Case Study: a US agricultural company overcomes hardware obsolescence with Rocket Visual COBOL

US Agricultural Company enables real-time data integration with Rocket Software

A US agricultural company faced a critical operational threat when the specialized data capture hardware for its foundational COBOL tracking system became obsolete. To avoid a breakdown, they partnered with Rocket Software, leveraging Rocket Visual COBOL to modernize their application while retaining its core business logic.

Rocket Software delivered a fast modernization path by using Visual COBOL's refactoring technology to build RESTful web services. This replaced the outdated green screens, allowing the system to interface directly with modern, browser-based scanning technology. The solution resolved the immediate hardware crisis, provided real-time data integration, and created a flexible framework that speeds up onboarding and future hiring.