Aldeasa is the Spanish airport retail operator, the leader in the commercial sector associated with the tourism and leisure industry. They offer a wide variety of shops and products at national and international airports, as well as in places of historical and cultural interest (palaces and museums). 

Aldeasa has been a Software AG client for 15 years. 

The Challenge

• Aldeasa is a commercial company and must be able to quickly adapt to change and to new trends which this business expects from technology.
• With the final objective of improving customer services, Aldeasa is planning a re-sizing of the mainframe which provides support and integrity to all commercial processes.
• It is a requirement that all development tests carried out can be executed in real time.       

The Solution

All Aldeasa mission-critical applications based on Adabas and Natural must be transferred from DOS/VSE to z/OS with the help of Natural 6.

The Benefits

Thanks to the robustness, flexibility and productivity of Adabas/Natural and Natural 6, optimal profitability in development and adapting to changing business, which a commercial company requires, has been achieved.

In the Natural environment, productivity has improved, making it possible to efficiently combine the robustness of the mainframe with the technologies employed by the team of developers and associated with the PC world, technologies not traditionally associated with mainframes. 

Greater flexibility in version control and a much more dynamic utilization of development tools is achieved. 

Customer Statement

“Trade and marketing in general need to rapidly adapt to new technological trends and changes. Software AG products have always made this mission easier.” 
Juan José Abenza, Vice-Director of Technology at Aldeasa