DALLAS, July 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- eavRPM(TM) Simplifies The Modernization Process for COBOL and Natural 
Applications

ATERAS, a leading provider of solutions for legacy migration and
modernization, announced today the receipt of Microsoft Corp.'s Product
Innovation award for eavRPM(TM) (Rapid Program Modernization) tool at
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2009. Mainframe analysts and
developers can create customized, high powered and well documented
applications in C# from either COBOL or Natural without knowing any C#. The
business case for .NET Framework legacy modernization has never been more
compelling. ATERAS provides the optimum cost effective solution for global
enterprises to modernize their applications from the mainframe to the .NET
Framework.

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eavRPM was designed to simplify the modernization process leveraging a
direct connection to the target relational database, such as Microsoft SQL
Server. The relational database can be from a new design, a conversion, or a
purchased COTS or ERP package. Once the relational database is defined,
eavRPM empowers your existing programming staff to create modern applications
via an easy-to-use graphical interface using the existing mainframe
application. In fact, the users only need to know how the application works.
That's because eavRPM uses intuitive copy features to capture lines of COBOL
or Natural code that are then pasted into eavRPM. The result is pure C# code
written for that program, converted by eavRPM, while maintaining the
integrity of the legacy code functionality.

The resulting web applications are truly native, taking full advantage of
the Microsoft software stack (Windows, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Team
Foundation Server, etc). The .NET Framework solution exploits the features of
HTML, ASPX, ADO.NET, C# and object-oriented design. Because eavRPM generates
native C# solutions and true .NET objects, it delivers the C# applications to
Visual Studio as a project.

eavRPM was recently used to modernize Anchorage Water & Wastewater
Utility (AWWU) legacy Special Assessment Receivables System (SARS) from a
CICS VSAM IBM 370 mainframe application to a Microsoft C# ASPX .NET
application running on Windows. The ATERAS solution includes no system-level
software, no "black box" processing, no perpetuation of VSAM commands, no
additional execution overhead, and no functional changes from the end-user
perspective.

"ATERAS' eavRPM modernization tool allows global organizations to
increase productivity, decrease costs, and enhance performance of their
legacy applications by modernizing to Microsoft's .NET Framework.
Organizations can take their existing mainframe staff and modernize COBOL and
Natural applications to native C# that can be delivered straight into Visual
Studio." Bob Ellsworth, Director Platform Modernization, Microsoft.

"From a business perspective, eavRPM makes fiscal sense. It frees
companies of the licensing fees that can often cripple an IT budget, costing
tens of thousands of dollars. eavRPM empowers your existing programming staff
to create modern applications via an easy-to-use graphical user interface
using the existing mainframe application. The resulting applications that are
modernized using eavRPM take full advantage of the .NET Framework." Scott
Miller, CEO, President, ATERAS.

About ATERAS

ATERAS has supported global enterprises for 26 years, offering
state-of-the-art services to our clients by modernizing and migrating legacy
systems to the most current IT environments. The patent-pending eavRPM(TM)
and DB Shuttle(TM) technologies provide both modernization solutions and
comprehensive assessments of existing IT environments to fully automated
conversions. www.ateras.com.

Contact: Anna Stamatelatos, Vice President Sales & Marketing
+1-469-385-7236 annas@ateras.com