PSA Peugeot Citroën chose Virtel to web-enable a mainframe application with record ROI THE CUSTOMER PSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot, Citroën and DS brands. PSA, with 2.9 million units pro- duced per year, is the second largest European automaker, and the ninth largest in the world. THE CHALLENGE The “Occasions du Lion” (ODL) portal, that lets PSA dealers register their used cars and locate vehicles up for sale, is run by a complex COBOL/CICS/DB2 main- frame business applications. In order to lower the development costs, avoid operational disruptions and secure a high ROI, PSA needed ODL to be accessible via Internet browsers: • Without changing the underlying application code • Without altering the application functi

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