OVERVIEW

Since the company was founded, ARCAD Software has focused on the performance and rich functionality of our products, continually attentive to overall quality and customer satisfaction. Today we are seeing the advantages of this approach: the ARCAD product range has the highest level of integration and widest functional scope on the market.

A software provider since 1992, ARCAD Software is a leading supplier of automation and security for software change in and around the IBM i world.

ARCAD Software suites provide specific expert responses:

• For Productivity, by accelerating the cycle of software change,
• For Quality, by fulfilling perfectly ISO, ITIL and CMM standards requirements,
• For Security, guaranteed high availability of applications for end-users,
• For Compliance (SOX, Basel II, Financial Security Law).

ARCAD Software, more than 1000 licenses deployed in 33 different countries, including international references such as IBM, HSBC, NASDAQ OMX, ABN AMRO, GE Capital, France Telecom-Orange group...

THE ARCAD PRODUCT RANGE

>> Release Management – ARCAD-Deliver,
>> Multi-Platform Software Configuration Management – ARCAD-Skipper,
>> Build Management - ARCAD-Builder
>> Regression Testing – ARCAD-Verifier,
>> Data Extraction and Scrambling – ARCAD-Extract,
>> Application Analysis – ARCAD-Observer,
>> IBM i code Audit and Restructuring – ARCAD-Audit,
>> IBM i Refactoring Tools – ARCAD-Transformer,
>> Third Party Vendor Reception – ARCAD-Integrater,
>> Data Configuration Management – ARCAD-Datachanger,
>> Request Tracking – ARCAD-Customer.

 ARCAD Software solutions are modular. Individual modules are built over a common, multi-platform repository core, enabling an incremental and progressive approach to IT best practices and regulations compliance.

	>> Release Management – ARCAD-Deliver: - Synchronized multi-platform Deployment:  IBM i, Windows, UNIX/AIX/Linux - Role, Environment and Version management, - Deployment of parameter data, - Extension to Rational Team Concert (RTC), - Minimized user downtime during transfer to production of high volume data - CASE tool Interfaces (Synon, Lansa, Adelia, etc…), - Continuous Integration interfaces (e.g. HUDSON).
	>> Multi-Platform Software Configuration Management – ARCAD-Skipper: - Development workbench, - Version control of non-native components (Java, VB, Delphi, HTML, asp, etc...), - Role, Environment and Version management, - IDE Integration: Eclipse/RDp/RAD, - Advanced management of DB2/SQL, ILE, (ARCAD-Skipper/IAF (System i advanced features)), - Workflow and Reporting features, - Rational Developer for Power (RDp) Integration, - CASE tools Interfaces (Synon, Lansa, Adelia, etc…), - Request tracking Connectors (e.g. Jira, Rational Clear Quest, ...).
	>> Build Management - ARCAD-Builder - Full automation of compilation processes - Handling of database upgrade processes - Management of compilation specifics - Management of rights/ownership/attributes - Automatic compilation ordering of dependent components
	>> Regression Testing – ARCAD-Verifier: - Regression test automation, - Data repository, - Detection of differences in database, screens, and spools, - Automatic management of test data, - Handling of both batch and interactive processing.
	>> Data Extraction and Scrambling – ARCAD-Extract: - Extraction of coherent test data sets from production, - Scrambling of extracted data.
	>> Application Analysis – ARCAD-Observer : - Discovery of business rules, - Extraction of the database relationship model, - Navigation through functional & technical architecture of applications, - Multi-platform Cross-references, - Generation of technical documentation in HTML format.
	>>IBM i code Audit and Restructuring – ARCAD-Audit: - Impact analysis and Audit.
	>> IBM i Refactoring Tools – ARCAD-Transformer: - Mass source code Transformations, - Mass recompilation of all impacted components and all their dependencies - UNICODE transformation of applications.
	>> Third Party Vendor Reception – ARCAD-Integrater: - Automated Reception of Third Party Vendor Packages, - Integrity checking of elements delivered by the vendor, - Automatic impact analysis on local specific code dependent on vendor package, - Third party software vendor integration (e.g. Olympic, Misys, JDE ).
	>> Data Configuration Management – ARCAD-Datachanger: - Critical Data Configuration Management (parameter data, pricing data, etc), - Traceability of changes, - Role, Environment and Version management, - Automation and security of transfers of data to production.
	>> Request Tracking – ARCAD-Customer: - Formalize, manage, track and notify on user requests, - Optimize communication between all contributors in the system, - Support activity statistics, - User request management (Request Tracking).

STRENGTHS

With our open and modular architecture, you can acquire each solution when needed to complement your requirements. Your system develops at the same pace as your organization.
Thanks to their open architecture, ARCAD products can be customized or they can be used in standard format. This makes them a good choice to meet evolving requirements for a wide range of customers.

- A multi-technology offering: Our R&D team, with experts in native, client/server, and Web development, prides itself on its versatility,  
- An integrated product set: The ARCAD suites were developed by the same team. This has favored natural linkages between the various suites, resulting in productivity features that are unique in the different markets we cover. 
- An “integrate-able” offer: Thanks to our open architecture, you can easily integrate ARCAD products with other development tools, particularly CASE tools.

The Open Repository core is also equipped with an internal process and list manager that allows users to audit and restructure the ARCAD modules and build highly customized solutions in just days. The products are distributed with standard “macro-commands” that you can adapt for your own needs.