Ensono announced its acquisition of
ExperSolve, a mainframe modernization
company. The addition of ExperSolve further expands Ensono's mainframe
optimization and modernization services.
Organizations
running mainframe applications face obstacles to modernization, often due to a
shortage of expert staff, complex dependencies, and outdated interfaces, to
name a few. Depending on business and technical requirements, it may make sense
to migrate the applications off the mainframe to a private or public cloud or
modernize the application on the mainframe. ExperSolve's capabilities help with
either path.
ExperSolve's
proprietary software toolchain converts COBOL and other mainframe programming
languages to modern languages such as Java and C#, so applications can be
migrated off the mainframe onto private or public clouds. Clients can expect
the following in their transformation journey:
- Application
modernization assessments
- Application
migration services
- Preservation
of known business logic and processes
- Fully
maintainable code
In
addition, ExperSolve can optimize and modernize on the mainframe, by, for
example, updating legacy databases to DB2 to optimize utilization and batch
processing times. By modernizing on the mainframe, clients can extend their
investment and ensure they are getting the most from their mainframe
applications.
"A
key focus for Ensono is its clients' digital preparedness and long-term
success, which is why ExperSolve aligns well with Ensono," said ExperSolve
Founder and President, Noah Ross, who takes on a new role as Managing Principal
at Ensono. "Both companies are dedicated to innovation that will help our
clients meet their business outcomes and stay relevant in today's enterprise.
We look forward to supporting Ensono clients by expanding its mainframe
modernization services and capabilities."
"Application
modernization remains a bigger-picture and longer-term IT objective at many
organizations, motivated by the promise of modern architectures and
technologies to deliver performance, cost and efficiency benefits," said Liam
Eagle, Research Director at 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market
Intelligence, in a recent report.[1] "These efforts are driving
cloud adoption and migration across enterprises as organizations see cloud
platforms and their component services as a means of modernizing legacy
applications."
ExperSolve
will become "ExperSolve, an Ensono company," retaining all current employees
and leadership so they can continue to support and provide expertise for
Ensono's mainframe modernization services. ExperSolve will join Ensono's
Advisory and Consulting Practice under Mainframe and Security Consulting.
"Ensono
is committed to being a relentless ally to our clients and meeting their needs
for today while helping them prepare for the future," said Ensono Senior Vice
President, Advisory and Consulting, Larry Goldberg. "Our clients' needs are
evolving at an ever-growing pace and therefore our client sponsors want
additional reliable choices that our Advisory and Consulting services can
provide. Whether it's modernizing applications so they can continue to be
supported on existing infrastructure, or migrating them to a cloud platform,
our goal is to have a robust set of end-to-end or lifecycle solutions that help
our clients meet their business outcomes. ExperSolve's proficiency in modernizing
legacy applications is an impactful addition as we continue to provide our
clients with lifecycle managed services, grow our mainframe modernization
services and help clients get the right workloads on the right platform."
Financial
terms for the deal were not disclosed. martinwolf acted as advisor to
ExperSolve.