Charon®: The Ultimate Emulation Software Solution

Industry-Leading Legacy Emulator That Drives Significant Savings and Boosts ROI

Empowering Our Clients: Stellar Results Achieved with Stromasys

100%

Boost in overall performance

93.6%

Decrease in power consumption

90%

Reduction in maintenance cost

90%

Improvement in efficiency

15x

Increase in execution speed

The Challenge

Legacy hardware poses a significant risk to your business. Maintenance becomes increasingly difficult over time, and sourcing spare parts can be frustrating. Moreover, there is a constant risk of downtime, security breaches, and data loss.

But full-scale legacy migration isn’t easy either. It can be risky, time-consuming, and expensive (including the cost of retraining users). Strategies like rearchitecting, recreating, refactoring, or replacing applications require extensive retraining of admins and users, often leading to management challenges.

This is where Stromasys’ Charon emulation software steps in.

Minimize Risk, Maximize Efficiency — Choose Charon by Stromasys

Charon emulator is a cost-effective alternative to full-scale migration

The Quick implementation enables seamless transition without downtime 

Achieve significant performance boosts with minimal operational disruption

A dependable solution that prolongs the lifespan of your critical applications

It supports multiple legacy servers such as SPARC, PA-RISC, VAX, Alpha, and PDP

Emulated systems completely eliminate costly hardware maintenance

Available for both on-premises and on-cloud, tailored to your business needs

It leverages modern security and disaster recovery tools to protect your systems

Lift & Shift Emulation: The Most Affordable and Time-Saving Alternative

With our Lift and Shift emulation solution for VAX, Alpha, SunSPARC, PDP-11, HP3000, and HP9000 systems, organizations can effortlessly transition from outdated hardware to a modern, industry-standard x86 platform or Cloud environment, all while continuing to run their original operating systems (OpenVMS, Tru64, Solaris, MPE, HP-UX), software layers, and applications – completely unchanged. This way Organizations can significantly reduce costs while seamlessly running their mission-critical applications on modern platforms – offering greater reliability than ever before.

Running Mission-Critical Workload is Easier Than You Think

This video shows how to extend the lifespan of legacy applications by migrating workloads to x86 platforms or the cloud without rewriting or recertifying them. Transform your IT landscape effortlessly. 

Discover the most cost-effective way to avoid the high costs of application migration by looking into Stromasys' emulation solutions.

Experience the Benefits of Legacy Hardware Emulation with Charon®

Lift-and-shift migration is the most cost-effective way to virtualize your legacy systems. Charon emulation software solution lets you extend the lifespan of your legacy applications and operating systems by moving them off aging, expensive legacy hardware and onto safer, more efficient, and secure modern servers either on-premises or in the cloud. And it all happens seamlessly without compromising performance or requiring end-user disruption or retraining.

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Charon-SSP

Charon-SSP emulator software creates a virtual replica of various SPARC family servers running – either on-premises or in the cloud.

Charon-PAR

Charon-PAR emulates a range of historic PA-RISC computers running MPE/ix or HP-UX to run on modern Linux or Windows on modern hardware.

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Charon-VAX

Charon-VAX replaces multiple versions of the VAX family of servers with a virtual equivalent running on modern x86 based hardware.

Charon-AXP

Charon-AXP emulates a wide variety of DEC AlphaServers, allowing the OpenVMS andTrue64 Unix OS and all host applications to run on modern hardware.

Charon-PDP

Charon-PDP creates a virtual replica of the original PDP-11 hardware, allowing the RT-11, RSX-11, RSTS, and other operating systems and all software to run on modern hardware.

Charon on the Cloud

Charon, the first solution to emulate legacy critical systems, is available for Cloud subscription on all major cloud providers.

Test Drive Lift and Shift Migration

Stromasys has helped hundreds of organizations simplify the support and operations of legacy applications for more than 20 years.

Unleash the power of Charon® virtual emulator software for your business, proving potential savings in time, money, and headaches when managing legacy systems.

Stories of Success with Stromasys

Invaluable Resources for Legacy
System Migration

Whitepaper

Eliminate legacy hardware risks and avoid downtime. Learn why waiting for hardware failure is a costly mistake and how to take proactive steps.  

Datasheet

Migrate legacy apps to the cloud in just a matter of a few days. Run your critical workloads without recompiling, recertifying, or remodifying anything.  

eBooks

While often used interchangeably, emulation and virtualization are distinct concepts. Check out this eBook to learn how to use both for your IT goals. 

Transform Your Organization Today With Modern and Efficient Emulation Solutions