Subject: CM evolveIT February 2026 Newsletter

The modern state of static analysis, refactoring, and digital transformation

February 2026

In this issue...

  • Webinar: Gen Test Data for Legacy Modernization with CM evolveIT

  • Featured: From Reading COBOL to Testing Outcomes: Why Legacy Developers Are Leading the Outcome-First Revolution - CM First

  • Article: Survey: Adoption of AI Software Testing Slowed by Trust Issues - DevOps

  • Video Vault: Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems - CM First

  • Broadcom Support: Let Us Help You Get the Support You Need

  • Intelligence: News to think about...

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Watch: "Gen Test Data for Legacy Modernization with CM evolveIT"


Legacy system modernization fails when your test data doesn't reflect reality. Missing documentation, retired experts, and decades of embedded business logic make it nearly impossible to create accurate test cases—until now.


Watch now →


What you'll take away:

  • Automated test data generation – Learn how CM evolveIT analyzes COBOL, RPG, and mainframe code to identify critical data relationships and create realistic test datasets

  • Risk reduction strategies – Discover how comprehensive test coverage validates new functionality before deployment, preventing costly production issues

  • Business rule preservation – See how AI extracts and maps business logic across program boundaries to ensure nothing gets lost in translation

  • Faster modernization timelines – Understand how quality test data eliminates guesswork and accelerates transformation projects by up to 67%

  • Practical implementation steps – Get a roadmap for deploying AI-powered testing in your modernization initiative.

Watch now →

Featured

AI Is Changing Code Review—But Legacy Teams Saw This Coming


Long before AI started generating code at scale, legacy developers faced an impossible task: maintaining massive systems no one could realistically read line by line. Their solution wasn’t more review, but smarter validation. Test the outcome. Prove the behavior. Protect the system.


Now, AI tools are formalizing that approach: combining automated system analysis, intelligent transformation, and empirical validation to reduce modernization risk at scale.


The next competitive edge won’t be writing more code, but validating it with confidence.


Read the full story here  →

Announcing CM evolveIT 11.7


Available for Streaming: Join us for informative, hands-on sessions focused on the new CM evolveIT 11.7 release. 


Tailored for future-minded developers, these sessions showcase groundbreaking enhancements aimed at revolutionizing your code analysis and transformation workflows. Expect hands-on demonstrations that you can take to your development workflows right away.

Watch one of these two webinars now...

Mainframe

Latest Advances in Mainframe COBOL Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn about cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools that promise streamlined analysis and transformation processes, automated tools that convert legacy COBOL code to Java, and advanced code slicing.


Watch Now

IBM i

Latest Advances in IBM i Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn how to cut your analysis costs by up to 80% with new capabilities. We'll demo new CA 2E (Synon) and CA Plex superpowers, AI and Code slicing innovations, and improved support for DB2 and COBOL and more.


Watch Now

Heads Up

Survey: Adoption of AI Software Testing Slowed by Trust Issues


A new survey reveals a striking gap in software testing: while nearly 90% of teams see AI as a priority and most expect it to boost outcomes, only about 13% have truly embedded AI into core testing workflows.


Teams cite quality and reliability concerns, brittle tests, and slow maintenance as major barriers—slowing broader adoption even as experimentation grows.


Is your team ready to trust AI with mission‑critical quality assurance, or will doubt hold your modernization back?


Read the full article on DevOps →

 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 your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-committment fifteen minute conversation with CM First Group tech.

Get rock solid Broadcom support

CM First Support

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

CM evolveIT current version is 11.7.

You can read more about CM evolveIT in our white paper CM evolveIT Data Lineage, or get in touch with us directly to learn about these new features and more.

We upgrade CM evolveIT customers to the newest versions continuously. If you have any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com.


Other CM First Releases


CM WebClient 1.8.8 (with nightly builds) For details, go here.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.
CM M3 2024 Edition
CA Plex 7.3, last supported 7.2.1 (as of October 31, 2024)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.4, last supported 8.7 (as of October 31, 2024)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
Contact CM First to learn more: info@cmfirstgroup.com

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