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Grupo Solar modernizes business applications with isCOBOL and DBMaker

Grupo Solar, one of the leading business groups in Rio Grande do Sul, modernized its corporate applications by adopting isCOBOL and DBMaker solutions, ensuring operational continuity, greater technological integration, and a solid foundation for the evolution of its business systems. The project allowed the company to advance technologically without compromising critical applications that support its industrial and retail operations.

The company

Founded in 1965 in Salvador do Sul (RS), Grupo Solar has built its trajectory with a focus on business diversification, excellence in service, and regional expansion. Currently, the group operates in the retail, supermarket, and food industry segments, with a presence in over 41 stores and three supermarkets in Rio Grande do Sul.

In the industrial segment, the highlight is NaturOvos, the largest egg industry in the Southern Region and the second largest in Brazil, with production exceeding 1.5 million eggs per day, serving large clients such as Grupo Sonae, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Carrefour, and public agencies.



The challenge

With the growth of operations and the need for technological evolution, the Solar Group faced two strategic challenges. The first was the migration from the HP-UX environment to an x86 architecture, ensuring scalability, modernization of the infrastructure, and greater technological longevity. The second was the adoption of a relational database that offered better performance and integration with other technologies, without the need for additional layers or rewriting existing applications.

Ensuring the continuity of critical systems during this process was an essential factor for the business.

The solution

Based on these needs, the Solar Group chose INTERON's solutions, adopting isCOBOL for the modernization and evolution of COBOL applications and DBMaker as the relational database integrated into the environment. This combination allowed the company to evolve its systems securely, maintaining the existing business logic and leveraging the internal knowledge of the IT team, including professionals in training in Java technology.

The new architecture also expanded interoperability with other languages and platforms, preparing the environment for future integrations and new digital projects.


The results

The objectives defined at the beginning of the project were successfully achieved. The EPS system, responsible for controlling the production of liquid and powdered eggs, now operates fully on the new isCOBOL platform, integrated with other technologies through DBMaker. The environment now offers greater stability, better performance, and more flexibility for continuous evolution.

Although it recognizes that modernization is a permanent process, the Solar Group assesses that the decision was strategic and aligned with the sustainability and growth of the business.