Customer: Ministry of Justice in Portugal (www.itij.mj.pt)


The IT Department of the Ministry of Justice in Portugal, Instituto das Technologias de Informação na Justiça (ITIJ), is responsible for supporting the computing requirements of various branches of Portugal's justice system including the police department and the courts, on a 24x7 basis.

Business Drivers: Supporting two IBM® IMS™ technology-based applications on the mainframe cost ITIJ approximately 1.45 million Euro per year, a disproportionate amount of the agency's budget. isCOBOL technology from Veryant and UniKix Mainframe Rehosting software from Clerity would allow ITIJ to replatform its legacy IBM IMS application and data investments onto flexible open systems and avoid renewing a costly mainframe lease.

Solution: isCOBOL and UniKix UniKix technology enabled ITIJ to cut annual operating costs by 95% and provided a consolidated, flexible foundation to quickly respond to market change and future integration requirements.

Partner: Logica and Clerity demonstrated that isCOBOL and UniKix Mainframe Rehosting software would allow ITIJ to replatform its legacy IBM IMS application and data investments onto flexible open systems and avoid renewing a costly mainframe lease.