Case Study: Eurorealm achieves 30% faster development and reduced time-to-market with OpenText Visual COBOL

Eurorealm - Customer Case Study

Eurorealm Consultants Ltd., a UK software firm, modernized its 25-year-old EADIS accounting application after customers demanded a refreshed UI and new features. Facing a legacy UNIX-to-Windows history and the need to retain decades of COBOL investment, the company chose to modernize to a .NET-compatible platform to avoid losing competitiveness.

Using Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Visual Studio and COBOL Server, Eurorealm reused existing COBOL code, leveraged object-oriented COBOL and OpenESQL to integrate .NET services, and added PDF generation, SMS/email, charts and other modern features. The result: about 30% higher developer productivity, faster time-to-market with lower costs, rapid customization, strong Micro Focus support, and readiness for cloud/SaaS deployment.

Eurorealm

Neil Willby

Managing Director