Leaving a Legacy System Behind

When an existing application no longer meets business needs, the migration effort can feel overwhelming. CYBERTEC offers CYPEX, an app builder designed to replace Oracle Apex, Oracle Forms, Informix 4GL, and Salesforce legacy systems. The platform focuses on PostgreSQL, but the real value is in the development process: CYPEX targets the communication gaps that typically derail projects.

The core workflow encourages:

  • Early clarification of customer requirements to avoid endless emergency meetings.
  • Rapid prototyping of dashboards and data visualizations that are easy to share.
  • Correction of misunderstandings before time and budget are spent on unwanted features.

One Tool for Design, Development, and Workflow

CYPEX bundles three activities into a single product: rapid prototyping, professional application development, and workflow management.

Key capabilities include:

  • Graphical PostgreSQL app development through an easy-to-use GUI.
  • Model builder for rapid prototyping that doubles as a specification, replacing hundred-page requirement documents.
  • Drag-and-drop editor for modeling workflows, integrated with a permission and security system.
  • Less coding with smart UI prediction and fully customizable output.

The tool is also preparing a release of CYPEX Components: ready-made SQL structures for common tasks. Instead of building an address table, currency list, or unit conversion feature from scratch, these components offer prebuilt building blocks.

Where Migration Costs Go

In a typical database migration, 90% of the cost is spent on application development. Only 10% goes toward moving the data itself. CYPEX attacks that 90% by automating much of the app rewrite process.

The tool supports the most common migration tasks:

  1. Modernizing legacy terminal applications for the web.
  2. Changing basic units such as currencies via Components.
  3. Rewriting old code that requires a full modernization pass.
  4. Adapting SQL for better performance.

The rapid development cycle relies on a tight loop of requirement understanding, application prediction, customer feedback, and quick structure changes. This prevents small miscommunications from compounding into costly production errors.

Container Readiness

CYPEX was written with containers in mind and is fully compatible with Kubernetes and OpenShift. Organizations running containerized infrastructure can integrate CYPEX without special workarounds.

Product Resources

CYBERTEC publishes a product folder with full details on CYPEX capabilities. Additional information is available from the CYPEX product page, and the company also maintains a separate migration tool, the CYBERTEC MIGRATOR, for related data migration tasks.