SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Forecross®
Corporation (OTCBB-FRXX), a legacy Migration and year 2000 solution company, announced
today the completion of a major software Migration project for one of its clients, Brown
Brothers Harriman & Company (BBH&Co.). The project involved moving BBH&Co.'s
core business applications from an ADSO/IDMS-DB/DC database and processing environment to
a COBOL/CICS/DB2 environment. Forecross used its Convert/IDMS products and services to
automatically translate all of the programs and data from the old languages and
environment to the target languages and environment. "These applications are a major
corporate asset," indicated BBH&Co. Chief Information Officer, Bill Anderson.
"As a result of this project, we have not only extended the life of each application,
but we have streamlined our Information Technology environment and moved these mission
critical systems onto the platform that is at the heart of our long-term strategy."
The project affected numerous applications and required conversion of approximately 2,300
ADSO/IDMS-DB, COBOL/IDMS-DC, COBOL/CICS/IDMS-DB and COBOL/IDMS-DB programs accessing a
large, integrated IDMS database to a functionally equivalent DB2 relational tables
environment using COBOL/CICS.
Because of the number of applications involved, the shift to DB2 could not be implemented
for all applications at the same time. This meant that complex bridging mechanisms were
required, so that programs redeployed to the new environment could co-exist with programs
that were
still running in the old environment.
"A key to success is having the right tool for each task. We decided that San
Francisco-based Forecross Corporation had the right tools for numerous tasks involved in
this complex project," remarked Rick Berk, Department Head, Enterprise Systems at
BBH&Co. "Their IDMS to DB2 Migration tool set is highly automated, which meant
time and cost savings for us," added Berk. "Another key was a technique
Forecross uses called application isolation, a real-time bridging mechanism that let us
implement one application at a time in a dual database environment. This gave us a great
deal of flexibility in our production implementation schedule, and allowed me to meet the
needs of my end-users."
BBH&Co. involved numerous internal user departments to test for "functional
equivalence" between the old environment and the new one. User representatives from
each BBH&Co. functional business area participated in building and executing test
scripts. Testing results were also reviewed by the firm's Quality Assurance team prior to
implementation of the converted code into production. About
Forecross Year 2000 Solutions
Forecross provides automated solutions for all phases of year 2000 projects
including assessment, renovation and independent verification and validation (IV&V). A
variety of languages are supported by Complete/2000® and
Confirm/2000sm including COBOL, CA-ADS, APS, C, C++, CSP,
CA-Easytrieve, CA-IDEAL, IMSADF II, PL/I, PowerBuilder, CA-TELON, CA-MetaCOBOL. COBOL
solutions are available for AS/400, DEC/VAX, HP, MVS, Tandem, Unisys, VM, VSE and Wang.
Forecross Confirm/2000sm for independent
verification and validation accurately identifies source statements that have code that is
compliant, non-compliant or needs to be investigated. Confirm/2000sm
provides detailed documentation of the results, including the degree of compliance,
creating a comprehensive audit-trail.
About Brown Brothers Harriman
Founded in 1818, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company is America's oldest and largest
private bank. Full banking offices are located in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Other
offices are located in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Naples, Palm Beach, Charlotte,
London, Luxembourg, Dublin, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Zurich and Grand Cayman.
About Forecross
Founded in 1982 as a high-technology software development laboratory, Forecross
Corporation is dedicated to the design and development of innovative conversion software.
Clients have included such leading corporations as Aetna Life Insurance Company, Brown
Brothers Harriman & Company, Charles Schwab & Co., IBM Corporation and Bank of
America NTSA for its Migration software services. Teaming partners of Forecross
Corporation for its Complete/2000® offerings include AASKI
Technologies, Ltd., Alydaar Software Corporation, TRW, Inc. (BDM International), CIBER,
Inc., Information Sciences Group, Inc., Marconi Information Systems (a business division
of Marconi North America Enterprise Solutions, formerly known as Tracor, Inc.), SCB
Computer Technology, Inc., and Sapiens Americas (a subsidiary of Sapiens International). |
