Internet-based computing, popularly known as cloud computing, has quickly become more than just marketing hype. Real companies are using it every day to speed up transactions, outsource distracting bits of technology, and give themselves more business agility than ever before.
While the cloud is truly becoming an integrated part of our IT infrastructure, an important set of systems is commonly left behind. Mainframe systems, despite their intrinsic value, are often considered less “friendly” to the cloud than other, more open systems. That’s understandable because mainframe applications, by design, keep their legacy data and logic locked up, even when it’s sorely needed elsewhere.
This paper presents the business case for cloud-connecting legacy data and discusses different legacy modernization methods (including top-down approach, mainframe modification, and mainframe-web interface installation) for getting the job done. It also walks you through a zero-impact approach to cloud-enabling mainframe applications.
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