HP e3000 Migration Update HP e3000 Community Meet 2009 Chris Koppe Speedware
Speedware Company Overview Founded in 1976 Division of Activant Solutions Inc. – Strong financial health, $400M+ annual revenues, 1800 employees customers spanning North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific Software and Service Provider – Legacy Migration and Modernization solutions – Application Development Tools – Business Intelligence solutions (data analytics and reporting) – Application Support Services – Application Portfolio Management – Project Audit Services
HPe3000 Migration and Modernization Experts Speedware is the leading HP e3000 Migration Solutions Vendor – Over 15 years of legacy migration and modernization experience – 100% success rate End-to-end solutions – Any platform, any technology – Hardware, databases, languages, user interface, utilities, etc. – Lift and Shift Migration (rehosting) vs. Modernization – DIY to Full outsource Skilled professional services leveraging proven methodologies – Automation-based approach – leverage the best tools for the job
Our Customers
Our Partners Hewlett-Packard IBM / Cognos Microsoft Core Migrations DISC DocTrac Solutions Hahn Informatik HTWC Imaxsoft Marxmeier Software Mercury (HP) Micro Focus Oracle Ordat Ordina-Denkart Quest Richter Software Robelle ROC Software ScreenJet Sykora-ML Tidal Software
IT Products and Solutions Legacy Migration and Modernization Application Portfolio Management Project Audit Services Application Support Services IT Solutions Software Products Modernization & Migration AMXW DBmotion SMARTER Fast2Flat Application Development Speedware/4GL SpeedWeb Autobahn Visual Speedware Business Intelligence Media Esperant Decision Server BI White Label
AMXW Product Overview The most widely used and mature HP e3000 re-hosting product available (since 1994) – 15+ years of innovation and improvements – Build as a commercial product for direct use by customers – Has improved over many installations across multiple organizations and coding styles Migrates HP e3000 3GL applications written in – COBOL, FORTRAN, SPL, C, PASCAL, and Protos – Target platforms include HP-UX, AIX, Sun Solaris, Windows and Linux Migrates JCL Includes MPE & Image Intrinsic Wrapper libraries Includes MPE Shell for JCL, command files, UDCs, MENUs
AMXW Product Overview Special file type support (Message, Temp, KSAM, Circ, etc.) Includes utility replacements for – FCOPY, SORT, MERGE, StreamX, JobRsq Solves most problems encountered in a migration
HP e3000 Migration Product Development AMXW continues to evolve – OpenCOBOL support – Powerhouse integration – Protos improvements – Basic V to COBOL converter – TransAction integration – EZV Support – MPEX integration into MPE shell (for JCL support) – Integration of many 3 rd party job schedulers Eloquence Data Integrity Checker Fast2Flat Migrator JobRsq replacement Etc.
Vendor Management Software Asset Management Help Desk / Fix Support Database Management and Support Technology Integration Support Enhancement Support Application Monitoring Support Center Excellence Application Support Offerings Vendor Management Software Asset Management Help Desk / Fix Support Database Management and Support Technology Integration Support Enhancement Support Application Monitoring Support Center Excellence Contract renewals and negotiations Vendor escalation and SLA management Managing configurations of all software Proactively obtaining all software updates, patches, etc. Taking first-line or second-line calls for application-related problems Diagnosis, correction, and testing of defects Documenting and reporting of defects and their statuses Database administration, maintenance, monitoring, and management. Database utilization and capacity trend analysis Database administration script creation and maintenance Application regression testing from technology upgrades Scope, estimate, implement, and test application enhancements Coordinate user testing, validation, signoff, and reporting of enhancements Monitor daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, and add-hoc batch process schedules.
Some Interesting Speedware Stats Have helped 106 customers migrate to other platforms Have migrated 729 HP e3000 servers Most projects average between distinct technologies Most projects take between months to complete Testing is the largest component Migrating code and data is easy; technology integration is where the challenges are We estimate between customers left (max)
Migration Tools Landscape Update Existing tools are very mature (should reduce effort and time, increase automation) Some vendors are disappearing or becoming questionable for long-term viability / stability Some existing HP3000 vendors are stepping up to fill the voids, introducing new products – Example: EZV / TransAction / DICT3000 Some good vendor partnering and cooperation happening – Example: AMXW, Suprtool, EZV, Eloquence, DataExpress, TransAction, etc. Knowledgeable HP3K Resources are what will become scarce and more expensive
MPE Community Support Our goal is to be a repository for all things MPE – We plan to support MPE homesteaders and migrations for at least the next 10 years Community Support Activities – Rehosting of Jazz – 90% complete and live – Re-hosting of HP3K Transitioning online training – live – Rehosting of MPE to HP-UX syntax converter (in progress) – Launching an MPE Social Networking group – Future re-hosting of HP3K docs
Thanks You Chris Koppe