Netron Launches HotRod Enterprise Edition, Provides Complete Legacy Transformation Solution; Netron's Leading Application Mining Technology Integrated With MERANT Revolve Analysis Software.Business/Technology Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2000 Netron Inc. today announced Netron HotRod(TM) Enterprise Edition, an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for mining and componentizing business rules from legacy applications and facilitating the transition to e-business. Enabling organizations to bring billions of lines of Cobol functionality into the e-business world, the new product integrates Netron HotRod 2.6 with MERANT Revolve re·volve v. re·volved, re·volv·ing, re·volves v.intr. 1. To orbit a central point. 2. To turn on an axis; rotate. See Synonyms at turn. 3. Enterprise Edition 6.0. By integrating and bundling the company's technology with MERANT's, Netron now offers the most powerful set of tools for moving business rules forward and delivering fast, complete and economical component recovery for legacy systems. The bundling will benefit companies seeking to retool re·tool v. re·tooled, re·tool·ing, re·tools v.tr. 1. To fit out (a factory, for example) with a new set of machinery and tools for making a different product. 2. existing Cobol systems into component-based applications in order to support their e-business architectures and strategies. With HotRod Enterprise Edition, Netron supports the entire legacy transformation process by providing a complete solution of consulting and conversion services and complementary technologies. "Customers tell us that modernizing their Cobol systems for e-business is one of the biggest technical and business problems they're facing," said Netron president Andy Staniewski. "The bundling of HotRod and Revolve EE's best of breed technologies creates the most powerful solution available for strategic business rule mining. Complementing this is Netron's expertise in both mainframe and web technology and our core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Staniewski added that the integration also greatly simplifies the purchasing, installation, and usage of HotRod and Revolve as an Application Mining suite, representing a significant leap forward in ease of use. "Our partnership with MERANT has only been in place a few months, and already customers are seeing some important benefits from our closer working relationship, which will facilitate their legacy extension and transformation projects." Alltel Information Services See Information Systems. , one of the largest providers of information technology solutions for financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies, mortgage providers and the telecommunications industry, is reengineering many of its major systems and is conducting a pilot on HotRod's role in accelerating the process. "As an experienced and committed customer of Netron's development solutions, Alltel understands the value of reuse to both improve time to market of software product releases and expedite the transformation of core systems to next generation architectures," said David Henry
David Henry (b.February 24, 1975 in Denver, Colorado)is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. , chief technology officer at Alltel Information Services. "Netron's new application mining technology, backed by their consulting expertise and solid foundation in reuse, provides a core component of an overall transformation strategy." Netron HotRod Enterprise Edition is a result of the strategic technology partnership between Netron and MERANT announced in June, whereby HotRod's business rule analysis, design, and extraction tools are merged with Revolve Enterprise Edition's renowned analysis, application understanding, and mass change management capabilities. Netron is offering the combined solution under the Netron HotRod Enterprise Edition brand, while MERANT is introducing AssetMiner, which incorporates both technologies and becomes part of its Egility(TM) legacy extension and integration solutions. About HotRod Recognized for its innovative analysis and pattern-detection capabilities, HotRod is the first technology to automate the ability to completely and accurately find all legacy business rules and common code, eliminating the "hunt and peck Refers to typing on a keyboard using only one or two fingers of each hand. Although many hunt and peck typists can type very fast, most of them have to keep their eyes on the keys nearly all the time. They do not have the same sense of the keyboard layout as do touch typists. " methods of passive code slicers. Using patent-pending algorithms to automatically fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been and intelligently classify Cobol code, HotRod quickly identifies parts of an application that contain valuable business logic and determines candidates for rendering as components. HotRod also assists in scoping their boundaries and defines the component interface to encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap a business rule. Other unique functionality includes automatic clone detection, customization of business rule search criteria, the ability to annotate annotate - annotation and report on all analysis and design work throughout the process, and component packaging and export options including executable subroutines and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. documentation. About Netron Netron is a leading provider of IT transformation solutions, focused on accelerating e-business through legacy systems renewal. An acknowledged leader in software reuse The ability to use software routines over again in new applications. This is one of the benefits of object technology. See object-oriented programming. technology, Netron's products and services help organizations adapt quickly to the cost-saving and customer relationship enhancing opportunities of e-business by leveraging legacy assets and integrating them into new e-business architectures. Netron has offices in Atlanta, Toronto, Ottawa, and London and distributors worldwide. For more information, visit www.netron.com. Netron is a registered trademark and Netron HotRod (world patents pending) is a trademark of Netron Inc. Revolve is a registered trademark and MERANT, AssetMiner, and Egility are trademarks of MERANT International Limited. |
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