The document describes CAST Highlight, a software tool for rapidly analyzing application portfolios. It works by analyzing source code for patterns that indicate problems, detecting these patterns, and generating metrics and visualizations to provide insights into technical risks, costs, and priorities across an organization's application portfolio. The implementation process involves application owners uploading source code which is then analyzed and results are viewed on a secure dashboard.

1. RAPID PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
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)

2. CAST – Leadership in IT Software Analytics
CAST is driving
CAST is the
LEADER
in the business IT space.
CAST is the
DE FACTO
standard for measuring quality
and productivity.
CAST should be the
SLA BASIS
for software quality
in ADM vendor contracts.
CAST is the leading
TECHNOLOGY
of its kind.
STANDARDS
adoption for robustness, security, efficiency,
maintainability and automated function points.

3. 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
Analyze 100+ custom apps in a week
without moving your source code.
“CAST HIGHLIGHT is easy to use.”
Chris Carlson, Director, SITA

4. 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.

5. What is the implementation process?
Executive sends email generated by
CAST HIGHLIGHT to application owners
with simple instructions.
ANALYZE INITIATE
INSIGHT
• 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
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.

6. Technology coverage
• ABAP
• C
• C++
• C#
• Cobol
• Java
• JavaScript
• Ksh
• Nsdk
• Objective C
• PHP
• PL/SQL
• PL1
• TSQL
• VB
• VB6

7. 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."
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"Ideal to estimate priority,
complexity and risks!"
"Easy to implement across
several of our clients."

8. 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.
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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.

9. 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

10. Top down visibility
EVALUATE YOUR PORTFOLIO’S HEALTH AT A GLANCE
GET KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN A SINGLE DASHBOARD

11. Insight into technical risks
QUICKLY SPOT SHORT TERM RISK OF SYSTEMS LIKELY TO FAIL
GET ACCESS TO STANDARD SIZING METRICS AND OBJECTIVE SCORING

12. Drill down into type and severity of risks
KEY RISK DETAILS BY APPLICATION AND TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
ASSESS APPLICATION HEALTH COMPARED TO INDUSTRY AVERAGES

13. Align business and IT
IDENTIFY BUSINESS-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS WITH TECHNICAL VULNERABILITIES
CAST HIGHLIGHT COMBINES CODE ANALYSIS WITH A CUSTOMIZABLE SURVEY

14. Technology & inventory profile
VIEW YOUR PORTFOLIO’S TECHNOLOGY PROFILE, AGE, AND SIZE OF SYSTEMS
DRILL DOWN TO THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BASED ON EACH LANGUAGE

15. Software maintenance effort
COMPARE THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE FOR AN APP AGAINST THE ESTIMATE
IDENTIFY WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE UNDER- OR OVER-RESOURCED

16. Financial impact of risk
EVALUATE YOUR TECHNICAL DEBT PROFILE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO
DRILL DOWN TO ASSESS TECHNICAL DEBT PER APPLICATION

17. All your systems in one view
GET A SUMMARY OF EVERY SYSTEM IN YOUR PORTFOLIO RANKED BY RISK INDICATORS
FILTER RESULTS BY TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS UNIT AND ASSESSMENTS

18. 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
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