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Asset modernization

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Asset modernization

Successful modernization initiatives require deep insights into targeted applications. With this understanding, developers can quickly identify the business rules embedded in core business processes and restructure code, remove dead code and create reusable components that can be enabled as services within a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

This ability can greatly improve the productivity of your IT staff and reduces maintenance costs by eliminating the need to research, catalog and assemble the information for each service request individually.

Our asset discovery and transformation tools provide analysts, developers, architects and operations teams with detailed reports and graphics that enable rich understanding of existing applications, whether they are developed for the mainframe, mid-range or distributed platforms.

What we offer

If you need to…   IBM Software can help
Reduce cost and time of ongoing application maintenance

Shorten the learning curve for new developers

  IBM WebSphere® Studio Asset Analyzer — allows IT personnel to discover and analyze existing enterprise applications. Allows you to understand and gain intellectual control over your application relationships and structures.
Identify key assets and restructure for reuse in SOA

Extract business rules currently embedded in code

  IBM Asset Transformation Workbench — accelerates strategic and tactical modernization initiatives by allowing development teams to quickly transform existing assets and discover reusable business logic for creating services.

Identify all assets that could be affected by proposed changes   IBM Rational® Asset Manager — improves productivity and software delivery through asset reuse by enabling you to create, modify, govern and locate any type of development asset, including SOA and systems development assets.

Manage and govern the design, development and consumption of software assets and services   IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository — provides better management and governance of your services, providing tangible business value from your SOA implementation.

Highlights

IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for System z: Assets

Podcast: Accelerate asset reuse with Rational Transformation Workbench

Demos: Rational Transformation Workbench

Podcast: Using IBM discovery tools to understand existing and composite applications

Redpaper: Faster Application Change and Reuse with WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer

White paper: Federated Metadata Management with RAM and WSRR(1.33MB)

Webinar: Reuse Design and Development Assets with Rational Asset Manager


Related links

IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform

IBM developerWorks

IBM System z

IBM System z Software


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