# Ten years solving enterprise computing's hardest problem We built IONATE to modernize the mission-critical legacy systems that have run the world's largest banks, insurers, and governments for decades — without stopping the business while we do it. ## The Problem Is Real Legacy modernization isn't a niche IT project. It's the defining infrastructure challenge of the next decade. $3.8T Global tech debt estimated by McKinsey — the cost of doing nothing 95% of Fortune 500 companies still run COBOL-based core systems $68B Global modernization market by 2027, growing at 16.4% CAGR The risk of staying on legacy is no longer theoretical. Outages, compliance failures, and talent gaps are accelerating. The question isn't _whether_ to modernize — it's _how_ to do it without breaking the business. ## Our Story Built from the ground up to do what no one else could. ### Founded IONATE was founded with a singular focus: solve one of computer science's biggest problems — modernizing any legacy system to cloud-native architectures efficiently, safely, and at scale. Ten years of R&D later, we have the structured knowledge and proven platform to do it. ### Startup Exchange Member 2016–2021 IONATE was a member of the MIT Startup Exchange program, connecting us with cutting-edge research and a global network of innovators at the frontier of enterprise technology. ### Partnered at Scale We are globally partnered with leading system integrators — NTT Data, Accenture, Deloitte, Kyndryl, and more — serving financial services, insurance, retail, and government customers across three continents. ## How We Work The **D.A.T.E.D.** Process — five structured phases from assessment to production, with no big-bang risk at any stage. ### Discover SOTERIA scans 100% of your legacy estate — every COBOL program, JCL job, CICS transaction, copybook, and dependency — producing complete structured metadata before a single line of code is touched. ### Analyze Business rules are extracted from conditional logic, hotspots identified, and every program complexity-scored and risk-ranked. You see exactly what you have and what it takes to modernize — no estimates, no sampling. ### Train Domain-specific knowledge models are applied to your estate. The system learns your code's unique patterns, business rules, and integration points — not generic COBOL patterns — so transformations preserve your exact logic. ### Execute APPDATE's battle-tested transpilers convert COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and CICS to cloud-native Java microservices, Spring Batch, and REST APIs — with **99.999% accuracy** and full business rule preservation. ### Deploy KÍRKĒ orchestrates phased, controlled releases — business operations continue uninterrupted throughout. Cloud-agnostic delivery: on-prem, AWS, Azure, or GCP. Full observability and SRE tooling from day one. KÍRKĒ — The Platform That Runs the D.A.T.E.D. Process D.A.T.E.D. is our delivery methodology. KÍRKĒ is the product that orchestrates and manages every phase of it — six operational stages from discovery to continuous delivery, with no big-bang cutover at any point. ### Any legacy stack. One process. We handle three distinct legacy portfolios — all converging to the same modern, cloud-native target. #### Desktop Clients - Oracle Forms - Centura / Delphi - Visual Basic - Powerbuilder · + more Modernizes to ↓ Java · .NET Core · HTML5 TypeScript · Angular · React #### Mainframe & Mid-Range - Mainframe — IBM · Fujitsu · Unisys - Mid-range · HP · CA - JCL · VSAM · CICS · Natural - ADABAS · IDMS · + more Modernizes to ↓ Java · .NET Core · HTML5 TypeScript · Angular · React #### Monolithic - WebLogic / WebSphere · EJB - JBOSS · IBM BPM · JSF · ASP - Oracle ADF · Oracle SOA - .NET Framework / Legacy Java Modernizes to ↓ Java · .NET Core · HTML5 TypeScript · Angular · React ## Proven at Scale Numbers that reflect real enterprise deliveries — not pilots or proofs of concept. 99.999% Code accuracy rate across all transformation engagements 500M+ Lines of legacy code transformed across customer engagements 50+ Enterprise deployments across financial services, insurance, and government 70% Average reduction in modernization timeline vs. traditional approaches ## Who Trusts Us Enterprise leaders across financial services, logistics, healthcare, and government. ### Financial Services & Insurance Davivienda reduced time-to-market by 80%. CVP Brasil and Hapvida/GNDI completed transformations at 50% of projected timelines with 60% annual cost savings — with full business continuity throughout. ### Government & Public Sector SERPRO — Brasil's Federal Revenue (IRS) — modernized its national-scale ADABAS/Natural platform to cloud-native microservices, serving hundreds of millions of citizens without service interruption. ### Logistics & Retail UPS converted JCL batch processing to Spring Batch microservices. UNFI and others have transformed core supply chain and ERP systems underpinning billions in annual revenue. ## Built by Practitioners Our team has done this before — at companies where the stakes were just as high. ### Deep Enterprise Pedigree IONATE's founders and engineers are alumni of Akamai, IBM, Oracle, and Apple — veterans who have built and scaled mission-critical systems across the world's largest enterprises. ### 20+ Years Domain Expertise Our team brings over two decades of hands-on experience with legacy systems, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure — not consulting abstraction, but real engineering depth. ### Multiple U.S. Patents Our co-founders hold multiple U.S. patents in identity cloud architecture, security discovery, and modernization technology — the same IP that powers the IONATE platform. ### Global Delivery Engineering, sales, and customer success teams across San Francisco, Redwood Shores, México, Kraków, São Paulo, and Santiago — covering every major market we serve. ## Core Principles The values that guide every decision we make. ### Relentless Customer Focus Every product decision, every partnership, every line of code starts with the customer outcome we're driving toward. ### Own the Action We don't observe problems — we take responsibility and act. Every team member is empowered and expected to move the needle. ### Do Things That Don't Scale We invest deeply in early customer relationships and handcraft solutions before automating — because trust is built one transformation at a time. ### Together We Can Modernization at enterprise scale requires deep collaboration — with customers, partners, and every member of the IONATE team. ## Ready to modernize? Talk to our team. We'll show you exactly what's in your legacy estate and what it would take to modernize it — before you commit to anything.