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Mainframe modernization is stuck

Stopgap patches, code conversion, and cloud emulation amplify technical debt. But the pressure to adapt—whether it’s about cost, compliance, or staying competitive—is running into the hard limits of aging but essential systems.

Recreate and Deliver

Based on our learnings, we build a perfect replica of this component in a secure cloud environment where it’s subject to rigorous performance and functional criteria before it goes live. Now this component is modern, tested, instrumented and well understood. Most importantly, it’s ready for innovation—while running smoothly with the rest of the legacy system.

Repeat and Innovate

The process iterates with the next component until the entire system has deployed into the cloud environment. Each subsequent component could take progressively less time through applying our AI tools and organizational learnings.

Because we only work with a single component at a time, each one has a proven fallback method. This profoundly limits the risk to your living, breathing system at any given time.

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Transformation without traditional trade-offs

Imogen captures real data flows to create a precise, behavioral replica of complex systems—translating them into modern, cloud-native, high-quality code through a clear, iterative, and transparent process. This makes it remarkably easy to make changes and introduce a state of continuous modernization.

Recreate and Deliver

Based on our learnings, we build a perfect replica of this component in a secure cloud environment where it’s subject to rigorous performance and functional criteria before it goes live. Now this component is modern, tested, instrumented and well understood. Most importantly, it’s ready for innovation—while running smoothly with the rest of the legacy system.

Repeat and Innovate

The process iterates with the next component until the entire system has deployed into the cloud environment. Each subsequent component could take progressively less time through applying our AI tools and organizational learnings.

Because we only work with a single component at a time, each one has a proven fallback method. This profoundly limits the risk to your living, breathing system at any given time.

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Our Modernization Principles

Reverse-engineer a behavioral twin

We find out what's going on and how the system works, then use the platform to create a replica in modern, cloud-native codebase.

The running system defines the behavior

Imogen proves behavioral equivalence using actual data flows, giving confidence that the modern code created is reliable and minimizing disruptions.

Roll increments into production

As Imogen proves equivalence for each workload, that workload is cutover into production, where it's ready for innovation

Introducing Imogen

Imogen is an end-to-end legacy modernization platform that takes a different approach from the status quo. Traditionally, the system integrator model relies on large teams using a patchwork of vendor tools to push through each phase—analyzing the system, transpiling code, and then facing a long, uncertain stretch of integration and regression testing. After what are usually years of effort, success hinges on a single, high-stakes moment to see if everything actually works.

Instead, Imogen uses data flows to safely and incrementally rebuild critical systems. Instead of focusing only on code, it captures how individual workloads actually behave and rewrites that behavior into modern, idiomatic code. By shifting integration and testing to the start of the process, Imogen removes the long, often uncertain phase that slows down traditional modernization methods.

Instead of applying GenAI to code translation, Imogen first creates a precise specification based on the current system's behavior, and then applies a closed loop of rapid generation and verification against those specifications. This results in audit-quality, idiomatic software.

While the methodology works for any legacy system, our data capture technology is optimized to automate the modernization process for the following mainframe technologies.

CICS

COBOL

DB2

GDG Files

JCL

MQ

z/OS

CICS

COBOL

DB2

GDG Files

JCL

MQ

z/OS

CICS

COBOL

DB2

GDG Files

JCL

MQ

z/OS

The Imogen Platform Overview

Here's how the Imogen mainframe modernization platform works with batch jobs.

Imogen for industries

“You have gone further than any modernization effort we’ve ever experienced.”

⎯ F500 CPG company

“Mechanical Orchard didn’t just modernize our system—they proved that mainframe rewrites can be done safely, without disruption. Their methodology ensures the highest quality, which is what truly matters.”

⎯ F500 Retailer

“Mechanical Orchard didn’t just modernize our system—they proved that mainframe rewrites can be done safely, without disruption. Their methodology ensures the highest quality, which is what truly matters.”

⎯ F500 Retailer

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Your new legacy starts here.

We believe that every company deserves to realize their vision, free of constraints from the past. Our team's approach, technology, and experience can help them move into this evolving version safely, reliably, fearlessly.

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