24.05.2006

SCORE Adaptive Bridges Generates Bespoke Data Services

Schmallenberg, 24th May 2006

The Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) has decided to implement SCORE Adaptive Bridges from Delta Software Technology, announced today the software vendor that specialises in generators. The development tool will be used in the “Steelworks Online” project to automate the service development. The “Steelworks Online” project covers the complete administration and control of the core steel production process.

Over the years HKM has developed a comprehensive application system that is an exact fit for their needs for the administration and control of the production process. These applications are now being modernized and extended to make the important core functions available as services for flexible use in a wide range of tasks in the future. As part of this project workflows that were partially controlled manually will now be automated.

The first step is developing services for data access. All of the production data required by the “Online Steelworks” project is stored in an IBM Informix database running on 64-bit Prime Power servers from Fujitsu Siemens under Sun Solaris. HKM will generate approximately 450 data access servers with SCORE Adaptive Bridges to manage all aspects of data access to the production data.

The required data access services are defined with SCORE Adaptive Bridges based on the existing data structure definitions, using simple platform-independent definitions.

“The complete platform-specific access code is completely – and that really means 100% -- automatically generated by SCORE Adaptive Bridges and made available as bespoke services for the selected platform”, explained Rüdiger Schilling, founder and CTO of Delta Software Technology, the way of working with SCORE Adaptive Bridges.

The generated services exactly fulfil the requirements of the client applications. Thanks to the generative development approach the design of the applications and the construction of the application architecture are independent of the technical details of the implementation of the services. The generation simplifies and accelerates the development process. Changes can be made more quickly and maintenance costs reduced.

Gerhard Batiajew, CIO at HKM justified their choice of the Delta product: “One of the key reasons we have selected SCORE Adaptive Bridges is that we can make our mission-critical applications available as services that we can quickly and easily reuse – without any extra effort – in other contexts, for example in a Service-Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Portals etc.”

HKM has been using Delta’s development tools for more than 25 years and has already completed 11 projects with a predecessor product to SCORE Adaptive Bridges. Example projects include:

• A long-term archive of production statistics
• An interface between the steel works and raw materials planning
• An administration system for transport systems within the plant
• A shipping logistics system in co-operation with the port of Rotterdam.

Delta worked closely with RDW to analyse the existing development processes and to configure SCOUT² to support RDW’s unique requirements.

These projects have already demonstrated the substantial value of generative tools for application development. For this reason HKM has once again decided in favour of Delta.

About SCORE Adaptive Bridges

SCORE Adaptive Bridges is an intelligent development tool that uses software generators to automate the development of services. SCORE Adaptive Bridges generates platform specific implementations of the service components from platform independent specifications, based on the OMG concepts of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and Architecture Driven Modernization (ADM) – as a clearly layered architecture, in native source code for the selected platform, and all fully automatically.

SCORE Adaptive Bridges can build on every level of the application architecture, forming bridges between different architectures without having to throw out the existing structures

SCORE Adaptive Bridges helps to make mission-critical COBOL applications quickly and securely available as Adaptive Services for new application contexts within a service-oriented architecture. The generative approach guarantees that the services are able to easily and consistently adapt to the continuously changing requirements.

More Information: www.D-S-T-G.com/SAB

About HKM Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann

Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann’s plant is located in Duisburg, the steelmaking heart of Germany's Ruhr industrial region. With its 3,250 employees, the company produces more than five million tonnes of steel there each year, equating to approximately every 8th tonne of crude steel produced in Germany.

Since its formation in 1990 by Krupp Stahl AG and Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG, HKM has increasingly specialized in the production of slabs for flat products and in steel rounds for tube-making. The range produced thus corresponds predominantly to the needs of the present-day shareholders – Thyssen Krupp Steel AG (50%), Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH (30%) and Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes SA (20%).

HKM produces more than 1,000 different grades of high-quality steel that meet the most stringent quality specifications, for example, those demand by the automotive industry.

More Information: www.HKM.de

About Delta Software Technology

Delta Software Technology is a specialist in generative development tools for the integration and modernization of COBOL applications.

Delta’s generative solutions bridge the gap between legacy and modern technologies, creating value from an ever-changing world by building applications that quickly and securely adapt to changing business requirements, technical infrastructure and available resources.

As “The Generator Company”, Delta combines its standard products, core technologies, latest research results and focused professional services to deliver bespoke generative solutions that automate and optimize integration and modernization projects.

Delta has a 30-year track record of successfully delivering advanced software generator technology to Europe’s leading organisations, including AMB Generali, AXA, Deutsche Telekom, IDG, La Poste, RDW, Schorch, Suva and UBS.

More information: www.D-S-T-G.com

Delta, SCORE, ObjectBridge, Amelio and the Delta Software Technology logo are registered trademarks, and SCORE Adaptive Bridges, Model Driven Legacy Integration, Integration in Motion, SCORE Integration Suite, AMELIO Modernization Platform, SCOUT², ADSplus, Delta/ADS, Delta/DBI, ANGIE, HyperSenses and Active Intent are trademarks of Delta Software Technology GmbH in Germany and/or other countries. All other registered trademarks, trademarks, trade names or service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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