
CAST Software is a leading provider of software intelligence solutions that help organizations understand, improve, and transform their complex software systems. With a focus on application modernization, cloud migration, and technical debt management, CAST offers a suite of powerful tools designed to give executives and practitioners deep insights into their software's inner workings.
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- CAST Highlight
CAST Highlight is an AI-powered software analytics platform that provides leaders with a comprehensive view of their application portfolio. It offers insights into software health, cloud maturity, software composition, and green impact. The tool helps organizations lower maintenance costs, optimize resource allocation, reduce technical debt, and improve cloud migration strategies. CAST Highlight supports over 50 technologies and features customizable dashboards, instant drilldowns, REST APIs, and CI/CD plug-ins. It enables quick operational setup across all applications and provides automatic recommendations for priority actions, focusing on critical security vulnerabilities and IP licensing exposures. The platform also addresses green software development, identifying code deficiencies that impact CO2 emissions while improving costs, performance, and resiliency. CAST Highlight serves as an application control tower, offering a single, integrated view for effective decision-making and portfolio management.
- CAST Imaging
CAST Imaging is a software intelligence tool that automatically reverse-engineers and visualizes the inner workings of complex software applications. It creates an interactive map of all code elements, data objects, and their relationships across 150+ languages and frameworks. This living knowledge base enables developers, architects, and managers to quickly understand, navigate, and analyze application structures, facilitating faster learning, efficient change management, and informed modernization decisions. CAST Imaging offers features like application mapping, transaction path visualization, impact analysis, and built-in team collaboration. It supports both cloud-based (SaaS) and on-premise deployments, with the ability to handle applications up to 60 million lines of code. The tool integrates with AI for enhanced explanations and includes specialized Advisors for modernization and migration guidance, making it an invaluable asset for organizations managing complex software ecosystems.
- CAST SBOM Manager
CAST SBOM Manager is a comprehensive software solution designed for software product owners, release managers, and compliance specialists. It automates the creation of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to ensure software compliance with US and EC regulatory requirements. The tool offers a simple 3-step process for generating accurate and complete SBOMs, eliminating the need for manual spreadsheet management. Users can instantly create SBOMs from various sources, gain immediate insights through a dashboard view, define proprietary components, manage component data and license information, navigate file structures visually, and access security vulnerability details. CAST SBOM Manager supports multiple SBOM formats for export and import, allowing customization for different audiences. It streamlines the SBOM creation process, providing a powerful solution for organizations seeking to maintain compliance and efficiently manage their software components.
- CAST Services
CAST Services offers comprehensive software intelligence solutions to help organizations assess, deploy, and optimize their software assets. These services include technical due diligence, modernization support, cloud migration assistance, product deployment, and strategic advisory. CAST provides training and self-paced learning opportunities to enhance understanding of their products and software intelligence best practices. The company also offers operational support tailored to each organization's needs and ensures clients stay up-to-date with the latest developments in software intelligence. By leveraging CAST's expertise, businesses can gain valuable insights into their software assets, improve decision-making processes, and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives.
- CAST SQG
CAST SQG (Software Quality Guard) is an advanced software analysis tool that leverages CAST's extensive experience in deep, semantic software analysis. It maps every code element, data structure, and dependency within multi-tier, multi-technology applications. SQG focuses on identifying and removing technical debt, with the insight that 90% of tech debt stems from just 8% of code. This tool is designed to help organizations improve their software quality, reliability, and efficiency by pinpointing the most critical areas for improvement. CAST SQG provides a comprehensive view of an application's structure, allowing developers and managers to make informed decisions about code optimization and maintenance. By targeting the most impactful areas of technical debt, CAST SQG enables organizations to achieve significant improvements in software quality with minimal effort.