Best Practices for Mainframe Modernization

Mainframe systems have been the ultimate platform for powerful and secure computing for decades. They provide the core IT infrastructure upon which the world’s preeminent global enterprises and largest governments depend to run their entire operations.

But in recent years, cloud computing platforms have advanced exponentially in power and flexibility, making them no less attractive to enterprise-scale businesses. Cloud platforms’ elastic and infinitely scalable processing can significantly reduce IT infrastructure capital costs while enabling more efficient and responsive operations and development cycles.

Yet, for those organizations that have long relied upon the mainframe for their operations, the excitement generated by the possibility of adopting a comprehensive cloud-first IT strategy is immediately tempered by a hard reality: It is incredibly challenging and disruptive to migrate applications and data from the mainframe to the cloud.

Fortunately, you do not need to choose between mainframe and cloud computing. By focusing on a long-term strategy of coordinated and incremental modernization across both realms, you can purposefully merge their power and advantages while keeping all your strategic and tactical IT options open.

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