In the mainframe world, the term 'legacy' usually refers to an application in which your company or organization has already invested considerable time and money. They are often COBOL or Assembler-based, and have served your organization for decades. In traditional data processing, your windows desktop applications are far removed from these legacy applications which store vast quantities of important operational data. The recurring problem for many organizations is that much of this data that is often locked away and is relatively inaccessible, making it exceedingly difficult and expensive to integrate with other applications. Arbutus Legacy Link is a technology that easily links your applications to virtually any legacy data, regardless of complexity.