The business processes of leading organizations are managed and automated by diverse portfolios of enterprise applications. Core processes may begin with a Java application that then invokes processing on the mainframe via a Web Service. This requires that development organizations have complete insight into their enterprise applications -- from the Java application through the Web Service to the mainframe -- in order to ensure alignment with the organization's strategic needs.
"Companies increasingly rely on business systems created by linking a variety of Web service-enabled applications, but these multi-service composite applications are only as reliable and secure as the software they are built upon," said Tom Rhinelander, analyst at New Rowley Group. "Development organizations need tools that let them analyze, understand, and improve this underlying software, whether it was developed twenty-five years ago in COBOL or last year in Java."
Fulfilling this need, Relativity Technologies today announced the extension of its Modernization Workbench to support applications developed in the Java environment. Rather than relying on a basket of tools to understand multiple environments, Relativity Technologies provides a single repository that stores insight into a broad spectrum of languages. Users can now analyze their Java and mainframe applications, and their interconnections to gain a rich understanding of their Web Services ecosystem.
For instance, an analyst can understand the inner workings of a mainframe- based Web Service, identify programs that call the service, and then assess the related Java applications. The Relativity Technologies solution offers:
- Rich Understanding Across the Enterprise: Users gain
always-current reports, metrics, and synchronized
visualizations that allow developers to get up-to-speed
quickly on the structure and functioning of their
enterprise applications. Developers can efficiently
understand the important connections between the Java and
mainframe environments, providing richer insight into
execution of their Web Services.
- Lower Risk & Enhanced Management: By understanding how
proposed changes will affect the application across
environments development teams can minimize the risk to
their Web Services and mission-critical applications. With
the effort estimation tools of the Modernization
Workbench, managers can also better allocate their scarce
development resources to the most urgent projects.
- Accelerated Path to Web Services on the Mainframe:
Relativity Technologies enables organizations to locate
and remediate the hidden architectural traps in mainframe
applications that could jeopardize the enablement of Web
Services. Combined with today's announcement, analysts
gain a powerful solution for understanding and aligning
their Web Services with business needs.
"The combination of both deep and broad analysis of application portfolios has long been coveted by enterprise development teams to help connect disparate application portfolios," said Steve Maysonave, chairman, president, and CEO of Relativity Technologies. "Now with the addition of support for Java, Relativity Technologies provides organizations with the insight they need to derisk and accelerate alignment of their Web Services, and enterprise applications in general, with business needs -- on the mainframe and in the distributed world."
About Relativity Technologies, Inc.
Relativity Technologies' software solutions drive down the cost and accelerate the understanding, modernization, management, and maintenance of enterprise applications. With the Modernization Workbench(R) organizations can address critical business challenges such as outsourcing management, risk reduction, and regulatory compliance, while embracing On Demand and SOA initiatives. Founded in 1997 and based in Raleigh, NC, Relativity Technologies provides its Enterprise Application Modernization solutions to over 225 Global 2000 companies, outsourcers, system integrators, and government organizations -- including financial institutions and multiple BlueCross and BlueShield companies. For more information, please visit http://www.relativity.com.