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Executive FAQ

What exactly is Nova?​

Nova is a third-party platform that modernizes the Ingenium life-insurance core (legacy COBOL on AIX). It integrates with your existing system and upgrades it in stages — it does not replace or modify your Ingenium licence or source. You keep your business logic, data, and full IP ownership.

Has this been done before?​

Yes. Nova is proven in production from a real AIX-to-Linux migration completed in ~9 months, where deployment time for a representative change moved from around 3 hours to about 20 minutes with a planned downtime window of about 5 minutes per deployment. (Client details are confidential; we can walk through an anonymized case under NDA.)

Is this a full core replacement?​

No. Nova is staged modernization. It protects your existing Ingenium logic and gives you a controlled path forward, one phase at a time, with rollback at each step.

Do we have to move to the cloud?​

No. The Foundation phase moves Ingenium from AIX to Linux, which can be on-premise, hybrid, or cloud — your choice.

How quickly can we see value?​

A 6-week, Windows-first POC can demonstrate the build-and-deploy improvement and produce a board-ready evidence pack, followed by an included 6-month trial period for extended evaluation.

What is the risk compared to big-bang programs?​

Much lower. Nova isolates scope, proves value early on your own system, and keeps every step reversible — instead of a multi-year all-or-nothing replacement.

What should be in the first board update?​

  • The before/after build-and-deploy baseline from the POC
  • POC scope and governance model
  • Decision gates and investment scenarios for the next phase
  • Risks, dependencies, and mitigation ownership