Whether a company is building a service oriented architecture, aiming to extend the life of mainframe-based applications or is involved in any other sweeping IT initiative, WebLayers has indistry's first real time distributed policy management solutions that are critical to the success of these projects.

WebLayers recognizes that while development errors are not deliberate, they do make their way into the code and if not identified at the earliest stages, can result in significant productivity and profitability losses. To help address this challenge, IT architects establish guidelines, policies and standard best practices for developers in an effort to stem the proliferation of errors. However, these approaches can’t address all of the related issues in the same way that governance can.

Governance – manual or automated – can ensure that policies and best practices are followed. But, manual governance slows the development process and increases the chance for errors in the millions of lines of code and hundreds of Web services that require review. This is where automated governance moves your business forward – using fewer human resources and less time – all without adding an unnecessary layer of complexity to the software development life cycle.

WebLayers Center automates governance through a standards-based policy management solution. Based on the industry’s most robust and comprehensive set of pre-built policies, WebLayers Center enables the world’s largest companies and government agencies to begin their governance efforts in design time, where it will have the most impact. WebLayers Center ensures conformance to best practices and policies from design time through deployment in order to increase visibility, mitigate risks and accelerate ROI.

Large organizations continue to rely on mainframes for a majority of their business-critical data management and processing applications. Maintaining and modernizing mainframe-based applications is fraught with challenges as experts retire, taking intellectual knowledge with them while fewer replacements are skilled or interested. WebLayers zCenter plays a critical role in helping organizations overcome many of the challenges associated with mainframe modernization and sustainability including extending legacy applications and codifying intellectual knowledge. As part of a strategy for mainframe modernization and sustainability, WebLayers zCenter is a mainframe governance solution that provides the necessary guidance to govern effectively while ensuring compliance throughout the life cycle.