Unify, a provider of application development, database and migration software, has unveiled the Composer for Lotus Notes Tool Set, a suite of software tools that enables companies and systems integrators (SIs) to analyse and convert Lotus Notes applications into the Microsoft platform.
Unify also launched Composer for Lotus Notes Evaluation License for organisations to assess the feasibility of migrating all or some of their Notes applications to the .NET environments.
The company claims that by using the Composer Evaluation License, organisations will be able to migrate the user interface, document data, security and business logic of a Notes application, and access the application during the 45 day evaluation period. The evaluation allows ASP.NET developers and or Lotus Notes developers to move to ASP.NET development with knowledge of C#, to perform the evaluation and migration.
The company said that the Composer for Lotus Notes Tool Set is made up of two key components: the Application Analyser and the Application Converter. The Composer Application Analyser performs an analysis of the design of the existing Notes applications to determine the complexity. Redundant code is identified to ensure that only the business logic needed to preserve like-for-like application functionality is migrated.
In addition, the Composer Application Converter migrates an entire Lotus Notes application to the Microsoft platform while keeping the user interface, business logic, and workflow intact. Preserving the existing UI, business logic and workflow infrastructure allow customers to eliminate re-training disruption to end-users, the company said.
