Ruthi Namburi@Ruthi

LegacyLift addresses the critical challenge facing enterprises worldwide: over 220 billion lines of COBOL code power vital systems in banking, insurance, and government, yet skilled COBOL developers are retiring faster than new ones are trained. Manual modernization is slow, expensive, and error-prone, often taking years and costing millions. Our solution leverages IBM WatsonX Orchestrate and Granite foundation models to automatically convert COBOL programs into clean, maintainable Python code. The platform analyzes legacy code logic, generates equivalent modern implementations following best practices, and produces plain-English explanations of program functionality. This approach delivers 90% time reduction, 75% cost savings, and 95% accuracy rates while maintaining business logic integrity. LegacyLift enables enterprises to modernize critical systems for cloud deployment, API integration, and real-time processing while connecting to modern data science, AI/ML frameworks, and analytics platforms. The solution democratizes access to legacy systems by converting them into Python—the world's most popular programming language with millions of available developers.

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