COBOL Legacy Modernization

Even though it is estimated that over 80 percent of the world’s business still run on COBOL. It is estimated 310 billion lines of software are in use today of which 200 billion lines are COBOL (65% of the total software) and that 5 billion lines of new COBOL are developed every year. COBOL legacy applications process over 80% of all daily business transactions and mainframe platforms store 70% of the all the data. The problem with COBOL legacy programs are the high costs particularly with COBOL software maintenance. The COBOL legacy applications may have been in place for decades. They aren't broken but, because they are developed by various COBOL programmers over extended periods of time, documentation rarely exists or is not consistent. Constant repairs and patches have made the codes fragile and unstable. Maximizing COBOL programs for information gathering and data delivery to the people who need it, when they need it; and most importantly in the form they need it is a problem.

So, the question comes down to how to maximize what you have with your COBOL legacy programs, hopefully decreasing costs (maintenance) while improving performance (providing documentation) and effecting the bottom line.

A revolutionary approach to the COBOL legacy problems is to rewrite legacy code to more "user-friendly" languages. This can be extremely expensive and present even greater risk with often times less than expected results. A more evolutionary approach would be to provide current COBOL legacy programs with the proper set of tools to eliminate the laborious, time consuming, and costly process of manual maintenance procedures. To provide accurate documentation of how data elements are used across the system to reduce the guess-work involved in making changes to source code allowing more time to correct errors, improve designs, and adapt to new hardware, new applications, or changes in files and databases. Basically a COBOL legacy modernization.

This COBOL legacy modernization can be completed within an hours time with the installation of DCD, a COBOL Data Correlation and Documentation Software, which modernizes legacy COBOL programs with an Automated COBOL Software Maintenance System. This legacy modernization reduces the costly nightmare of COBOL program maintenance. To date, we have helped over 600 COBOL customers reduce time and money on their COBOL program maintenance. Generally, COBOL program maintenance can be reduced by 20 to 50% with DCD modernization software.

DCD provides COBOL legacy modernization by.

eliminating back and forth tracing for each field, cutting steps and time required for COBOL maintenance.
incorporating a completely unique Narrative for your COBOL reports completely showing every Direct and Indirect Reference.
reduces COBOL program maintenance requirements by 20-50% with an Automated COBOL Software Maintenance System.

DCD provides COBOL legacy modernization by employing two major components to produce documentation. The components: a dozen program-based reports in an Alternate Compile Listing Facility, and fifteen system oriented reports in an Other COBOL Reports Facility. In addition, DCD generates valuable information through its JCL PROC Analysis Facility and its eleven CASE Files.

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