Customer issues with outdated IT applications

Do you have a portfolio of legacy applications running on a mainframe?

Is your organization running older IBM mainframes? Are you faced with a hardware decision?

Are you having problems finding and retaining qualified mainframe engineers?

Has the maintenance and enhancement of these applications become expensive, difficult, and time-consuming?

Would you like to move to new platforms without losing your large investment in business rules?

Do you want to lower your monthly software license costs, or switch from older platforms to one with better price-performance?

Characteristics of a legacy IT application

Long standing application (> 10 years)

Covers the core business functionalities and specific customer needs

Very huge applications (several millions of lines of code)

Mission-critical applications (MRP-365x24 hours)

Peak load

No longer supported hardware/software environments and its costs

Solution options

Replacing with a package

Rehosting

Rewrite

Migrating via an automated toolset

Redesign, new development

Advantages of an automated migration

Reduced costs of operations (TCO)

Maximized ROI

Preservation of core business functionality

Running application on the latest technology platform

Case study: 5M line of code within 18 months