1. To center attention on.

2. Something that is of major

significance or special interest.

3. Fast application portfolio analysis

in the cloud.

high·light (ˈhīˌlīt)

RAPID PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS

CAST – Leadership in IT Software Analytics

LEADER in the business IT space.

CAST is the

DE FACTO standard for measuring quality

and productivity.

CAST is the

SLA BASIS for software quality

in ADM vendor contracts.

CAST should be the

TECHNOLOGY CAST is the leading

of its kind.

STANDARDS adoption for robustness, security, efficiency,

maintainability and automated function points.

CAST is driving

What is CAST HIGHLIGHT?

Lightning fast, low cost and highly

secure application portfolio analysis.

Reduce application portfolio

complexity and cost

Identify technical risks and

minimize production outages

Facilitate a data-driven dialogue

between business and IT

“A must-have for CIOs.”

Mike Harris, CEO, David Consulting Group

“CAST HIGHLIGHT is easy to use.”

Chris Carlson, Director, SITA

Analyze 100+ custom apps in a week

without moving your source code.

How does CAST HIGHLIGHT work?

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CAST HIGHLIGHT analyzes

your source code against a

vast set of patterns (also

known as code smells) that

indicate potential deeper

problems.

CAST HIGHLIGHT detects the

frequency of bad code

patterns in your applications.

The presence of one instance of

a pattern doesn’t mean the code

is bad. But many occurrences

may indicate the application has

weaknesses.

CAST HIGHLIGHT aggregates the

pattern detection results and

generates metrics at the

portfolio, business unit,

application and technology levels.

CAST HIGHLIGHT visualizes

the results to illustrate how

much and what type of risky

behaviors have been detected

in your code.

CAST HIGHLIGHT compares

the results against industry

standards to provide you with

the context you need to make

informed portfolio

management decisions.

Executive sends email generated by

CAST HIGHLIGHT to application owners

with simple instructions.

INIT

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A

NA

LYZE

INSI

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• App owners log into secure portal

• Download CAST HIGHLIGHT agent

• Analyze source code in minutes

• Complete project survey

• Upload results to portal

Explore your portfolio

dashboard hosted on a

secure, private cloud.

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

What is the implementation process?

Combining fact-based indicators with survey

information, CAST HIGHLIGHT identifies the

critical systems that have a probability of failure

or maintenance risk, or abnormal work effort.

Have app leads across the world? No problem. CAST HIGHLIGHT supports

distributed teams and requires no ongoing infrastructure, support, or configuration.

Technology coverage

• ABAP

• C

• C++

• C#

• Cobol

• Java

• JavaScript

• Ksh

• Nsdk

• Objective C

• PHP

• PL/SQL

• PL1

• TSQL

• VB

• VB6

Value of CAST HIGHLIGHT

Enable Management Visibility

Visibility across the portfolio enables a fact-based dialogue with teams,

suppliers and clients – move beyond decisions based on intuition.

Mitigate Risks

In the short-term, improve critical systems’ production stability by identifying

systems or business processes at risk of failure or outages. In the long-term,

attack technical debt and drive down total cost of ownership.

Save Application Development and Maintenance Cost

Develop ADM strategies based on facts that attack high value targets

such as systems draining maintenance resources and identify projects

operating at potentially abnormally low productivity levels.

"A long awaited dream

of CIOs."

"Ideal to estimate priority,

complexity and risks!" "Easy to implement across

several of our clients."

Why CAST HIGHLIGHT vs. traditional APM?

Traditional Application Portfolio Management (APM) often fails because the need to collect

the data and source code of all systems is far too complex and costly. CAST HIGHLIGHT is

different.

Low Cost Compared to the cost of enterprise APM, CAST HIGHLIGHT is 20 times more

affordable with annual subscriptions from $21k for 15 apps to $90k for 150 apps.

Reliable and Secure

CAST provides the highest level of security for our clients. No source code or

sensitive information is transferred to the cloud.

Non-Disruptive

Unlike the disruption caused by traditional APM tools, CAST HIGHLIGHT simply

requires a few minutes from members of the organization.

Lightning Fast Rather than taking years like traditional APM vendors, CAST HIGHLIGHT analyzes

very large, highly distributed portfolios in weeks.

A QUICK TOUR OF

1. the ability to perceive clearly or deeply

2. a penetrating and often sudden

understanding, as of a complex

situation or problem

in·sight in-sahyt

GET KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN A SINGLE DASHBOARD

EVALUATE YOUR PORTFOLIO’S HEALTH AT A GLANCE

Top down visibility

QUICKLY SPOT SHORT TERM RISK OF SYSTEMS LIKELY TO FAIL

Insight into technical risks

GET ACCESS TO STANDARD SIZING METRICS AND OBJECTIVE SCORING

KEY RISK DETAILS BY APPLICATION AND TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Drill down into type and severity of risks

ASSESS APPLICATION HEALTH COMPARED TO INDUSTRY AVERAGES

IDENTIFY BUSINESS-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS WITH TECHNICAL VULNERABILITIES

Align business and IT

CAST HIGHLIGHT COMBINES CODE ANALYSIS WITH A CUSTOMIZABLE SURVEY

VIEW YOUR PORTFOLIO’S TECHNOLOGY PROFILE, AGE, AND SIZE OF SYSTEMS

DRILL DOWN TO THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BASED ON EACH LANGUAGE

Technology & inventory profile

COMPARE THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE FOR AN APP AGAINST THE ESTIMATE

Software maintenance effort

IDENTIFY WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE UNDER- OR OVER-RESOURCED

EVALUATE YOUR TECHNICAL DEBT PROFILE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO

Financial impact of risk

DRILL DOWN TO ASSESS TECHNICAL DEBT PER APPLICATION

GET A SUMMARY OF EVERY SYSTEM IN YOUR PORTFOLIO RANKED BY RISK INDICATORS

All your systems in one view

FILTER RESULTS BY TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS UNIT AND ASSESSMENTS

Try the CAST HIGHLIGHT demo – get instant access!

Visit www.casthighlight.com

Contact us for more information

Email: sales@casthighlight.com

Tel: +1 212-871-8349