provision of commercial software for selected markets including legal, membership, charities, financials, distribution, logistics, CRM, training and skills management. The prestigious customer base of over 6,000 organizations includes Alfred Dunhill, Zurich International, Paymaster, Arriva, Grant Thornton, CBI, Tetra Pak, The Gap, L'Oreal, Cable & Wireless, Caravan Club and Cancer Research UK. CS Group is an IBM Premier Business Partner and MS Gold Certified Partner.
About SYKORA-ML
The SYKORA Group (an international group of IT companies since 1986) invested in ML-Software GmbH in 2005, and by doing so gained experience, reference customers and a team of iSeries modernization and migration experts. In 2007 SYKORA-ML GmbH took over the migration business from ML-Software GmbH and now develops the product and offers migration and .NET application development services.
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