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In the digital age, an increasing number of companies that have relied on the mainframe for decades find themselves compelled to modernize their application landscape. The agility and scalability of the existing solution simply no longer meet the new requirements. We will explain when modernization is necessary, outline the available approaches, and demonstrate how we can assist you with the AWS Mainframe Modernization Service.
Mainframe modernization has become an urgent necessity for businesses seeking agility, scalability, and cost efficiency.
By migrating to the AWS platform, companies can enhance security, leverage robust disaster recovery strategies, and ensure continuous vendor support. Additionally, AWS provides reliable and responsive access to mainframe applications and data, meeting the stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of typical mainframe environments.
With the AWS Mainframe Modernization Service, mainframe-centric organizations can accelerate their modernization initiatives with a comprehensive set of tools and services.
Mainframe workloads can be seamlessly migrated to the cloud, allowing your business to benefit from the scalability, reliability, and security of AWS.
The service provides access to an extensive portfolio of mainframe tools, deployed in a cloud-native fashion and consumable under a pay-as-you-go model.
Die Gründe für eine Modernisierung sind vielfältig und werden von der Organisation und den Zielen eines Unternehmens beeinflusst.
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The reliability of mainframes comes with high maintenance and licensing costs. Modernization can lead to significant cost savings and efficiency improvements. Thanks to modern technologies, there is no need to compromise on reliability.
Mainframes, and especially legacy applications, often struggle to process the significantly increased data volumes of today and adapt flexibly to changing business requirements. Through modernization, companies can leverage the scalability and flexibility of the cloud to respond flexibly and promptly to market demands.
Integration capability and interoperability of legacy applications are usually only achievable through expensive and inflexible detours. Modernization enables seamless integration with adjacent subsystems, facilitating efficient data exchange throughout the company's ecosystem.
As qualified mainframe specialists retire, companies often struggle to find adequate replacements. It is essential to close the emerging skills gap and bring new talents on board. Modernization allows companies to transition to more modern technologies, attracting a broader talent pool.
Our experts support you in collaboratively developing a modernization path optimized for your mainframe landscape. Below, we present the fundamental options. To meet your specific requirements, these can also be combined as needed.
With the Retain approach, companies can retain the core business logic and functionality of their existing mainframe system while optimizing performance, security, and compliance using third-party managed services.
Replatforming, or "lift and reshape," involves optimizing mainframe applications during migration to take advantage of cloud-native services.
This approach, also known as "Rearchitecting," involves redesigning and modernizing applications to fully leverage cloud-native capabilities. While offering the highest level of agility, scalability, and cost efficiency, this approach requires extensive changes to the application code.
The Rebuilding approach involves recreating applications using modern development frameworks, languages, and tools. While offering the highest level of agility and flexibility, this approach requires significant investments in the redevelopment of applications.
In the Replace approach, legacy software is replaced with a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solution. This is cost-effective as it eliminates the need for custom development and maintenance.
Behind this is the relocation of mainframe workloads to cost-effective locations using third-party managed services.
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This refers to the decommissioning or phasing out of existing mainframe systems that are no longer needed or considered obsolete.
Storm Reply relies on a unique combination: in addition to the expertise of our migration specialists, we harness the skills of our cloud-native software developers to support mainframe-centric organizations. The synergies unleashed ensure that your migration to AWS enables a holistic transformation.
By deploying best practices and leveraging the AWS Migration Acceleration Program for Mainframe, our approaches are proven and cost-effective. As an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, Storm Reply assists you in migrating your legacy mainframe workloads to the cloud, making your core applications future-proof and more competitive.
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