Case Study: AMI Information Systems achieves instant self-service reporting and rapid COBOL data modernization with OpenText Relativity

Micro Focus Relativity enables real-time data analytics to support a highly customized marketing effort for AMI clients

AMI Information Systems provides a browser-based core processing system for credit unions, but its COBOL-developed Encompass platform made meeting ad hoc reporting needs slow and resource-intensive. With new reports taking 4–6 months via normal release cycles and no appetite for a risky code rewrite, AMI needed a secure, fast way to open data to clients without diverting development from feature work.

AMI implemented Micro Focus Relativity (with Xcentricity BIS) to present COBOL data files as a read-only relational source via ODBC, enabling instant self-service reporting and advanced analytics. The solution boosted customer satisfaction, kept AMI in control of data security, freed developers to focus on new features, and accelerated COBOL modernization for improved data access.

AMI Information Systems

Mark Lee

Vice President of Operations