Adabas & Natural
optimising legacy code that still runs the business
Adabas and Natural power some of the most reliable transaction systems in the world — often for good reason. We help organisations optimise, extend and service-enable that code so it keeps delivering value for the next decade, not just the last one.
EMPHASIS
optimise what works.
software reference | legacy code optimisation | driving enterprise integration and modernisation®
software reference
legacy code optimisation
driving enterprise integration and modernisation®
the software
what it is
Natural is a high-productivity 4GL built for enterprise transaction processing. Adabas is the high-performance NoSQL-style database it pairs with — known for throughput, reliability and longevity. Together they underpin core systems in insurance, banking, government and utilities across the world. NaturalONE is the modern Eclipse-based IDE that brings contemporary development practices to that estate.
why it matters
Adabas and Natural code isn’t legacy in the pejorative sense — it is mission-critical code that works. The real question is optimisation: making it faster to maintain, easier to reason about, and capable of participating in modern API and event-driven architectures. That means identifying reusable service candidates, wrapping them cleanly, and improving the developer experience — all without risking the stability the business depends on.
capabilities
Natural 4GL
Compact, productive business logic language optimised for transaction processing — decades of tuned, correct code running core enterprise workloads.
Adabas
High-performance inverted-list database engineered for transactional throughput and reliability at enterprise scale.
NaturalONE IDE
Modern Eclipse-based development environment — source control integration, debugging, refactoring and team-based development for Natural estates.
service identification
Structured analysis of Natural applications to find reusable business logic — the foundation for wrapping existing code as services rather than reimplementing it.
service wrapping
Expose Natural subprograms as callable services via EntireX® — making core logic consumable by APIs, microservices and modern integration platforms.
code optimisation
Improve structure, performance and maintainability of long-lived Natural code — reducing the friction of ongoing change and the risk of future work.
where it fits & how we deliver
where it fits
- Insurance policy administration, claims and underwriting systems
- Banking core transaction processing and batch workloads optimization
- Government records, tax and entitlement systems
- Any estate where Natural business logic needs to outlive the original mainframe deployment
how mWtech delivers
- Analyse Natural applications and Adabas data to identify reusable logic
- Extract, wrap and modernise services for reuse via EntireX® and CONNX®
- Support NaturalONE and EntireX workbench adoption
- Enable hybrid integration with modern platforms without disrupting the core
related services
Optimising legacy code that still runs the business.
get in touch
let’s talk about Adabas & Natural.
If legacy code optimisation is a challenge on your roadmap, we’d like to understand the problem and show you what works in practice.