Unisys COBOL to Java
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
CHUMS/CAIVRS/LOCCS Applications

Despite incremental upgrades or patches to the agency’s decades-old mainframe applications, a dwindling supply of programmers made it increasingly difficult to maintain them. In addition, cloud computing would improve these mission-critical applications’ reliability and security posture. TSRI modernized multiple applications for the agency that ranged from home underwriting management to a loan-delinquency reporting system. TSRI’s automated approach to modernization meant they could provide high levels of accuracy with minimal disruption to the client’s daily operations.

The federal government required adherence to quality and maintainability standards, so TSRI tuned its JANUS Studio^® transformation and refactoring engine to generate the production-ready Java code. Finally, because TSRI could test the Java application alongside the mainframe still in production, when the client shut down the legacy system during an extended federal holiday weekend, the Java application went live—in 14 hours—with almost zero code freeze.

TSRI was able to show that a rapid, highly accurate modernization from mainframe COBOL to Java is possible on even critical, complex projects such as this, and that they can be completed and brought into production within the budget and timeframe constraints. With the implementation of a Software Maintenance Agreement, TSRI continues to ensure the updated systems run smoothly while the client can take advantage of framework updates and maintenance, as well as many other software support services.