Case Study: Leading Global Producer of Passive Electronic Components achieves rapid mainframe-to-Linux migration and dramatic cost savings with Software AG (Adabas & Natural)

Leading Global Producing Company - Customer Case Study

A global manufacturer of passive electronic components with more than 10,000 employees and over $1.3 billion in revenue faced rising operational costs and an aging 30‑year mainframe environment that hindered faster production cycles, new functionality and disaster recovery. Backups on tape, retiring legacy staff and the need to prepare for green energy and smart manufacturing made a modern, low‑risk upgrade essential.

Software AG re‑platformed the company’s Adabas and Natural systems to Linux in just 18 weeks, with consultants working side‑by‑side during go‑live and preserving a familiar user experience. The move eliminated the costly mainframe and tape backups, cut operating expenses dramatically, enabled rapid delivery of new functionality, and gave the company the agility to meet customer and regulatory demands and pursue cloud‑based, smart manufacturing initiatives.