EvolveWare’s S2T Technology - Automated Software Analysis, Documentation & Transformation

EvolveWare's S2T® Technology A Detailed Overview Automated Software Analysis, Documentation & Transformation - Any Source-2-Any Target Abstract: Software analysis, documentation, migration, upgrades or replacements are daunting and risky endeavors because they are primarily manual and time-consuming. EvolveWare's S2T Technology provides a solution to these problems with tools that automate the process up to 90%, thus reducing the time and cost of such initiatives by as much as 40-60%. S2T Technology allows the development of tools to transform any Source-2-any Target. These tools generate standard XML representation of any source code business rules, business processes and data model in component and object form so as to (a) serve as input to any product that has an API with XML support (e.g. BRE tools, modeling & code generation tools etc.) (b) be transformed into a target model or code using a simple XML transformer or (c) be used to derive BPEL and SOA components that can be orchestrated using BPM tools. For documentation purposes the source code's data model is made available in SQL DDL format, the program logic as pseudo code and the business rules in Plain English and in Flowchart format, allowing compliance with legislated standards like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA in the U.S. and BASEL II in Europe. Notable factors that differentiate the S2T Technology tools are its discovery and extraction process of the input code, followed by the high rate of automation in its conversion process. Authored by, Ajay M R Chief Technology Officer
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www.evolveware.com 1 Demands on Information Technology (IT) A global economy with rising government regulations mandates on-time execution of strategy, supported by corporate documentation and efficiencies. To meet these goals IT organizations have begun focusing on key business objectives that include: 1. Compliance with Government regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley 2. Enterprise wide connectivity to facilitate data sharing 3. A lower total cost of ownership of their application portfolio 4. A shortened time for deployment of new technologies The result is an initiative to transform existing software, developed using proprietary technologies, to lower-cost, easily maintainable systems running on relatively small, inexpensive but high performance computers. In terms of platform environment and technology, the trend is to transform proprietary software to open system standards involving model-based development which use component architecture to enable SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) over ESB (Enterprise Service Bus). These systems provide ease of use since they can be orchestrated using Business Process Management (BPM) tools that are fast invading the market place.
The Problem Businesses of companies, governments and agencies evolve over the years. So do government regulations. Either or both of these scenarios result in changes - additions, deletions or modifications of rules that govern the mode of doing business. These busin... [download for more]