5 June 2008

ASNA, a BluePhoenix Solutions company, has released a major upgrade of its Monarch modernisation solution, including support for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

Monarch 4.0 enables organisations to quickly expand or migrate their monolithic AS/400, iSeries, or System i green screen and Web-faced RPG applications to the. NET Framework. In addition, the solution now includes an enhanced migration agent for migrating System i DB2 files to SQL Server, and support for automatically migrating embedded SQL code.

“There are thousands of companies and independent solution vendors (ISVs) with substantial dependence on System i legacy RPG applications,” said Eduardo Ross, president of ASNA. “Many of these organisations are constrained by the System i character-based user interface and the difficulty of adding functionality and interface with modern technologies. They are also constrained by the shrinking pool of skills and resources available to support these systems. Monarch 4.0 is the fastest means by which organisations can rapidly transform and enhance their legacy System i application portfolio into re-energised systems that can answer today’s most challenging business demands.”

“We are pleased to have ASNA provide support for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, as well as enhanced support for SQL Server,” said Jay Roxe, group product manager in the developer division at Microsoft. “Monarch 4.0’s support enables System i users to expand and modernise their applications to use Microsoft technologies. This will enable greater flexibility to create applications that meet current and future needs.”