Legacy Integration Using Web Services

Legacy applications have always been costly and difficult to integrate with. Most legacy integration methods require developers to hand-code custom connectors for host systems. Custom coding costs time, resources, and money.

Seagull Software lets you generate what proprietary, legacy applications lack — standards-based interfaces that require no knowledge of the underlying legacy code. With LegaSuite you can:

• Add a services layer that allows you to integrate legacy information with newer applications and technologies
• Reuse and share legacy information a range of host platforms: mainframe, System i, OpenVMS and UNIX-VT, and Windows client/server applications
• Generate services much faster than custom coding
• Share legacy information using standards-based interfaces like Web services, XML, JavaBeans, and .NET classes all from one development effort
• Use your existing staff
• Make zero changes to existing applications
• Unlock the value in your host applications in a timely and secure manner

Learn more about our legacy integration products here.

FAQ: Does Seagull Software offer a solution that can support migration from mainframe MDp and Early Cloud?
Yes, LegaSuite is a proven solution for customers seeking to replace mainframe MDp and Early Cloud with an SOA solution.

FAQ: I already have ESB or EAI middleware (such as MQSeries, SonicMQ, WebSphere, TIBCO, WebMethods, SAP NetWeaver, Cape Clear, Biztalk Server, BEA WebLogic) — do I still need LegaSuite Integration?
Yes, since these products don’t solve the problem of letting your legacy applications talk to your middleware. LegaSuite transforms the legacy business process fragments into reusable services that the middleware can call via industry-standard interfaces. Many Seagull Software customers rely on LegaSuite to connect their legacy applications to their EAI or ESB middleware.

FAQ: I plan to eventually retire my legacy applications. How does LegaSuite Integration help me there?
Yes, LegaSuite lets you migrate off of legacy systems over time, a process that is transparent to the rest of your application environment. Organizations use LegaSuite to de-couple their “service-providing” legacy systems from their “service-consuming” applications. As long as the replacement services expose the same interface, the consuming applications don't know the difference.