Case Study: a Fortune 500 financial services firm accelerates Java modernization with CloudFrame

a Fortune 500 financial services firm refactors 6 business functions with CloudFrame to speed Azure modernization

A major financial services firm, a large tier-1 bank, faced the challenge of modernizing its legacy COBOL systems. The central question was whether to pursue a manual, resource-intensive rewrite or a more gradual, tool-assisted approach. The bank partnered with CloudFrame to evaluate its tool-assisted COBOL refactoring approach to accelerate the conversion to Java and reduce project risk.

CloudFrame's solution involved a pilot project to convert six business functions from COBOL to Java. The goal was to validate the tool's ability to deliver maintainable code with 100% functional equivalence and numeric precision, providing a clean codebase to then refactor for Microsoft Azure deployment. The engagement successfully demonstrated CloudFrame's automated conversion capabilities and the ease of refactoring the generated code towards the target Azure architecture.