Microsoft Development Services

.NET Migration Services

Silicus net migrations solutions revolve around expertise and experience built through executing VB 6 to VB.NET, ASP to ASPX, VB to C#, Java to Net, Delphi to .NET, C++ to C#, Delphi to C# and J2EE to Net migration projects.

The driving factor for many enterprises to go for technology migration of applications or databases is changes in business demands or technology challenges aimed at improving operational efficiency and reducing risk. One of the challenges faced by all organizations is that of protecting investments in legacy systems while migrating to newer systems.

While migrating applications, it is essential to ensure the preservation of established business rules and practices in the old system. An effective migration project leverages the business model and features of the old application and is done in a cost effective manner.

Microsoft's .NET platform is one of the most popular targets for enterprises and organizations. Some of the reasons why organizations opt to migrate applications to the .NET platform are:

• Maintenance and deployment issues
• Scalability
• Business logic mix-up
• Integration with other systems

VB 6 to VB.NET Migration

VB to Net conversion allows companies to leverage the full benefits the .NET framework provides. Silicus .NET migration services for upgrading applications from Visual Basic to Visual Basic.NET covers application evaluation, development of an upgrade plan, migrate VB pages and applications to VB.NET (convert to VB.NET migration). We convert VB to NET with the following key features:

• Upgrade Manager
• C# Generation
• Multi-Project Conversion
• ADO to ADO.NET
• Type inference
• Error handling replacement
• .NET Native Libraries instead of Visual Basic Compatibility Libraries
• Visual Basic 6.0 constants and numeric literals to .NET enumerations
• Code Refactoring
• No-Maps

ASP to ASP.NET Migration

Silicus ASP to ASP net migration services allows organizations to fully make use of the possibilities that arise through a web based application. Silicus ASP.NET migration services help organizations to create dynamic web applications with the following benefits:

• Fully integrated debugging support
• Faster deployment
• Power of new functionality such as XML web services and web forms
• Improved performance and scalability
• Improved session state management
• Intelligent web controls

Our convert ASP to Net and ASP migration solutions involve site study, requirements analysis, re-write and re-architecture if needed, deployment and support.

VB to C# and C#.NET Migration

We convert VB to C# and C#.NET with the same automation ratio and code quality as in the original application. Upgrading to C#.NET represents a larger technological challenge because of its differences compared with VB.NET. Silicus partners with companies and works on their converting VB to C# and C#.NET projects making sure that generated source code will have the topmost quality possible regardless of its target language.

JSP to ASP.NET Migration

With the growing popularity of Java based applications, many organizations today would be having a mix of Java and Microsoft based systems powering their IT business. However, this is far from an ideal situation, and most organizations today are looking to standardize on one or the other platform. Silicus solutions include:

• Accessing Java within a .NET application through the creation of bridges
• Migrating J2EE solutions on a need by need basis
• Migration of entire Java code to the .NET equivalent

Our JSP to ASP.NET application migration is conducted in the following phases:

• Code analysis and identification of critical functionality and problem areas
• Using the Microsoft Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) to port Java code
• Manually migrating Java code that was not possible through JLCA
• Optimizing the application to leverage ASP.NET features
• Evaluation of application for security, performance, scalability and stability
• Making changes to the application based on the evaluation report

Delphi to .NET Migration

Delphi to .NET migration is done in the following phases:

• Upgrade Delphi version to Delphi 7; the Delphi 7 compiler provides early warning for unsafe code
• Code re-write for addressing issues such as code containing GetMem, adjusting string handling routines, record formats etc
• Migration to .NET including classes, wrappers and components
• Replace VCL GUI with WinForms, rewrite database access parts (ADO.NET)

Silicus has experience in migrating Delphi applications to the .NET platform

PHP to ASP.NET Migration

Silicus has the skills and experience needed to convert to ASP Net from PHP applications. We make sure that the new application resembles the existing business model and take all steps to protect valuable data stored within the application. The key features of our migration to Net solutions are:

• Supports OLE-DB and ODBC
• Built in support through the use of user controls
• Supported in both dynamically compiled and pre-compiled modes

Migrating to Net brings many benefits such as improved security, increased productivity and better integration into other 3rd party systems.

Why Silicus?

We have extensive expertise and experience in all types of conversions to the .NET platform - convert to ASP Net, convert VB to C# net, convert VB 6 to net, convert VB 6 to VB net, convert ASP to ASP net. Our migrate to net services are backed by our Microsoft Gold certification that allows us access to the latest tools, frameworks and development utilities available in the Microsoft world.