Application Modernization and Outsourcing - Application Modernization Solutions

Application Modernization Solutions

Unisys Application Modernization services assist clients in strategically prioritizing and delivering modernization initiatives that:

• Protect existing investments in enterprise applications
• Preserve embedded intellectual assets
• Make their business operations more agile, secure, and efficient – while lowering overall costs

We serve many sectors, with a focus on applications within the following sectors:

• Public sector (including defense and emergency services)
• Financial services (including banking, insurance, clearing systems, and exchanges)
• Communications
• Airlines transportation

Our expertise is on modernization of legacy applications found on ClearPath, IBM, and Windows platforms.

Our Portfolio

Our Application Modernization service offerings include:

• Transformation services - Implementation and integration services to help clients evolve their application systems to meet current/future business needs and achieve competitive agility, while continuing to preserve and leverage the intellectual property and core business processes established by their existing applications. Our core services include Application Optimization, Application Re-Architecting, ClearPath Modernization and Integration, and SOA Design and Implementation.
• Customer program management services - Services to drive delivery efficiency, consistency, and quality for clients' application modernization initiatives. Our solutions provide standardized processes and tools for full program management services; program governance models and performance measurement; and, delivery models based on a combination of onsite, remote, dispatched, and dedicated resources. Unisys is committed to continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.

Contact Us

For more information about this Solution, please contact us or call 800-874-8647 or +1 585-742-6780.

Our Products

Application modernization is a transformational activity that requires a flexible approach that matches business goals. Over the past 30 years, Unisys has developed an approach that has a proven track record of flexible and predictable transformation. Our transformational product set has been designed with the client in mind and provides advanced reporting, information mining, program management, modelers, debugging, and scripting capabilities.

Agile Business Suite

Unisys Agile Business Suite supports design, development, generation, and ongoing maintenance of high-performance, highly available, enterprise-class applications. Agile Business Suite is composed of Developer and Runtime for each of the supported platforms. Within Agile Business Suite Developer, the three highly-integrated modules are:

• The System Modeler, which is the primary design and development tool
• A Debugger for executing unit and functional tests
• A Builder to automatically generate and deploy the application

Business Information Server

Unisys Business Information Server (BIS) is a highly scalable, multimode, enterprise-level, rapid-application development and information access tool. It enables businesses to create, organize, and manage their business logic, information, and Web assets in an integrated environment.

BIS suite offers enterprises a powerful development and deployment foundation for quickly turning raw data into actionable intelligence. Its hallmark has always been tailoring solutions to meet the precise needs of organizations regardless of their line-of-business. BIS delivers true value—especially in the hands of end users. It provides

• Real-time access to information (transforms vast amounts of business data into useful information), reducing the costs associated with traditional paper-based reporting
• The unique BIS Power Commands that combine several data functions (for example, searching, sorting, summarizing, and reformatting) into easy-to-use and understand commands for accessing and managing data, which helps executives and business professionals make informed decisions
• The capability to develop systems faster than traditional programming, reducing cost and improving productivity of developers and end users
• BIS scripting and JavaScript scripting for a flexible, open development environment
• The ability to subscribe, through browsers, to standard or ad-hoc reports for real-time information access

BIS is available on ClearPath OS 2200, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Sun Solaris.

Contact Us

For more information about this Product, please contact us or call 800-874-8647 or +1 585-742-6780.

Our Insights and Trends section provides a venue for current articles, podcasts, analyst reports, and Thought Leaders to help your organization stay ahead of the trends and issues that affect operations.

Articles

• Managing technology democracy in the workplace

  Technology changes are often accompanied by fanfare, but in recent years at least one quiet technology revolution has been developing in the workplace. Individuals are adopting for work use the applications and devices they have learned to use in their personal lives.

Point Of View Papers

• The CIO conundrum in communications

  With the communications industry undergoing fundamental business changes – the entry of new competitors, the rapid decline of traditional revenue streams and consumer empowerment – CIOs and the IT teams they lead face their own unique set of challenges.

• Unisys technology perspective

  It’s nearly impossible to look into IT in the federal government without bumping into service-oriented architecture. SOA can help you achieve business agility, bringing government and military the possibility of creating an information sharing environment.

Podcasts

• Trends in Application Modernization and Outsourcing

  Dominick Cavuoto, president, Global Industries, discusses some of the economic trends, client decision making trends, and market driving forces affecting client interest in Application Modernization and Outsourcing. He also talks about what Unisys is doing today to build a strong portfolio of offerings and unique go-to-market approach to compete aggressively in this space.

• Opportunities for Application Modernization and Outsourcing

  In a growth-challenged market, application outsourcing is a $73 billion market growing almost 10 percent a year. Listen to Dominick Cavuoto, president, Global Industries, talk about how the market views the opportunities for Application Modernization and Outsourcing, and how its definition aligns with Unisys strengths in this area.

Videos

• The Unisys approach to enterprise modernization

  Cem Tanyel, VP and GM, Unisys Application Services, discusses a holistic approach to modernization and examples of successful transformations that produced measurable new business value.

Thought Leaders

• Andrew Gordon

  Andrew Gordon is director, SOA and Open Source Solutions with Unisys Federal Systems. He is responsible for leading the SOA and Open Source business vision for Federal Systems, shaping the Federal strategic SOA and Open Source solutions portfolio and helping federal government clients harness the power of SOA and Open Source.

• Cem Tanyel

  Cem Tanyel is vice president and general manager of Applications Services at Unisys Corporation. In this role, Cem leads all Unisys application software development, assembly, and support activities globally.