White Papers

• Batch Applications - The Hidden Asset

  This Microsoft/Fujitsu white paper details all the components that make up mainframe batch applications and describes how they can be migrated to the .NET environment.Read the white paper Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:18 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under White Papers

• Why the NeoSort World Record is Good News for Mainframe Users

  On February 7, 2006, Ordinal Technology and Fujitsu set a new world record for the MinuteSort benchmark in the “Daytona,” or commercial program, category using the NeoSort sort program. NeoSort read 40 gigabytes of data (400 million 100-byte records) Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:14 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under White Papers

• Moving your COBOL assets to .NET

  This is a whitepaper detailing some of the benefits of moving COBOL code to the .NET framework. Read More... Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:07 PM by AndrewM | 0 Comments Filed under White Papers Attachment(s): fujitsu_cobol_microsoft.net_wp.pdf

Case Studies

• Cruise Line Migrates from Mainframe to .NET, Speeds Performance, Enables New Processes

  “We’re seeing a tremendous reduction in total cost of ownership by porting from the mainframe to .NET. That means more than saving money—it means we can direct our investment to areas where it has the greatest impact on guest services. Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:57 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• Simon & Schuster: Mainframe-to-Windows Move Speeds Agility up to 300 Percent

  “We’re not only faster in all of our regular processes; it’s also easier for us to handle anything unusual. If a customer places a last-minute order that has to go out, it goes out. The technology no longer delays us until the next day, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:01 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• Stockholmshem Migrates to Windows, Cuts Costs 60 Percent, Ups Speed

  “There is so much we can do now that our central system has been migrated from the mainframe to the Windows platform. We have only begun to explore the possibilities—and the impact on our people and our customers.” Allan Hansson, Information Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:26 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• NetCOBOL Provides Route for Interpolis to Modernize 800GB Database Application

  NetCOBOL for .NET Provides Route for Interpolis to Modernize 800GB Database Application While Saving Money and Improving Performance(PDF) Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:34 AM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies

• Scottish & Southern Energy plc Migrates 1.9 TB Database Application

  Scottish & Southern Energy plc Migrates 1.9 TB Database Application using Microsoft SQL Server and Fujitsu’s NetCOBOL for World Class PerformanceSee this Microsoft case study at:http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyID=5383 Read More... Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 5:30 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies

Presentations

• Legacy Modernization with Fujitsu Software

  This presentation explains how Fujitsu Software helps its customers achieve Agile IT through its legacy modernization solutions. It provides an overview of the solutions for migrating CICS and batch COBOL applications and data to the .NET environment, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:30 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Presentations Attachment(s): Legacy_Modernization_Website_Overview_v7.0.ppt

• Video: Washington DOL, Microsoft and Fujitsu

  This 3 minute video describes how Fujitsu and Microsoft are helping Washington Department of Licenses move over 20 years of COBOL code to the .NET environment. Read More... Posted Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:33 PM by DougBrown | 1 Comments Filed under Presentations Attachment(s): WA_DOL_Compact_Version.wmv

• COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer

  This book is designed to help the mainframe programmer transition to .NET programming. It is published by Apress and is based on Fujitsu's NetCOBOL for .NET product. Available from Amazon.com - see link in the book review.(Book review) Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:32 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Presentations

Videos

• Cruise Line Migrates from Mainframe to .NET, Speeds Performance, Enables New Processes

  “We’re seeing a tremendous reduction in total cost of ownership by porting from the mainframe to .NET. That means more than saving money—it means we can direct our investment to areas where it has the greatest impact on guest services. Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:57 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• Simon & Schuster: Mainframe-to-Windows Move Speeds Agility up to 300 Percent

  “We’re not only faster in all of our regular processes; it’s also easier for us to handle anything unusual. If a customer places a last-minute order that has to go out, it goes out. The technology no longer delays us until the next day, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:01 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• Stockholmshem Migrates to Windows, Cuts Costs 60 Percent, Ups Speed

  “There is so much we can do now that our central system has been migrated from the mainframe to the Windows platform. We have only begun to explore the possibilities—and the impact on our people and our customers.” Allan Hansson, Information Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:26 PM by DougBrown | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies, Videos

• Interview with Richard McCormack

  In this interview Spyros Sakellariadis, Microsoft Mainframe Migration Alliance representative, interviews Richard McCormack from Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation.View VideoFormat: wmvDuration: --:-- Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:12 AM by jalexander | 0 Comments Filed under Videos

• Interview with Ron Langer

  In this interview Spyros Sakellariadis, Microsoft Mainframe Migration Alliance representative, interviews Ron Langer from Fujitsu Software Corporation.View VideoFormat: wmvDuration: --:-- Read More... Posted Monday, December 06, 2004 11:02 PM by jalexander | 0 Comments Filed under Videos