Zylog Systems Unveils PowerMigrator

Chennai, India, May 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Zylog Systems Ltd, a leading ISV and an Advanced IBM Partner & Global Systems Integrator announced that it is launching a Cloud-enablement and legacy modernization platform, PowerMigrator, based on IBM WebSphere, SOA, DB2 & AWS technologies.

The new platform helps enterprises to automatically migrate their legacy applications that have been built based on PowerBuilder, Foxpro, Cobol, VB applications to WebSphere-based Java and SOA technologies.

The PowerMigrator platform converts and migrates 50-60 percent of the existing codes to the latest J2EE technologies, reducing 30-60 percent of time and money typically spent re-writing and migrating the applications. The platform is designed to build Cloud and SOA-enabled applications that can align and automate business processes with IT for greater agility, performance, resource optimization and fewer required human interventions.

The PowerMigrator platform provides the flexibility to transform 2-tier applications to N-tier applications enabled with web services and SOA, keeping intact the business layers to generate optimized performance. With reduced manual intervention and cloud enablement, the businesses can drastically reduce TCO, build virtually green environments and increase ROI.

“We help our customers to retain and leverage the value they have spent on their legacy applications through re-usability of existing application code while embracing emerging technologies such as Cloud and SOA”, says Shiv Kumar, Executive Vice-President, Zylog Systems Ltd. “This new solution addresses the IT challenges found in migrating legacy applications cost effectively and is evolved around agile methodology taking the product faster to the market.”

"IBM works with Cloud business partners like Zylog Systems to help them deliver solutions that enable medium-size businesses to modernize their legacy applications to gain value from WebSphere, SOA and Cloud technologies," said Danette Seward, Director of Worldwide Business Partner Sales for IBM's WebSphere middleware.

Customers also have the option of choosing the right deployment model to meet their needs – including On-premise, SaaS or Cloud based.

“With the growing call for a smarter and greener planet, we want help our customers align with the growing global need for green-enablement of their IT environment through our Cloud- and SOA-based technologies,” said Mr. Kumar. “With our PowerMigrator solution, we help ensure our customers gain greater IT efficiency through effective resource utilization, remote accessibility, seamless integration, interoperability and improved ROI.”

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