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Metaware Launches r4z to Reduce Mainframe Migration costs by a Factor of Three

z/OS Migration to Unix or Linux. Child's Play!

News Facts

• MetaWare, the leading IT modernization solution provider, today released Refine for z/OS (r4z) to respond the expanding and increasing needs of IBM Mainframe customers to cut costs and increase flexibility of z/OS applications

• r4z extends the functionality and value of Oracle's New Mainframe Re-Hosting Products by packaging in a SaaS model, 100% automated asset analysis, asset migration and re-engineering services

• r4z achieves an average of 65% savings in costs, project time, and associated risks of the migration project, delivering automated workflows which are easily implemented using typical skill-sets

• Oracle and MetaWare will work together to enable European customers to reduce their mainframe costs by relying on r4z and the new Oracle Tuxedo products for mainframe migration

Reduce IT Costs with a Simplified Move of z/OS Applications to Unix and Linux

In response to the expanding and increasing modernization needs of IBM Mainframe customers, MetaWare, the leading IT modernization solution provider, today announced the release of r4z, making z/OS migration simple, faster, cheaper.

Today‘s release of r4z accompanies the announcements of Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for CICS and Batch 11g, which provides a robust and scalable run-time environment, exceeding mainframe customer expectations.

r4z is a one-stop solution built around and pre-integrated with Oracle Tuxedo, extending its functionality and value by providing total automated workflows for:

• Asset analysis, including cross-references, data discovery, data qualification, test scenario partitioning, and software quality metrics

• Conversions of existing mainframe assets to their equivalent on Open Systems Platforms, including on-line transactions and batch processing

• Deployment of the converted applications onto Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for CICS and Batch and integrated Oracle Fusion Middleware stack including the build (compilation), installation, and configuration of the Oracle environment

• Automated regression testing including capture and replay, test management, and comparison of test results with the mainframe baseline

r4z Eases z/OS migration for Everyone

The design of r4z has been proven to reduce the costs and schedules associated with z/OS migration projects by a factor of three.

Packaged in a SaaS model, r4z delivers a pre-integrated turnkey solution, combined with a shared pool of rare experience, expertise and engineering skills that arise from MetaWare’s 15-year focus on mainframe migration across geographies and industries.

Mainframe customers and service providers can easily undertake migration projects using typical developer and project skill-sets, no longer having to depend on specialist skills and their associated costs.