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Can a power user access legacy applications

I have a user who recently upgraded from windows 2000 to windows xp - as a result, our two main legacy applications don't work the same with an xp limited account. If i make the user account a member of the power users group, will the user be able...

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Discussion threads 2007-08-06

Making Vista run legacy applications is easy

Well looks like I need to bust another myth about Vista not being able to run legacy applications. Mary Jo Foley writes that Virtual PC might theoretically give Vista a way to run all those legacy applications that will break in Windows Vista. Mary Jo opened her blog...

Tags: Making Vista run legacy application, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Security, Vista

Blog posts 2006-10-12

The real story on Vista application compatibility

First of all, I want to welcome Mary Jo Foley to ZDNet blogs. Ive had a blast debating some of her columns within the last few years correcting her when needed. Fellow blogger Ed Bott has also debated Mary Jo Foley in a recent post where he pointed...

Tags: ISV, legacy application, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, permission, Security, Vista

Blog posts 2006-09-21

Get IT Done: Make legacy applications feel at home in Windows XP

Find out how Compatibility Mode can make nearly any legacy application work with Windows XP.For more than a decade, the programmers behind Microsoft Windows have been caught in a double bind. On one hand, Windows needs to be the latest and greatest OS; on the other hand, it needs to...

Tags: Operating systems, Faithe Wempen, Get IT Done, Microsoft Windows, legacy application, Microsoft Windows XP, Compatibility Mode, operating system, Microsoft MS-DOS

Technical articles 2002-02-04

File Access Manager Server 4.1.7 (Windows)

File Access Manager Enterprise Server was designed to seamlessly give your backup software access to locked, open and in-use files such as: Outlook, MS SQL, Exchange, Legacy applications, any other exclusively opened or locked file. You will no longer need to ask users to log out of their systems or...

Tags: Legacy Application, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows, Backup Software, VisionWorks Solutions, Backups, Storage Management, Servers, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-04-10

Microsoft Webcast: Value-Up Modernization for Legacy Applications in Health Care: Achieve More IT Agility at a Lower Cost With Cognizant (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast discusses how to optimize business value through use of modern technology, innovative tools, and well-managed processes. Using a case study - based approach, the presenter describes how health-care companies can develop and implement strategies for creating more agile and efficient IT environments while still cutting...

Tags: Legacy Application, Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Visual Basic, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Vertical Industries, Programming Languages, Benefits, Application Servers, Healthcare, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Webcasts 2008-11-20

Embracing SOA for the Legacy World: Architectural Strategies to Give Your Mainframes and Legacy Applications a New Lease on Life

Service-Oriented Architecture SOA is becoming widely accepted, but there are gaps in the industry's approach, level of experience, and understanding of how to apply SOA to enterprise IT environments. Explore ways to stretch the return on IT investment of legacy platforms, such as mainframes, by using SOA-based technologies to expose...

Tags: Strategy, Legacy Application, Mainframe, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-06-13

Service-Enable CICS and IMS Legacy Applications Using the IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance

In this paper one explores scenarios for service-enabling CICS and IMS applications using different techniques. One learns important aspects to consider for service-enabling legacy applications, including determining the "Ambition level" and whether the legacy code can be reused and exposed as a service using a native service interface, adapter, or...

Tags: Legacy Application, IBM WebSphere, SOA, IBM IMS, IBM CICS, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software

White papers 2007-10-30

Extend the Value of Your Core Business Systems: Transforming Legacy Applications Into an SOA Framework

Facing tremendous pressure to improve responsiveness, global companies are hampered by the very technologies they rely on to run their businesses. Many of their core Information Technology IT systems have been in service for years - even decades. Developed on and optimized for legacy platforms, these systems are difficult to...

Tags: Legacy Application, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-11-17

Application Modernization & Legacy-to-SOA

Nowadays legacy applications are essential to running the business, but their inherent inflexibility limits the ability to react fast to changing demands. Consequently, most enterprises realize that at some level they must modernize their applications to remain competitive. This whitepaper analyses different possible strategies for legacy application modernization and transformation,...

Tags: Legacy Application, Decision-making, Interactive Objects Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2005-12-08

Investors Heritage Life Extends Legacy Application to Launch New Web Self-Service Capabilities Using LegaSuite Technology

Investors Heritage is one of the top ten pre-need insurance providers in the USA. Based in Frankfort, KY, the company has been in business for 24 years, serving the pre-need and life insurance markets. To manage insurance policies, Investors Heritage relies on mainframe-based administration system. Although the system is secure...

Tags: Seagull Software, Web, Legacy Application, Investor, Investors Heritage, Insurance, Financial Planning, Real Estate, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

Case studies

Integrating Legacy Applications as Services in a Service Oriented Architecture

You will want to listen to this webcast if you are faced with the challenge of delivering new business applications while trying to maintain existing core systems that were written long ago. This webcast explores those challenges and makes recommendations on how to overcome the problem of integrating new technologies...

Tags: Legacy Application, Webcast, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts

Take Your Legacy Applications to the Web Quickly and Easily With IBM WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services, Version 6

The IBM WebSphere Host Access Transformation Services HATS rules-based transformation engine makes it possible to extend your host applications to the Web within hours of installing the software. HATS is a zero-footprint, zero-download Web-to-host solution. The only software needed on the client is a Web browser. The power of HATS...

Tags: Web, Legacy Application, Microsoft Access, IBM WebSphere, IBM Corp., Host Access Transformation Services, Channel Management, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

Webcasts

Additional Resources

Agile Legacies: Using Iterative Methods to Import Legacy Data

Importing legacy data is an important part of most IT projects. It should not be relegated to the end of the project, just before the application goes into production. Instead, the process of analyzing and importing legacy data should be fully integrated into the project iteration cycles. Integrating legacy data...

Tags: Legacy Data, Product Marketing, Strategy, Marketing, Management

White papers 2006-03-02

Automated Modeling of Legacy Systems Using the UML

Poor documentation is one of the major challenges of supporting legacy systems; many cases, the only available documentation is the source code itself. This paper describes steps you can take to model a legacy system using the Unified Modeling Language UML, taking into account language constructs and application-specific usage of...

Tags: Legacy System, Modeling, Hardware Upgrade, UML, Programming Languages, Hardware, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2004-09-02

Adapting Legacy Systems for SOA: Finding New Business Value in Older Applications

Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, along with other service-oriented approaches for developing and managing IT infrastructures, is causing many organizations to reconsider traditional approaches for leveraging legacy IT investments. In this paper, discover the business and IT advantages to using SOA to transform an existing legacy investment, as well as key architectural...

Tags: Information Technology, Legacy System, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-06-08

The Burden of Legacy

This paper endorses the opinion that large and complex IT projects will turn into legacy and that such collapses are inevitable. The idea of software that can maintain its own mental model is introduced and offered as a solution to the inevitable trend for software to turn into legacy systems.

Tags: Software, Legacy, Erudine, Hardware Upgrade, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management

White papers 2006-11-06

Retain and Extend Your Legacy Mainframe Systems

Is the organization challenged with retaining and extending the value of legacy systems? Does an individual need to migrate to new platforms and technologies in order to lower operation and maintenance costs? Do the person need a better understanding of the business rules embedded in the legacy systems? Is the...

Tags: Mainframe, Legacy System, Computer Associates International Inc., Hardware Upgrade, Hardware

Webcasts

Migrating Legacy Systems to SOA

If people go looking for information on SOA they can find a ton of stuff about how to write a brand new system with services. But what about taking a legacy system and moving towards a service oriented architecture? Well the presenter of this webcast has done just that with...

Tags: Legacy System, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Hardware Upgrade, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Webcasts

IT inefficiencies

Do see any great inefficiencies in your existing structure that you would like to see remedied if you had the time and resources?yesmanagement.Legacy SystemsBusiness units and IT are slow to address the need for replacing legacy applications mainly due to cost and the if it ain't broke don't fix it...

Tags: Hardware upgrade

Discussion threads 2004-10-08