EasiRun and ITARICON connect proven applications with modern IT landscapes.
Business-critical applications contain far more than code. Business rules, processes, interfaces, and dependencies that have evolved over years and decades represent a significant part of an organization’s accumulated knowledge. Preserving this knowledge while opening up new technological possibilities is one of the key challenges of IT modernization.
This is exactly where the collaboration between EasiRun and ITARICON comes in.
We combine the modernization of existing applications with expertise in integration and architecture. The result is an end-to-end approach – from understanding the existing system and evolving it in a targeted way to reliably integrating it into modern IT landscapes.
Understand What Is Already There
Sustainable modernization does not begin with choosing a new technology. It begins with understanding the existing system.
- What business logic is embedded in the application?
- What dependencies exist?
- Which interfaces and data access mechanisms are relevant?
- Which functions continue to deliver value, and where is there a genuine need for modernization?
EasiRun helps organizations make these structures transparent. Existing applications and their dependencies are analyzed so that decisions can be based on a solid technical foundation rather than assumptions.
Preserve What Matters
Not every proven application needs to be replaced, and not every piece of business logic needs to be reimplemented.
Core systems that have evolved over many years often contain valuable process and domain knowledge. That is why we take a differentiated approach to determining which components should be retained, enhanced, transformed, integrated, or redesigned.
With tools such as EasiRun/SMART for analyzing existing applications and P3/COBOL for the rule-based evolution and transformation of COBOL applications, EasiRun supports a controlled modernization process.
This allows existing business logic to remain usable while creating opportunities to take advantage of new technologies.
Modernize Step by Step
Modernization does not have to mean completely replacing an existing application in a single large-scale project.
Based on the system analysis and the defined target architecture, specific modernization steps can be identified and evaluated in terms of effort, benefits, and risk.
Depending on the starting point, this may mean continuing to use existing functionality, modernizing individual components, combining COBOL and Java, transforming applications incrementally, or redeveloping selected functions.
In this way, modernization becomes a manageable process aligned with the organization’s actual requirements.
Reliably Connect Existing and New Systems
A modernized application only delivers its full value when it can interact reliably with the rest of the IT landscape.
This is where ITARICON complements EasiRun’s modernization expertise with extensive capabilities in Enterprise Architecture Management, application integration, SAP technologies, and IBM z/OS.
A particular focus is on IBM integration technologies. As an IBM Silver Partner and IBM partner since 2006, ITARICON has many years of experience with IBM MQ, IBM App Connect Enterprise, DataPower, and API Connect.
This makes it possible to connect existing core applications with SAP systems, cloud platforms, APIs, and other modern applications in a controlled way.
IBM MQ plays a particularly important role in enabling reliable, decoupled communication between business-critical systems. Existing and new applications can therefore be connected incrementally without requiring all participating systems to be changed at the same time.
Modernize Without Losing Sight of Operations
Business-critical applications must continue to operate reliably throughout a transformation.
That is why we do not view modernization as an isolated technical change. Requirements relating to operations, security, performance, maintainability, and availability are incorporated into the planning process from the outset.
This is particularly important for mainframe applications and complex integration landscapes, where changes need to be implemented in a controlled manner while maintaining the stability of existing business processes.
Two Areas of Expertise. One End-to-End Modernization Approach.
EasiRun and ITARICON address different but directly interconnected aspects of modernization:
EasiRun brings more than 40 years of experience with existing and business-critical applications – from system analysis and application understanding to rule-based transformation and the incremental evolution of legacy applications.
ITARICON complements this approach with expertise in architecture, integration, SAP, and IBM technologies, creating the connection between existing core systems and modern IT landscapes.
Modernization therefore does not end with the transformation of an application.
It creates the foundation for continuing to leverage existing knowledge, integrating new technologies where they add value, and evolving the IT landscape step by step.
Let’s Talk About Your Next Steps.
Are you looking to modernize your mainframe applications? Do you want to connect existing core systems with SAP, cloud platforms, or new applications? Or are you looking to evolve your existing integration landscape?
Together, we assess your current environment, identify appropriate modernization steps, and show how existing applications can be evolved in a controlled way as part of a future-ready IT landscape.
Talk to us about your modernization initiative.