PowerMigrator Legacy Application Migration Tool

The Challenge

Constant technological change often deteriorates the strategic value of legacy systems, which have been developed over the years through large capital infusions. Maintaining and upgrading legacy systems is one of the most difficult challenges faced by companies today.  Growing maintenance costs, fewer legacy technology developers (specifically PowerBuilder developers), and limited delivery schedules are the some of the major concerns faced by companies.

The Solution

PowerMigrator, an innovative Legacy Application Migration Tool from ZSL, was designed to alleviate these challenges, by efficiently and cost-effectively migrating your legacy applications to newer technologies. A proven Cloud Enablement and Modernisation Platform, PowerMigrator helps enterprises to automatically convert and migrate their applications written in PowerBuilder, FoxPro and Visual Basic programming languages to .NET, Java EE and SOA technologies.  In practice, PowerMigrator has proven to reduce the time and money spent on re-writing and migrating legacy applications by 30 to 60%. 

ZSL's end-to-end application modernisation offering includes: Assessment, Migration/Transformation and Integration services, to assist your organization in transforming mission critical legacy applications quickly, while ensuring flexibility and scalability to address your business objectives now and in the future.

Specialised Application Migration Services made possible by PowerMigrator

  • PowerBuilder, Visual Basic and FoxPro Applications to .NET

    Our PowerMigrator tool automatically creates .NET code based on existing PowerBuilder code, reducing the time and effort required during the conversion process

  • PowerBuilder to WEB

    ZSL has significant expertise in the area of product re-engineering and transforming legacy Client/ Server applications to multi-tier Java / J2EE technologies, which conform to SOA principles. 

  • PowerBuilder, Visual Basic and FoxPro Applications to Java / J2EE

    Migrate your PowerBuilder client/ server application to a J2EE environment, while retaining the look and feel, and functionality of your original application. Our automated process is inexpensive with a faster time to market.

  • PowerBuilder to VB.NET

    PowerMigrator for VB.NET - ZSL's PowerMigrator tool migrates legacy PowerBuilder Client/Server applications to VB.NET.  The tool automatically generates the WinForm for GUI from PowerBuilder window and DataWindow objects with the same look and feel of the existing PowerBuilder application, offering user friendliness. The GUI code generation will drastically reduce the development time while migrating to the .NET platform.

  • PowerBuilder to ASP.NET

PowerMigrator for ASP.NET - ZSL's PowerMigrator tool migrates legacy PowerBuilder Client/Server applications to .NET. The tool automatically generates the WebForm for GUI from PowerBuilder window and Datawindow objects with the same look and feel of the existing PowerBuilder application, offering user friendliness. The GUI code generation will drastically reduce the development time while migrating to .NET platform.

  • PowerBuilder, Visual Basic and FoxPro Applications to SOA & Cloud-enabled WebSphere-based J2EE Technologies

Zylog now offers a PowerMigrator platform to migrate legacy applications written in PowerBuilder, Visual Basic and FoxPro to WebSphere based J2EE technologies automatically.  The platform is designed to build Cloud & SOA-enabled applications, which offer great remote accessibility, seamless interaction with other applications and resource optimization, through automated business processes bringing in line IT and business. Cloud enablement allows enterprises to reduce their capital expenses on hardware purchase and infrastructure management, assisting to create a greener IT environment.

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