We modernize legacy PowerBuilder applications into web and mobile platforms — preserving every business rule, DataWindow by DataWindow, while replacing the interface your users have been complaining about for years.
"The goal is not to rebuild the application — it is to evolve it. The business logic is a corporate asset. The presentation layer is a cost. Treat them accordingly."The Preserve-Rehost-Replace Framework
Whether you need to modernize, staff up, or keep what's running healthy — we have a practice built around your exact situation.
Replace the presentation layer with a modern web or mobile frontend while preserving mission-critical business logic through .NET DataStore.
Curated senior PB professionals embedded in your team — led, mentored, and monitored. Not just hired hands; accountable specialists.
Keep your application healthy, compliant, and performing until modernization is complete. A team that can really understand the code, not just read about it.
We work alongside the world's leading PowerBuilder players — our experience comes from deep understanding.
With a deep expertise in PowerBuilder, Novalys has consistently adapted to evolving technologies to offer robust support and guidance. Their products extend and enhance PowerBuilder applications.
Fidelius provides advanced messaging solutions for PowerBuilder applications — email, SMS, WhatsApp. Fidelius enhances the user experience by embedding modern messaging capabilities.
Appeon is the developer and custodian of PowerBuilder. Their product suite — including PowerBuilder, PowerServer and .NET DataStore — is the foundation of our modernization practice.
Enable Development is an official Appeon Consulting Partner — authorized to provide consulting services on the Appeon products. Enable has a relationship built on years of collaboration with the people who build and maintain PowerBuilder.
View our Appeon profile →The methodology is sound. Preserve the business logic. Rehost it in .NET. Replace the presentation layer. Run both…
Read more →Your PowerBuilder application probably runs on implicit trust. It was designed for a corporate network where users on…
Read more →A successfully executed PowerBuilder modernization is not a destination. It is the moment everything that was structurally impossible…
Read more →The organizations we work with have usually been burned before — by vendors who underestimated complexity, rewrites that lost business logic, or projects that ran for years without delivering.
Before you approve a rewrite budget, talk to us first.
We do a free 30-minute technical scoping call before any engagement. No obligation, no pitch — just honest answers about your specific situation.
Book a scoping call
