Enterprise Portals Profit from Legacy Integration. Quick and Easy with SCORE Adaptive Bridges from Delta Software Technology

With the release of version 3.0 of SCORE Adaptive Bridges, Delta Software Technology now also enables the direct usage of legacy functionality in enterprise portals. The product quickly and simply integrates strategic legacy applications and databases into JSR 168 compliant enterprise portals, and other similar high-visibility and high-value projects.

(PRWEB) July 21, 2004 -- Released today, version 3.0 of SCORE Adaptive Bridges from Delta Software Technology enables the direct usage of legacy functionality in enterprise portals. The product quickly and simply integrates strategic legacy applications and databases into JSR 168 compliant enterprise portals, and other similar high-visibility and high-value projects.

SCORE Adaptive Bridges is for organisations that recognise that selected functionality from their existing mainframe COBOL and PL/1 applications is critical to their current and future business success. These organisations have made a strategic decision to maximize their return on investment by integrating and reusing functionality from their existing applications into enterprise portals and similar projects. They cannot wait for their legacy applications to be ported to a new platform; they need to deliver legacy functionality to these projects right now!

Schorch, an electrical engineering manufacturer located in Mönchengladbach Germany, has made the strategic decision to deliver their legacy production control applications through their enterprise portal. Our BS2000 applications are being revived by being usable in our enterprise portal" observed Dr. Eckhard Otto, CIO at Schorch.

The key insight from Delta Software Technology is that integration is not a one-off event, but a continual process, where much of the work (or even the vast majority) can be automated.

Following this principle, SCORE Adaptive Bridges is easy to use. To seamlessly integrate legacy applications into new clients, Adaptive Services are defined in a simple platform-independent logical model. SCORE Adaptive Bridges then uses advanced generator technology to transform the Adaptive Services into high-performance platform-specific source code.

With SCORE Adaptive Bridges there is no need for top-heavy modelling. The developer does not have to deal with raw interfaces, there are no middleware complications and no changes are required to the existing applications. Installation and learning are easy and Agile/RAD approaches can be used. Open standards avoid the risk of vendor lock-in.

Gerd Dietrich, Application Development Manager at Schorch, was amazed at how easy it was to use SCORE Adaptive Bridges: After only a few steps I could already imagine the structure of the complete integration project."

SCORE Adaptive Bridges is available in three editions to suit the needs of different types and sizes of projects. Express Edition focuses on ease of use and low introduction costs. Advanced Edition adds project team support and advanced data integration. Enterprise Edition offers extreme flexibility for the largest and most demanding projects.

A free 30-day trial version of SCORE Adaptive Bridges - Express Edition is available now as a download and on CD at www.d-s-t-g.com/SAB-FreeTrial. This is a complete fully-functional copy of SCORE Adaptive Bridges - Express Edition configured to generate ready to run" JSR 168 Java portlets. It includes everything needed to get up and running, including the eXo enterprise portal and JBoss application server, the Sun Java SDK and a 30-day trial version of Fujitsu NetCOBOL.

The quickest and easiest way for prospective customers to learn about SCORE Adaptive Bridges is to try it for themselves!" said Rüdiger Schilling, founder and CTO of Delta Software Technology. He continued, By investing one hour of their time, prospective customers can learn what SCORE Adaptive Bridges is, how it works and how it will be of direct benefit to them. Within that one hour they will have their first 'ready to run JSR 168 Java portlet running, integrated with a legacy COBOL application."

About Schorch
Schorch Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe GmbH of Mönchengladbach in Germany is an electrical engineering manufacturer and is part of the Lindeteves-Jacoberg Group.

More Information: www.schorch.de

About Delta Software Technology
Delta Software Technology (Delta) creates the worlds leading family of generative software tools to maximize the return on existing investment (ROEI) in unique and valuable application assets.

Deltas family of products helps customers to profit from, care for, renew and grow their existing application assets.

SCORE Adaptive Bridges is the quickest and easiest way to deliver mission-critical legacy functionality to enterprise portal projects.

SCOUT² enables customers to stop fighting the infrastructure and to maintain their application assets in a simple and cost-effective way.

SCORE Transformation Suite liberates application assets from old implementation technologies and deployment platforms.

ADSplus grows existing application assets, adding new functionality using existing technologies and platforms.

Delta has 25 years experience in creating enterprise class application development and integration technology for more than 750 customer installations. Delta is a privately held German company with partners throughout Europe.

More information: www.d-s-t-g.com

Delta, SCORE, ObjectBridge, Amelio and the Delta Software Technology logo are registered trademarks, and SCORE Adaptive Bridges, Model Driven Legacy Integration, Integration in Motion, SCORE Integration Suite, SCORE Transformation Suite, SCOUT², ADSplus, Delta/ADS, Delta/DBI, ANGIE, HyperSenses and Active Intent are trademarks of Delta Software Technology GmbH in Germany and/or other countries. All other registered trademarks, trademarks, trade names or service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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