This executive brief gives an overview of a modernization strategy chosen by many organizations with business-critical applications running on mainframes that are looking to significantly reduce operational costs, enable increased focus on innovation and reduce time-to-market of new solutions and features. Migrating applications to more contemporary platforms is a proven modernization strategy that helps reduce costs, while enabling IT to become more agile in supporting the business. The paper explores modernization drivers, options and benefits, discusses a proven mainframe migration approach and concludes with a number of case studies.
TLeading the Evolution
Executive Brief
Enterprise Application
migration and
ModernizationOverview of a proven modernization strategy for organizations with business-critical applications running on mainframes who are looking to significantly reduce operational costs, enable increased focus on innovation and reduce time-to-market of new solutions and features.TLeading the Evolution
Executive Brief
Enterprise Application migration and Modernization
Executive Summary Business Drivers and BenefitsMainframe environments have historically been the natural Many enterprise organizations face significant challenges in choice to run mission-critical business applications. Despite the maintaining and expanding their business while managing cost, some organizations will continue to do so because their costs. Application migration and modernization is a proven IT strategy is centered on these proven, resilient servers and the strategy to address the following challenges:cost per business transaction is sustainable by their business. Reduce overall annual hardware and software expenditureHowever, many organizations are reviewing the business Improve time-to-market of new products and featuresapplications running on their mainframe environments with a view to modernizing the applications, the environments, or Minimize disruption to business continuityboth. A common contributing factor is very high operating costs per unit of processing, with the net result that it may no longer Deliver systems that can be adapted rapidly to exploit new make business sense to use the mainframe to run all business opportunitiestransactions. Many factors can influence the timing of any migration initiative, Often, it can be financially advantageous to migrate some or all such as an impending hardware contract lease or renewal, of these business functions to lower-cost environments where the consideration of a mainframe upgrade or addition, or an the same business functions can be delivered but at a better increase in already significant annual operational costs. In price/performance ratio. addition to the financial considerations, IT considerations can also play a significant role. If a lack of contemporary technology In the current economic environment, cutting costs while is prohibiting IT flexibility then the business itself is affected. remaining competitive at the same time is a commercial imperative as businesses are seeking to deliver more value from Cost Reductiontheir investment in IT. In the current economic climate, every organization is focused Migrating applications to more contemporary platforms is a on reducing costs. Application migration delivers cost proven modernization strategy that helps reduce costs, while reductions by enabling IT to:enabling IT to become more agile in supporting the business going forward. Postpone or completely avoid impending mainframe hardware and software upgrade fees by redeploying the This executive brief will explore why mainframe application complete portfolio, or a subset of applications, to lower cost migration enables organizations to successfully modernize their platformsbusiness systems by discussing the following topics: Reduce or completely remove annual mainframe hardware Business drivers and benefits and software leasing fees by moving some or all applications to a new environment Choosing a modernization strategy Shut down the in-house mainframe and benefit from lower A proven mainframe migration approach annual maintenance and support fees for all hardware and Case studies software used to develop, test and deploy these applications Executive Brief | Enterprise Application Migration and Modernization
Improving Time-to-Market Choosing a Modernization StrategyCompetitiveness is more acute during an economic downturn There are a number of options available for organizations - every piece of business won against competition is vital. A considering how to modernize existing enterprise applications:key method to improve market positioning is accelerating the speed at which new features, products and solutions can be Re-engineering or "rip and replace". This was once made available. Application migration enables organizations to considered a favored approach but history has shown that improve time-to-market through: the majority of re-e... [download for more]
