Converting 4GL Databases and Apps to a Relational DB

Are you still running mainframe 4GL languages?  Proprietary database formats that no longer fit your technology standards?   High expenses for 4GL software licenses on the zOS platform?  Come and learn about transforming from a 4GL application and databases over to relational (DB2 or Oracle) and J2EE.   Topics covered in this session include:

 

 

 

• Building a business case for 4GL replacement without business support
• Developing a plan to replace your segmented 4GL database format
• Exporting data from a proprietary 4GL database format
• Converting segmented files systems over to relational tables
• Resolving data quality issues in the conversion process
• How to handle indexing in the converted relational tables
• Rebuilding the front-end from 4GL to J2EE (or other standard)
• Testing and proving the new application and database
• Implementation considerations for the converted application

A demo of a conversion of IBI FOCUS/Maintain to Relational/J2EE at Nationwide Insurance will be provided.

About the speaker:   Joe Elliott is a consultant/architect working on financial systems at Nationwide Insurance.   He accepted the Share Award for Excellence on behalf of Nationwide in 2004 related to DB2 cost management.

Tracks: Application Technologies and Architectures, Enterprise Data Center Management and Software Architecture