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IMS to DB2 Conversion: How It Works
Data is one of the largest assets in any business. Accelerating an organization’s ability to share and deliver trusted information is essential to the success of that business. Over 95% of Fortune 1000 companies use IMS, but this old favorite is now squarely in the crosshairs of a big data rivalry.
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10 Commandments of Successful Mainframe Migration
Companies worldwide are targeting the mainframe as an opportunity to reduce IT cost. Rapid, low-risk mainframe migrations to distributed environments are becoming common stories in well-run […]
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How To: VSAM to DB2 Conversion
Don’t let VSAM stand in the way of your DB2 data warehouse. Here’s how to get VSAM data into DB2 the right way.
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Moving Data from ADABAS to Oracle
Advantages of Moving Data from ADABAS to Oracle A broad view of organizational data is vital for management reporting, business intelligence, analytics and decision support. But […]
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How It Works: IMS to Oracle Data Migration
Over 95% of Fortune 1000 companies use IMS, but this old favorite is now squarely in the crosshairs of a big data rivalry.
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Three Essentials for Reducing Risk
When Migrating from CA Gen to C#
Whether migrating management support systems, operations infrastructure or reporting applications, the CA Gen to C# modernization process can be highly complex, risky, expensive and time consuming. Below, we’ll outline three essential techniques you can employ to reduce the risk and complexity around a modernization effort.
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Why Containers Should Make Modernizing Legacy Systems A Top Priority
As the face of technology continues to transform, services such as Docker will continue to drive the cost and complexity of modern computing environments down. In contrast, the cost and complexity of legacy computing environments is steadily on the rise. The diminishing pool of developers capable of maintaining it and the continued challenges with integrating it with the rest of the business will only act to steepen this rising cost trend.
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Perception vs. Reality: Why Hybrid Cloud Rules
In a legacy modernization sense, hybrid cloud is excellent because in a phased, microservices approach of migration through business rules extraction, batch offloading, or even database replication, business functions can be placed in the cloud or on premises at the administrator’s discretion to maximize the effectiveness of that particular service.
If you’re considering a phased approach to modernization or an extraction of business functions from legacy systems as microservices, it is a worthwhile exercise to investigate hybrid cloud and how it might benefit the business as you retire big iron.
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