Introducing eCube Systems
Evolving technical capabilities to support changing business and technological
requirements
Providing alternative support, modernization and tools that
modernize the development process with remote development
eCube Systems, LLC
OpenVMS Practice
Fall 2009
LOGO
Introducing eCube Systems
Introducing eCube Systems
Modernization and Development Tools Specialists
 Providing solutions to the Fortune 1000
 Product and services clients include: Barclaycard,
Barclay Global Investors, United Healthcare, Lockheed,
Bank of New York and IBM
 Partners/Associations: HP, IBM, SOA Software, OMG,
Eclipse Foundation, Connect
 Background: Borland Software, Cray, Visigenic, DEC/HP veterans
 Resources: 3 US Offices, growing resources in Europe and Asia
Introducing eCube Systems
Modernization and Development Tools Specialists
 Core Competencies
 Enterprise-class distributed middleware
 Remote development tools
 Applications analysis and maintenance
 Legacy to SOA integration
 Custom Eclipse tooling and development
Introducing eCube’s HP OpenVMS Practice
Introducing eCube’s HP OpenVMS Practice
Key Personnel
Kevin Barnes
Managing Partner
kbarnes@ecubesystems.com
Robert Doyle
Chief Architect
rdoyle@ecubesystems.com
Sue Skonetski
VP Client Relationships
sue@ecubesystems.com
Barry Kierstein
Product Manager
Bkierstein@ecubesystems.com
Peter John Marquez
Sr. Partner
Peter@ecubesystems.com
Stephen Hoffman
Consulting Partner
hoff@hoffmanlabs.com
Introducing eCube’s HP OpenVMS Practice
Key Offerings
 Targeted Offerings
 NXTware Remote for OpenVMS: Eclipse-based tooling for engineers tasked
with OpenVMS development, maintenance, modernization and integration
 Related Products and Offerings
 Alternative Support: OpenVMS platform, application and middleware
support, consolidation and maintenance
 NXTware Remote for UNIX/LINUX: Remote application development
and maintenance
 ARM: Application assessment, remediation and modernization
 NXTware IME (Integrated Maintenance Environment) for RPC, DCE,
CORBA: Middleware application development, maintenance
and SOA enablement
Introducing NXTware Remote
Introducing NXTware Remote
Remote development suite for OpenVMS
 Benefits
 Reduced complexity
 Lower cost of operation
• Developers work with their language of choice on OpenVMS
 Greater productivity
• Experienced OpenVMS developers and novices get more done
 Enhanced flexibility
• Extends OpenVMS business logic to Java and Web Services
 Improved ROI
• Extending the value of existing assets by applying the power of
open source
Introducing NXTware Remote
Remote development suite for OpenVMS
 Features
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Integrated visual development
environment
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Cross-language support: C,
COBOL, Fortran, Pascal,
BASIC, Java
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Remote development from
Windows or Linux workstation
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Remote OpenVMS service
execution engine
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Full integration with OpenVMS
environment: DCL, MMS and
CMS support
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Integration of custom client
utilities
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SOA federation of existing
business logic
Introducing NXTware Remote
NXTware Remote Architecture
 NXTware Remote Studio
 Multi-language Eclipse-based plug-ins for remote OpenVMS
develop
 NXTware Remote Server
 Server-side platform-specific execution engine
• OpenVMS version is DCL-based and talks with CMS, MMS, compiler and
system
 NXTware Server
 Communication framework for remote development and distributed
operation and management
Introducing NXTware Remote
 NXTware Architecture
Eclipse
OpenVMS
NXTware
Server
NXTware
Remote
Studio
OpenVMS
Tools
NXTware
Remote
Server
(IDE)
Remote Communication
Via CORBA
NXTware Remote Solution
NXTware Remote Powerful Benefits
 Solves real business challenges
 Operational Costs
• Maintenance and integration
 Loss of Capability
• Technical know-how, resources and human assets with contemporary
tools
 Skills mismatch
• Older platform and languages – Java developers
 Addresses the ROI Bell Curve…
Bell Curve Reality
Application Return on Investment and Risk Cycle
Risk Bell Curve
ROI Bell Curve
ROI
Risk
Time
Time
As applications age, they become more expensive to maintain and
the risk associated with their operation increases.
If action isn’t taken, IT managers are eventually forced to start the cycle again, investing in a
replacement system while carrying the risks related to new development or
commercial software customization.
ROI Bell Curve and Capability
The Capability Wave breaks early...
 Assent: Development
 Development and implementation
 Capability/Skills high rate of growth...
 Apex: Mid-life
 Capability matures faster
 ROI plateaus after deployment
 Descent: Aging
 Dissipating capability
• Technical skills tend to evaporate
 Higher cost of operation
• Continually “Putting out fires”
 Software hardening
• Increasing cost of handling changing
business needs
Capability
NXTware Option
Extending the ROI of Valuable Business Logic
NXTware Remote extends the ROI Curve by
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Simplifying the use and maintenance of existing assets
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Managing changes in the market, technical standards and talent pools
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Limiting risks associated with re-engineering and software hardening
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Enabling selected business logic integration and extension with SOA and Web
NXTware Remote Drives Efficiencies
Existing Development
NXTware-base Development
 Complexity
 Development
 Improved Manageability
 Maintenance
 Cost
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Rare skill sets
Closed environment
Time-to-market
Responsiveness
Constantly putting out “fires”
 Risk
 “Software hardening”
 Standards-based
 Develop in common environments
 Lower Cost of Operation
 Standard skill sets
 Interoperable with legacy
and new applications
 Mitigated Risk
 Software Evolution
 Large Eclipse community of users
 Extended ROI
 No lost technical equity
 No high-cost re-engineering
Thank You!
Questions?
Questions?
This Presentation contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of eCube Systems management. Such statements reflect current views of eCube Systems with respect to future events and results and are subject to risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here, due to factors including changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange, the introduction of competing products, lack of market
acceptance of new products, services or technologies and changes in business strategy.