Application platform provider, Nexaweb Technologies, has developed its Nexaweb Advance, a technology-enabled modernization solution.

Designed for legacy business application transformation, from 3GL/4GL technologies, the new solution was developed for more economical composite applications.

"Web 2.0 is having a revolutionary effect on the enterprise workforce, and much like client/server replaced mainframe, will forever change the future of business application development. It is important that customers have the opportunity to leverage the corporate value that is captive inside their legacy artifacts so that they can quickly move to a more dynamic platform that supports business growth," said Judith Hurwitz, President, Hurwitz and Associates.

Nexaweb Advance pairs Nexaweb's Enterprise Web Suite with automated code generation tools and its Professional Services experts to deliver a repeatable, Model Driven Architecture approach to the transformation of legacy PowerBuilder, ColdFusion, C++, VisualBasic, and Oracle Forms applications.

The application transformation process with Nexaweb Advance includes the following steps: -- Capture: Auto-generate documentation of legacy artifacts, logic, User Interface (UI) elements and data maps in standards-based representation (UML, etc.) -- Re-factor: Eliminate duplicative and corrupt code, review code for architectural integrity, and delver UI and business logic to a customer- specified architecture -- Re-compose: Auto-generate XML from documented legacy code, add new features and modify workflow, design Web UI and functionality using an Eclipse-based IDE -- Deploy: Install web application across any architecture including JSP/HTML through to Ajax and Java, on any JEE/Java, PHP, or .NET servers, and via the Web or the desktop -- Maintain: Centrally managed code base supports all users, whatever their client configuration and network connection type, to reduce application maintenance time and costs by 75% on average.