Move legacy PowerBuilder applications to .NET Core, Spring Boot and Angular with every DataWindow, business rule and embedded SQL statement preserved. Phased rollout, legacy coexistence, no code freeze.
PowerBuilder has been the backbone of mission-critical enterprise applications for over three decades, powering complex data-driven systems across banking, insurance, logistics and government. But as digital transformation accelerates, organizations face mounting pressure to move beyond legacy client-server architectures.
Kumaran brings an AI-powered approach to PowerBuilder modernization that goes well beyond code conversion. We handle both PowerBuilder to .NET migration (C#, ASP.NET Core, Angular) and PowerBuilder to Java migration (Spring Boot, Spring REST, Angular), depending on your database, infrastructure and team skills. By combining deep PowerBuilder DNA, graph-based application intelligence and proprietary AI accelerators, we deliver modernized applications that are architecturally sound, functionally equivalent and built for the future.
Six pressures squeezing PowerBuilder environments today, paired with the modern target stack response for each.
SAP's divestiture of PowerBuilder to Appeon has narrowed the ecosystem. Community support, third-party integrations and enterprise tooling are declining, leaving mission-critical apps on an increasingly isolated platform.
Migrate to .NET Core or Java Spring Boot with an Angular front end. Both have active communities, long-term vendor backing and a decade of roadmap ahead of them.
PowerBuilder developers are retiring faster than they're being replaced. Recruiting PB and DataWindow specialists is now a costly, time-consuming exercise, and the talent pipeline is effectively dry.
A PowerBuilder to .NET migration or a PowerBuilder to Java migration both open hiring into the two largest enterprise developer pools, which makes recruiting and onboarding an ordinary problem instead of a search.
PowerBuilder's thick-client, client-server architecture was built for a pre-cloud world. It cannot natively support SaaS delivery, microservices, containerization or modern DevOps pipelines.
Re-architect into API-first, cloud-native services ready for containerization, horizontal scaling and modern CI/CD pipelines.
DataWindows encapsulate presentation, data retrieval, validation and business logic in a single proprietary object. This tight coupling makes every change risky and every integration fragile, creating compounding technical debt.
Decompose DataWindows into clean, modular layers: data access (APIs), presentation (Angular/React) and business logic (.NET / Java services).
Legacy PB applications often lack modern authentication (OAuth 2.0, SSO), encryption standards and audit logging required by today’s regulatory frameworks, exposing organizations to compliance risk.
Adopt modern identity, encryption and observability standards out of the box, aligned with enterprise security and regulatory requirements.
Today's users expect responsive, mobile-first, browser-based interfaces. PowerBuilder's desktop-era UI drives low adoption, workaround culture and shadow IT, eroding data integrity and operational efficiency.
Deliver responsive, mobile-ready Angular or React UIs that delight users on any device and reduce shadow IT.
Six engineering choices that make PowerBuilder modernization predictable, accurate and built for the future.
Our proprietary AI engine deeply understands PowerBuilder constructs, DataWindows, user objects, embedded SQL and event-driven logic, delivering conversion accuracy that manual methods cannot match.
We model your entire application ecosystem as a knowledge graph, enabling intelligent impact analysis, dependency resolution and optimized migration sequencing.
Every business rule, validation and workflow is preserved and verified through automated equivalence testing, ensuring your modernized application behaves exactly as expected.
We don't just convert code, we restructure it into modular, API-first, cloud-native architectures that are ready for future innovation.
Our specialized tooling handles the most complex PowerBuilder artifact, DataWindows, converting them into modern data grid components with full fidelity.
Modernized applications are optimized for high concurrency, horizontal scaling and modern DevOps practices from day one.
A tool-based, highly automated process that converts your PowerBuilder applications to .NET or Java (JEE), with business logic intact.
We ingest your PowerBuilder portfolio and build a complete Application Intelligence Graph, mapping every window, DataWindow, PowerScript event, embedded SQL and dependency. You get a visual, interactive map of your landscape and an AI-generated functional summary in plain business language.
Our PowerBuilder Converter, a home-grown migration accelerator, generates target code across all application layers: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Angular, Spring Boot, Spring REST, .NET Core, C# and Web API, retaining business logic intact with open standards and minimal manual error.
We refine, test and deploy modern application modules in iterative waves. Legacy PowerBuilder and modern systems coexist during transition. Each wave is validated for functional equivalence before cutover, so your business never stops.
Our PowerBuilder Converter generates maintainable code with open standards and reduces the scope for manual errors.
Nine commitments that have made Kumaran the modernization partner of choice for enterprises running PowerBuilder at scale.
Over a decade of hands-on experience with PowerBuilder, from classic PB6.5 to PB2022. We understand DataWindows, PBLs and PFC frameworks inside out.
Our proprietary AI accelerators analyze, convert and validate PowerBuilder code, cutting migration timelines by up to 40-60% compared to manual approaches.
We've built dedicated tooling to handle PowerBuilder's most complex artifact, transforming DataWindows into modern data components with full fidelity and zero data loss.
Delivery centres across the US, Canada and India, ensuring timezone-aligned collaboration and on-ground support when you need it.
You own 100% of the modernized codebase. No proprietary runtimes, no recurring license fees, complete freedom to evolve on your terms.
We don't just convert, we re-architect into modular, API-first, cloud-native structures ready for microservices, containerization and CI/CD pipelines.
ISO 27001:2013 certified (IS 584836) with enhanced clearance capabilities for regulated industries like banking, healthcare and government.
Our Build, Train & Transfer model ensures your internal teams are fully equipped to own, maintain and extend the modernized applications post-delivery.
Successful PowerBuilder modernizations across financial services, insurance, logistics, manufacturing and public sector, we've seen every edge case.
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Computer-vision pipeline that extracts complex tables, text and layouts straight into clean JSON.
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Explore DQVReal-time visibility into team performance with full transparency across every level of the org.
Explore eTRKReusable frameworks that slash test creation time, built for teams that ship fast and can't afford gaps.
Explore KTACComputer-vision pipeline that extracts complex tables, text and layouts straight into clean JSON.
Explore IDPAccelerates data transfer and comparison across diverse sources, integrity guaranteed at every stage.
Explore DQVReal-time visibility into team performance with full transparency across every level of the org.
Explore eTRKReusable frameworks that slash test creation time, built for teams that ship fast and can't afford gaps.
Explore KTACComputer-vision pipeline that extracts complex tables, text and layouts straight into clean JSON.
Explore IDPStrategic alliances with the world's leading technology vendors to deliver unmatched enterprise outcomes.
Real outcomes delivered through PowerBuilder modernization engagements across enterprises.
Legacy application performance transformed through a seamless Informix-to-Oracle migration — leveraging Kumaran's deep database modernization expertise.
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A US automobile giant with 12 manufacturing plants improved mainframe batch SLA from 32% to 99% using Kumaran's proprietary NxTran tool - delivering an estimated $13.13 million in 5-year savings by migrating COBOL/JCL to Java Spring Batch and z/OS DB2 to LUW DB2.
A US automobile manufacturer modernised its PowerBuilder V8-based Warranty Management System to a modern .NET web application using agile methodology - completing discovery to deployment in just 13 months and eliminating all legacy technology risk.
Kumaran was engaged by Microsoft India to deliver a B2B data exchange solution for a major enterprise with 900 wholesale dealers - replacing manual Excel-based data transfer with a centralised SQL Server platform supporting both internet-connected and offline XML-based exchange.
One of Canada's largest furniture retailers modernised its mainframe EDI application to HTML5, Angular, and J2EE using Kumaran's NxTran tool - completing the migration on time and within budget, and cementing a 15-year strategic IT partnership.
A Canadian government ministry re-engineered its legacy Clipper audit application to a modern J2EE web platform on WebSphere 4.0 - enabling 4,000 staff to access the system from any location across Canada with a centralised DB2 database and multi-language GUI.
One of Ontario's largest colleges validated the modernisation of GeneSIS - its Student Information and Administration System - from a legacy platform to .NET, preserving every business rule across scheduling, student progression, and Ontario policy compliance for 40,000+ students.
A major oil shipping company re-engineered its mission-critical Risk Assessment System from Oracle to Microsoft .NET - achieving zero downtime during migration, full internal system embedding, and web service-based third-party data exchange, winning the engagement against Tier 1 competitors.
The Foreign Trade Standards (FTS) division partnered with Kumaran to build ADES - a secure internet-based Authorization Document Entry System supporting Pre-Shipment Inspection across 11 government clients and offices in 94 countries, handling 1,000+ daily transactions with 24/7 availability.
A global personal care products retailer migrated its Taiwan ERP application - 318 objects across Finance, Product Management, and Order Processing - from Oracle Forms 4.5 character mode to a fully web-based Oracle Forms 6i GUI, with Traditional Chinese character set preserved across all tiers.
A healthcare technology company partnered with Kumaran to build a highly secure, HL7-V3 compliant Personal Health Record system - delivering offline capability, bidirectional EMR integration, full file encryption, DICOM imaging support, and extensible patient search in a portable, multi-browser solution.
A leading manufacturing company replaced its fragile Assembly Line integration subsystem with a cloud-compatible platform built on Apache Camel and Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 - unifying 11 internal systems and 60+ data feeds with no impact to connected systems.
The Ontario College Application Service migrated its SSOLA system from Oracle Forms 6i to a thin-client Java solution - eliminating the JInitiator plug-in dependency that blocked student access and achieving 80% reduction in conversion time using Kumaran's Forms-to-Java migration tools.
A major US public sector employment corporation migrated its legacy Oracle Forms 6i applications to a modern ASP.NET platform - achieving 30% cost savings versus a ground-up rebuild while preserving all functionality, role-based security, and enabling centralised deployment.
A US public sector environmental agency migrated its complex PowerBuilder 6.5 environmental management platform to Oracle Forms 6i and Reports 6i using Kumaran's semi-automated PB*Converter tool - preserving all functionality across permit management, inspection, violation tracking, and complaint handling.
A leading telecom network infrastructure company modernised its AccessCare Operating Support System from legacy Oracle Forms 6i to a full J2EE platform - delivering an exact one-to-one migration, benchmarked to support 1,200 simultaneous users with zero user retraining required.
The fifth-largest bank card provider in the USA achieved 100% migration accuracy from Informix 4GL and ESQL/C to Oracle PL/SQL packages and Pro*C - using a tool-assisted approach with manual quality assurance to replicate all original functionality with improved performance.
The largest transit authority in North America modernised its capital funding system to a J2EE platform, achieving 10x the processing volume of the legacy system with real-time workflow automation, accelerated vendor payments, and open integration across J2EE, SOA, and open-source stacks.
A leading retail bank in Canada decomposed its monolithic Loan Origination and Processing System into independently deployable Spring Boot microservices on Red Hat OpenShift - eliminating full regression cycles and system-wide downtime with every code change.
A leading US federal healthcare agency modernised its Oracle Forms-based grant management system to a modern J2EE web platform - achieving 30% cost savings versus rebuilding from scratch and enabling online grants management across 3,000 users.
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A Tier-1 Global Bank needed to validate 600+ printed customer communication letters - covering images, text, and formatting - against strict print specifications. Each test case was manually written by the client, requiring precise validation of formatting, text positioning, and layout adherence. Th
Customer service representatives at a Tier-1 Global Bank were tasked with answering complex queries across a wide range of product procedures, rules, and features. The information needed to respond accurately was dispersed across the product website, internal SharePoint, documents, and training mate
The client had developed 600+ KornShell (KSH) and Sybase SQL custom scripts over the years, relying on an outdated version of FIS Mid-Office. When FIS announced a tight deadline for sunsetting support of this version, the client was required to migrate all custom scripts to a new version compatible
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