Legacy Matters #3

1. Migrate and Modernize CA IDMS and CA ADS

CA IDMS provided a stable, dependable, and robust environment for mainframe applications for many years. Today, however, maintaining IDMS on the mainframe is becoming increasingly difficult and costly. The user base is shrinking, support skills are scarce, and fees are going up. The risks involved in continuing to use IDMS are greater than the risks of modernizing ADS and IDMS applications. With the rising expenses and the mainframe talent shortage, it is essential to explore options to modernize your applications.

Here is why >

2. 6 Reasons Why Government Departments & Agencies Need to Modernize Their Mainframe

If your organization is part of a federal, state, or local government department or agency, chances are your critical operations are supported by a legacy mainframe system. The increasing demand for digital citizen services, escalating costs and mainframe talent shortages, however, are pressuring governments to prioritize mainframe modernization as older legacy investments simply cannot meet the capacity and capability demands of the 21st century.

While the complexity of modernizing applications is undeniable, careful strategy and planning coupled with the right modernization solutions and methodologies can help agency leaders to succeed in making the transformation with manageable effort and risk.

Here are some of the benefits that government agencies can expect >

3. Walter's World Podcast

Hear Walter Sweat, CTO of Astadia, in conversation with Richard Baird, VP and CTO of Core Enterprise and zCloud – Kyndryl as they explore the common issues faced by organizations reliant on mainframes, the part mainframes will play in the future, and how IT administrators can generate profits from their existing legacy systems.

Listen here >

4. Coming Soon: Mainframe modernization Webinars You Should Not Miss

We are joining forces with global technology companies to equip IT and business leaders with the know-how they need when designing a mainframe modernization and cloud migration roadmap.?In November, join us for two insighful webinars:?

?? Beyond Legacy: The Road to Mainframe Modernization

Learn how to use software intelligence to get a better understanding of your legacy applications, strategies for addressing the talent skills gap, tips for post-migration and long-term modernization, and the influence of generative AI on IT and legacy application development. Register here >

?? Testing is Risk Mitigation in Mainframe Modernization

Where do mainframe migrations go wrong? How can testing address this? And how can this process be entirely automated? Join Mario Mees, Managing Director at Astadia, Benoit Durand, Vice President at Kyndryl, and Venkat Ramakrishnan, Senior Technical Program Manager at Azure Engineering to learn how to remove risk of mainframe migration with the best use of testing.?

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