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A C H I E V E I N S I G H T. D E L I V E R E X C E L L E N C E .

CAST Application Intelligence Platform

The Source of Superior Business Performance

Are you trying to:• Quicklyassesswherethehiddenproblemslieinamulti-tier,multi-platform,multi-siteintegrationproject?• Reduceescalatingmaintenancecostswithoutaffectingservicelevels?• Carveoutalargepartofanapplicationportfoliotooutsourcedevelopmentand/ormaintenance?• Rapidlygenerateaninventoryofapplicationassetsthatpoweryourmission-criticalsystems?• ReduceITcostswhilesimultaneouslyachievesignificantlymorebusinessproductivityfromyourcomplex

ITsoftwaresystems?

Improving the performance of software delivery

By creating a software development factory using CAST, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

is able to deliver immediate development productivity gains, lasting improvements to system

security, and reduced maintenance costs with better quality and standards enforcement.

“With CAST we can set clear standards on quality, complexity and architecture. In addition,

CAST also provides a platform to measure development efficiency and to estimate the level

and skill of work required for a project, another key element to our ‘factory’ concept.”

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Managing outsourcer performance

Deutsche Telekom has established a Quality Service Center based on the CAST Platform to improve the quality of its outsourcers’

delivery - before the applications are delivered - and reduce its outsourcing and quality management costs.

“The quality assurance and integration management department has been reduced by 50% from 170 people due to the new

quality program, while the reliability and stability of application deliveries has increased very significantly.”

TheCASTApplicationIntelligencePlatformisanobjectiveandrepeatablewaytomeasureandimprovetheApplication Software Quality of multi-platform, multi-language, and multi-sourced applications.

Application Software Qualityismorethanhighavailabilityandlowlatency.Itincludesthespeedwithwhichthesoftwarecanbemodifiedtomeetapressingbusinessneed,andtheinherent

Comprehensive Visibility and Control: Only CAST Can Provide It!

Enterprise Applications Middleware Web/Client Server ApplicationsASP/JSP/VB/.NET

BatchShell Scripts

CICS Connector

WebServices

PresentationTier

BusinessLogic Tier

Data Tier

Files Databases

COBOL

Database

Application LogicJava, C++, …

Frameworks Struts MVC, Spring

Data Management Layer EJB - Hibernate - Ibatis

Legacy ApplicationsCICS Monitor (Cobol)

Tuxedo Monitor (C)

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strengthofthesoftwaretorepelsecurityattacks.ApplicationSoftwareQualitygoesbeyondpresent-dayperformancetoincludeameasureoffutureperformance-how well an application can meet future business needs.

CASTenablesyoutomeasureandimproveApplicationSoftwareQualityrightfromtheverystartofthedevelopmentphaseallthewaythroughanapplication’susefullife.

Modern Mission-Critical Software Systems are Multi-Platform, Multi-Language, and Multi-Sourced

“We have a new offer based on CAST technology and CSC’s methods and processes in the field of

strategic, IT and business consulting. It meets the strong demand from the market to have greater

visibility and control over their existing applications to improve competitive advantage.”

“CAST is now a key component in Capgemini’s strategy and CAST solutions are now systematically

integrated into our proposals.”

The Benefits of Application Software Quality

Visibility = Better Business Performance and Lower TCO

CAST AIP – Enabling the world’s best enterprises to achieve significantly more business productivity from their complex application software

Key Portfolio Attributes

Business Value at Risk

Portfolio Evolution Trends

Internal Quality Drill Downs

Root Causes of Business Disruptions

Hard IT Cost Reductions

•HigherResourceProductivity

•IncreasedSoftwareAssetEfficiency

•ProactiveRiskAvoidance

Hard Business Benefits

•HigherTransactionThroughput

•FasterSpeedtoMarket

•ImprovedCustomerSatisfaction

About CAST

CAST’suniquetechnologyistheresultofmorethan$70millioninR&Dinvestment.Topengineeringtalent,dedicatedtobuildingthebesttechnologyforassessingtheinternalqualityofmission-criticalapplications,hasmadeCASTtheleaderinAutomatedApplicationIntelligence.CAST’smissionistoenabletheworld’sbestenterprisestoachievesignificantlymorebusinessproductivityfromtheircomplexITsoftwaresystems.

Foundedin1990,CASThashelpedmorethan650organizationsworldwidespeedITdeliverytothebusiness,mitigaterisksinproduction,improvecustomerexperience,andreducethetotalcostofapplicationownership.CASTislistedonNYSE-Euronext(Euronext:CAS)andservesGlobal2000organizationsworldwidewithaglobalnetworkoflocationsintheUSandEurope.

www.castsoftware.com

CAST HeadquartersNorth America : +1 212-871-8330Europe: +33 1 46 90 21 00

What CAST is Not

• CAST is not about the “what” – it’s about the “how” and the “how well”.CASTisnotaboutthefunctionalbutaboutthenon-functionalrequirements;itisaboutmakingsuretheapplicationhastheabilitytoperforminacomplexproductionenvironmenttodeliverthebusinessbenefitsarticulatedinthebusinesscase.

• CAST is not a development tool – it’s a data-driven operational management platform for IT and business executives. CASToptimizestheperformanceoftheend-statedesignbyensuringthatthesourcecode–thestuffoutofwhichtheentireapplicationisbuilt–iswrittentomaximizebusinessend-userperformance.

• CAST is not a testing tool – it goes well beyond any testing tool to illuminate the root causes of reliability, latency, and scalability problems, as the system is being built.Thebestperformancetestscantellyouhowwellyoursystemwillruntoday.CASTcantellyouhowwellthesystemwillrunasthesoftware,andtheproductionenvironmentinwhichitruns,evolveovertime.

• CAST is not a source-code scanner – it’s a structural assessment engine.Inacomplexsoftwaresystem,thewholeisgreaterthanthesumofitsparts.Interactionsbetweenthesystemcomponentsarecomplexandcannotbeanalyzedinisolation.CASTcapturesacompleteviewoftheengineeringqualityoftheentireapplicationacrossallitstierstoproduceanaccurate360-degreeviewofApplicationSoftwareQuality.

EASYToSTART

•Minimalsetuptime•Fullyautomatedoperation•Audience-tailoreddashboardswith

KPIsprovidingpreciseguidanceforimprovingApplicationSoftwareQuality

EASYToUSE

•Unprecedented Objectivity:Measureapplicationqualityandteamproductivity–precisely.

•Unprecedented Scalability:Seamlesslyexpandcoverageoveryourmostcomplexsystems.

•Unprecedented Performance:Findandfixperformancebottlenecksbeforetheycauserepeatedbusinessdisruptionandescalatecost.

EASYToMANAGE

•Makesmarterdecisionsinformedbyobjectivemeasuresofqualityandproductivity

•Significantlyreduceriskofbusinessdisruption

•Simplifyvendormanagementbymanagingtoprecisely-measurableobjectivesagreeduponbyallparties

Editor’s Choice Award:A Top-10 Company to Watch.

“CAST provides the market leading solution for distributed environments.”