Complex applications running on mainframes has long been the strategy used by successful enterprises to power their most critical business processes, but in recent years, more and more companies are making changes in that approach. Many enterprises are looking to provide open access and integration of their critical mainframe applications and data with the rest of their commodity IT systems so that those applications and data are available for use anywhere across their operations, providing more flexibility and broader business insights. 

These realignments have come as IT infrastructures have changed over time, including the advent of public cloud, Agile development processes, DevOps, and cloud-native approaches. These changes parallel ongoing shortages of mainframe system programmers and other issues. 

These trends and updated architecture requirements have inspired enterprise IT leaders to dive into mainframe modernization, where new technologies are allowing them to replatform critical mainframe applications to run on standard hardware that leverages new coding languages, processes, and technologies that better align with business requirements. These IT leaders are still running mainframes for certain business-critical tasks but now get the best of both worlds: the reliability of their core mainframes and the flexibility of modern applications on commodity hardware to take advantage of new capabilities.

OpenText brings to mainframe modernization an established, industry-leading mainframe modernization platform, tools, and expertise that has empowered a broad range of customers to make the transition to a more dynamic application landscape.

In our latest research brief, How Mainframe Modernization Begins With Application Modernization, done in partnership with OpenText, we analyze how the company’s application modernization software platforms can help busy enterprises make these changes and improvements in their own IT infrastructures.

This brief provides details about:

• Mainframe and application modernization practices 
• Application replatforming and how it works
• How mainframe and application modernization can attract new workers in tough labor markets
• Why enterprises are seeking application modernization to re-energize their IT infrastructures

For enterprises that want to join the mainframe application modernization revolution, OpenText’s platforms are a powerful way to bring major business process and operational improvements without having to rebuild and rewrite critical legacy mainframe applications. 

If you are interested in learning more, download your copy of OpenText’s How Mainframe Modernization Begins With Application Modernization report today.