Software AG, a provider in business infrastructure software, recently introduced the webMethods Application Modernization Suite as a comprehensive product suite for revitalizing and extending mainframe applications. The release fully leverages the company’s global leadership in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) markets, and builds upon nearly forty-years of mainframe experience.  Available versions include a Web Edition for low-risk, non-invasive Web enablement; a new SQL Edition for standards-based mainframe data integration; and a new SOA Edition for service enablement, governance, and deployment of mainframe assets within an enterprise-scale SOA. 

Enterprises can use the webMethods Application Modernization Suite to redeploy existing mainframe functionality and data to meet new business requirements more easily and quickly.  As it embraces a more holistic and universal approach addressing a broader variety of mainframe-related requirements, enterprises can deploy the webMethods Application Modernization Suite as their total solution for application modernization.

“For too long, enterprises have been left to address their application modernization requirements tactically with stopgap solutions.  With mainframe systems here to stay, we believe that a more strategic approach is required,” said Dr. Peter Kürpick, President and Chief Product Officer for the webMethods division and member of the Software AG Executive Board.  “While Web enablement and data integration address significant requirements, long-term business agility can only be achieved when an organization can leverage its mainframe assets within an enterprise SOA.  This ensures that critical functionality is readily accessible across all of the core business processes of the enterprise.”

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