Welcome to Twincentric
Twincentric is an IT solutions provider based in Witney, Oxfordshire, specialising in:
- integration of legacy host applications with PC and web based systems
- legacy Micro Focus 'Lift and Shift™' - moving legacy mainframe applications to open systems platforms like Microsoft, UNIX and Linux.
- migration of RPG and/or COBOL systems to Java
- application maintenance, documentation, business rules mining and complexity analysis tools
As a long established software and services company with an array of blue chip clients, Twincentric has now extended its product and services offerings. From the Net.Visual product that allows existing mainframe users to exploit their data through the use of thin client technologies, transforming host based applications for use on the internet, extranet or intranet, Twincentric now offers code migration.
Latest News
Twincentric chooses SystemCode for one of the largest UK companies
Twincentric, UK based integration, migration and system support specialist, has chosen to deploy SystemCode as part of their provision of application support and maintenance for the legacy systems of a long standing and important manufacturing client, based on a Bull Dps7000 mainframe.
Services Manager, Paul Smallridge, said:
"Having supplied Web based tools to our client and established a long term working relationship with them, it is essential that this new project reflects the confidence that has been placed in us to deliver a long and complex contract. Several companies were invited to provide a tool to perform the application analysis and knowledge but only SystemCode from Metrixware met all of the requirements - demonstrable processing of real customer code, proven support of the complete set of languages, practical working knowledge of the Bull platform, and additional tools to further improve the service to the customer."
This project is complicated by the variety of languages used (Cobol, MANTIS and IQS), the database in use (IDS2), and the complexity and size of the application (3m lines of Cobol, 1.6m Mantis, and 0.5m lines of IQS). It was clear to Twincentric that the choice of tool to provide the required application knowledge was absolutely critical to the success of the project – and SystemCode was the only choice.
Announcing NVX, the latest component in the Net.Visual Family of products
Twincentric is pleased to announce the beta release of NVX the latest component in the Net.Visual family. NVX now brings Net.Visual integration power into the new distributed programming environment by virtue of a Web Service.
Stop Press
Metrixware appoint Twincentric as UK distributor and service provider for SystemCode, their software suite with customisable modules that address all stages of application evolution: maintenance/enhancement, renovation and documentation, modernisation and business rules locked in source code identification.
Metrixware offers solutions in the Application Portfolio Management (APM) and IT Governance areas that provide organizations with information, indicators and diagnostics to allow them to optimize their applications, streamline decision making and implement best practice and compliance standards.
Twincentric MD, Tony McGurk said: "We are extremely impressed with both the product and the service we have received from Metrixware in deploying SystemCode for one of our largest clients. Having experienced the product ourselves we see that it fits seamlessly into our integration and migration solutions portfolio."
Case Studies
Honeywell Controls
Honeywell Controls Europe uses a unique Twincentric solution to reduce 'non-value-added' response centre calls by up to 70%.
You can learn more by downloading our Honeywell Case Study in PDF format.
We also have other case studies available, including the Port of Felixstowe, Anglian Water and the Superior Court of Arizona.
Comment
Proprietary to proprietary?
There is another way
Twincentric's Chris Champion discusses application modernisation.
It is interesting that the so-called 'modernisation wars' puts IBM directly against the Microsoft-inspired Midrange Alliance Programme (MAP). Very interesting. Proprietary to proprietary? If you are looking for a level of independence from everything IBM, why would you suddenly leap into bed with Microsoft? Now, there is nothing wrong, quite obviously, with these two giants of the industry. But why jump out of the frying pan into the fire? Surely the reason for moving in the first place has to be to do with dependence on a single supplier, so it makes no sense to do it all over again.
Other options to the proprietary path exist and it is worth looking at some of the reasoning behind seeking alternatives. Read more...
