Sammons x Rocket COBOL: Growing with .NET, APIs, and Containers

About the webinar

What does modernizing COBOL really look like inside a growing enterprise? In this on-demand webinar, Rocket Software sits down with Brad Curry, Principal Architect at Sammons Financial Group, to share a candid, real-world modernization story.

Sammons supports millions of annuity customers on a large, mission-critical COBOL application. Rather than taking on a risky rewrite, the team focused on rearchitecting with purpose. By combining COBOL with .NET, APIs, and containerization, they unlocked new scalability, improved resilience, and accelerated speed to market, all while protecting proven business logic.

As Brad Curry explains: "A rewrite just brings the same architectural constraints into a new language. Rearchitecture is what enables the business to move forward."
 

What you’ll learn

• How Sammons broke a monolithic COBOL system into composable workloads
• Why APIs and .NET containers became the foundation for scalability and resilience
• How to avoid high-risk, big-bang rewrite projects
• Where GenAI adds value for documentation and application understanding
• How to align modernization decisions with business growth goals

Key takeaways

• Business outcomes should guide modernization, not technology trends
• Incremental changes reduce risk and build organizational buy-in
• COBOL can thrive alongside modern architectures when used intentionally