The new partnership between Transoft and ASNA can now offer an unparalleled combination of tools and services for System i users looking to undertake modernization projects.

Transoft, the modernization experts, has experience of hundreds of successful application migration and modernization projects from legacy platforms to open systems, carried out over more than two decades. Transoft uses its own proven methodology, highly skilled consultants and strong project management.

ASNA has been developing tools and solutions for IBM midrange customers for more than twenty years, and its state-of-the-art Monarch product suite provides highly automated modernization of System i applications and data to the Microsoft .NET platform. It utilizes C# or Visual RPG, running against either an SQL Server or an existing DB2/400 database. Monarch analyzes the code and maps out relationships among objects or components. The application can then be modernized in steps, ensuring that relationships within the different elements are preserved, and that the modernized code functions as expected.

The Transoft/ASNA solution starts with a PathFinder Assessment which includes a full assessment of the System i applications, a modernization roadmap, and then a comprehensive project plan and price. During the project RPG and CL applications are converted to C# or Visual RPG, screens are modernized to exciting Web pages, and the converted applications and databases are tested for completeness. Once the RPG code has been transformed to native code within the .NET framework, Transoft and ASNA can then also offer SOA-based development, making enterprise application integration much easier than previously experienced on the System i.

Geoff Baker, General Manager of Transoft, comments: "We are very excited about bringing our strong project management skills and experienced consultants to work with ASNA, the proven tools and solutions vendor in the System i marketplace. Together we can offer System i users a convenient and cost-effective turnkey modernization service, ensuring projects are always delivered on time and to budget."