Subject: CM First Group October 2023 Newsletter

October 2023

In this issue...

  • Webinar: Automated Refactoring from Legacy Code to Maintainable Java

  • Article: The Evolution of Could Migration Strategies - CM First Group

  • Article: Strategic Sourcing for Digital Transformation - IT Revolution

  • Video: A Microservices Outcome: Testing Boomed - The New Stack

  • Video: Applying RPA to Software Testing Lunch & Learn - CM First Group

  • Intelligence


-CM First Team

Webinar

Register now for "Automated Refactoring from Legacy Code to Maintainable Java"


Frightened about the prospect of your legacy IBM i and z application developers leaving due to retirement?


We have a solution that can put your fears to rest.


In this webinar, we explore the 5th "R" in Amazon's Cloud Migration Strategy in detail. With this strategy, you can "refactor" your legacy app developed in COBOL, RPG, or CA 2E (Synon) directly to maintainable runtime-free Java and JS.


We will start with an overview of the refactoring process:

  • What is needed in upfront analysis

  • How to choose the right technology stack

  • Why AI is not currently the answer

  • Solutions to common challenges such as...

  • Avoiding vendor lock-in

  • Performance

We will follow up with the goods: a technical demonstration of moving COBOL/DB2 code to a modern maintainable Java/React/Postgres application running on Azure cloud.


Automated Refactoring from Legacy Code to Maintainable Java

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023


Speakers: 

John Rhodes (CTO) and Kiyoshi Terasawa (Principal Architect)


Register now →

Heads Up

The Evolution of Cloud Migration Strategies


Cloud migration is a tricky project, but with the right strategy, your organization can make the move and reap great rewards. To keep the decision-making process on-target, the "Rs" of cloud migration has emerged, as described by players like Gartner and Amazon Web Services, to lay out the range of strategy options decision-makers can choose from.


In this article, we explore the evolution and development of cloud migration strategies, with a specific focus on these R Models, so we can learn from the past experiences of others who have made the journey and lived to tell about it.


Read the article →

Heads Up

Strategic Sourcing for Digital Transformation


Digital transformation is a must for any forward-thinking company. For most companies, especially the larger, more established ones, the project has many fronts requiring a unique strategy for each.


One such front is the sourcing process, which may or may proceed in your organization with a documented strategy in place. Putting a proper strategy in place can make the process fuel your organization's growth in some big ways, regardless of how much outsourcing you do.


Read all about it at IT Revolution →


Watch

A Microservices Outcome: Testing Boomed


With the rise of microservices, and the shift from "large application architectures to approaches that broke services into little pieces", came the need to test test test all of the component parts.


Bruno Lopes of Kubeshop, a Kubernetes company incubator, details his experiences and practical concerns with this growing trend.


Watch the video (23 minutes) →

Webinar

Watch: "Applying RPA to Software Testing" Lunch & Learn


Robotic Process Automation’s (RPA) versatility allows it to be applied to a wide range of processes, enabling organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve accuracy by automating repetitive tasks using software “Bots”. Use cases range from data entry and report generation to HR and finance and admin automation.


In this technical session, we give you an overview of RPA, and dive into the ability of RPA to create a modern, data-driven automated testing environment that can be plugged into your CI/CD pipeline.


This webinar is relevant to you whether you use CA Plex, CA 2E, or other software development tools.


Watch the recorded webinar →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading you IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situtation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-commitment fifteen minute conversation with a CM First Group technical rep.

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CM First Support

Current CM First Group customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com.

Current Releases


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CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.

CM evolveIT 11.6, last supported 10.6
CM M3 2023 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
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