CST ships powerful legacy migration software; unique tool migrates legacy applications into Visual Basic applications for a client/server environment 100 percent automatically.Technology (CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. ) Tuesday introduced a powerful new version of its legacy migration software, GUISys version 3.0. Available in October 1995, GUISys 3.0 is the only tool on the market that offers fully automatic migration of mainframe (GUISys/3270) and midrange (GUISys/400) legacy applications to a client/server environment A networking environment that is made up of clients and servers running applications designed for client/server architecture. See client/server. under Windows or OS/2. GUISys is powered by a KnowledgeBase engine which can migrate thousands of screens overnight. GUISys provides an alternative to one of the major problems confronting information systems managers today -- costly re-engineering projects. The Need for Legacy Migration The mission-critical information systems in most large corporations consist of mainframe and midrange computers. "In response to demands for increased productivity and reduced operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , corporate information systems are undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving from centralized computer systems to distributed client/server networks," said Ofer Timor, CST's president, worldwide corporate operations. "With a worldwide installed base of approximately 40,000 mainframes, 300,000 AS/400s and 300,000 System/36 computers, legacy migration technology is a potentially multibillion-dollar market." The investment in mainframe and midrange systems is extensive, yet users prefer to work on PCs, since they are flexible, easy to use, have a fast response time, provide a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) and enable easy communication between applications (cut & paste -- DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) A message protocol in Windows that allows application programs to request and exchange data between them automatically. DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange , OLE). Nevertheless, when communicating with a legacy system, a PC still has many of the disadvantages of a legacy system, including: a poor user interface, cumbersome uploading and downloading
"Upload" and "Download" redirect here. For other uses, see Upload (disambiguation) and Download (disambiguation). of data, dependence on communication links running continuously, expensive maintenance and wasted time in training new personnel. Most companies with mainframe and midrange installations are still operating in this mode because until recently a company's primary migration option was a lengthy re-engineering process; these re-engineering projects are costly, time consuming, disruptive to normal operations Generally and collectively, the broad functions that a combatant commander undertakes when assigned responsibility for a given geographic or functional area. Except as otherwise qualified in certain unified command plan paragraphs that relate to particular commands, "normal operations" of and have often been considered failures by the companies that initiate them. GUISys, version 3.0 -- New Features "One of CST's key objectives in the release of GUISys 3.0 was to make the migration of legacy applications to Windows-based applications as seamless and transparent as possible," said Mike Potts, CST's vice president, North American Operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . "CST provides customers with easy-to-use, intuitive business software that gives customers the benefits of a client/server environment without having to rewrite their existing legacy applications." GUISys uses an expert system KnowledgeBase technology to automatically modernize existing legacy applications faster than any other client/server migration tool available today. The sophisticated features of the GUISys KnowledgeBase system allows companies to systematically migrate to a client/server environment 100 percent automatically. The GUISys KnowledgeBase accumulates information in a way that is similar to human learning. When analyzing an application screen, the human brain recognizes and interprets the patterns which comprise that screen based on the patterns that it has seen before. Each new pattern that it encounters is added to the human "KnowledgeBase" for future reference. The GUISys KnowledgeBase imitates the human brain in this respect. GUISys accumulates information on patterns and stores them in its KnowledgeBase. GUISys comes with an extensive set of standard mainframe and midrange patterns and functionality programmed into the KnowledgeBase. In addition, a company can customize the KnowledgeBase according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the particular standards found in their legacy system. GUISys analyzes the host screens automatically by using the pattern definitions stored in the KnowledgeBase. As GUISys runs, the KnowledgeBase monitors the flow of an application while it is in use, and analyzes the way the screen is presented to the user. Together with general information such as corporate preferences for formats, GUISys automatically converts the character-based screens into customized Windows-based screens. GUISys does not change the original program code, does not require the customer to have any programming skills and offers an inexpensive upgrade to a robust client/server environment. This release adds many new features to enhance the integration between the legacy and client/server environment, making it easy to use and flexible to customize. Users can take advantage of new GUISys features such as: o Multiple Session Support (MSS) -- Ability to run a number of runtime sessions at once. o Window Layout -- This new feature allows customers to automatically implement their own standards of GUI into the first suggestion of the Window. o Improved Lists (Subfiles) -- The lists in GUISys are updated to the latest technology in spreadsheet and tables. o Right mouse button support for all controls. To provide companies with a proven migration tool, GUISys 3.0 also includes the same suite of features found in GUISys 2.1: o GUISys is object-oriented -- GUISys creates objects from analyzed data and combines them to form a new Windows application. o Dynamic GUI -- Recognizes similar screens and converts them during runtime. o Full accelerator support. o Creates graphs from the data in host subfiles, including invisible pages. o Automatic application development. o Automatically generates Visual Basic 4GL source code with use of VBSys add-on tool. o Advanced DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S compiler speeds up migration process. o Multiplatform solution -- migrates mainframe, AS/400 and S/3X applications. o Supports Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2. o Creates a uniform Graphical User Interface. o Uses Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for interfacing with other Windows applications. o Analyzes any screen style -- SAA-CUA and non-SAA-CUA. o Uses advanced batch mode to migrate the entire application without user intervention. o Built-in VTR/400 emulator for midrange computers. o Advanced color handling. o User formatting function. o Advanced message handling. CST is a leader in quality products and tools that migrate legacy applications into Windows-based applications for a client/server environment. Leading Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are already using CST's products. Founded in 1990 in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel, by Gideon Hollander and Nimrod Nimrod, in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter. Nimrod Biblical hunter of great prowess. [O.T.: Genesis 10:9; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Hunting Gil-Ad, both experts in knowledge-based systems According to the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC), a knowledge-based system is a program for extending and/or querying a knowledge base. The Computer User High-Tech Dictionary defines a knowledge-based system , CST has perfected computer technology that automatically monitors the user in order to develop an intelligent understanding of how the user works. CST's worldwide corporate operations are led by the company's president, Ofer Timor, who has a successful track record in the computer industry. Prior to joining CST, Timor was responsible for a $60 million subsidiary of Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. . CST recently appointed Dun & Bradstreet Software veteran Mike Potts as its senior vice president, North American operations. Potts runs CST's North American operations from the company's U.S. headquarters in Atlanta. CST's products include GUISys/400, which automatically migrates AS/400 or S/3X applications to a client/server environment under Windows or OS/2, and GUISys/3270, which automatically migrates IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. legacy applications to a client/server environment under Windows or OS/2. BVSys is add-on product which automatically migrates legacy applications to fully functional Visual Basic applications. CST's products can be ordered from the CST office in Atlanta, and distributors in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and worldwide. Following are suggested list prices for GUISys; prices will vary based on quantity, run time and number of users: GUISys/400 development kit -- $13,500, GUISys/3270 development kit -- $17,000. For additional information on GUISys 3.0, contact Mitchell Jones Mitchell Jones is a gospel music singer and a member of the award-winning gospel performing group Commissioned.[1] Footnotes 1. ^ Cummings, Tony. "17th Annual Stellar Award Winners (2002)", GospelFlava. Retrieved on 2007-01-10. at 800/773-9574. CONTACT: Client/Server Technology, Atlanta Gita Berman, 770/677-3080 or Miller/Shandwick, Marina del Rey, Calif. Kristin Lang, 310/822-4669 |
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