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The Business Case for Mainframe Modernization
- Gartner states that organizations that start Mainframe modernization by 2027 will spend 50% less on Mainframe IT operations compared to peers who haven't started their journey.
- Key drivers for Mainframe modernization:
- High costs of maintaining Mainframe hardware and software
- Increasing risks of the aging workforce managing these applications
- Technical debt of the legacy applications
- The most important factor is driving business innovation and agility.
Industries Undergoing Mainframe Modernization
- Financial services: Changing customer interactions and experiences.
- Automotive: Transition to electric vehicles and personalized experiences.
- Travel and tourism: Changing reservation and check-in processes.
Mainframe Modernization Approaches
- Rehost, retain, and retire: Optimize the Mainframe or rehost it in third-party data centers.
- Integrate around the Mainframe: Build APIs, integrate with web/mobile, and extract data for cloud-based solutions.
- Refactor, re-platform, and reimagine: Fully modernize and exit the Mainframe.
The Reimagine Approach
- Reimagine involves completely rethinking the business experiences and operations, not just the technology stack.
- It introduces the most change to both the business and technology.
- Requires end-to-end automation to manage the complexity and risk.
Accelerating Mainframe Modernization with Gen
- The 3D model: Discover the current state, design the future state, and deliver, validate, and run.
- Foundational models and LLMs provide the building blocks, but specialized agents are needed.
- The agentic framework orchestrates the end-to-end modernization process.
Marriott's Digital Transformation Journey
- Marriott's history and evolution of their technology architecture.
- Mainframe footprint and scale at Marriott.
- Marriott's approach to their Mainframe modernization journey:
- Discovery phase: Defining the business and technology vision.
- Architecture and design phase: Platform-based approach and automation.
- Execution phase: Scaled Agile, MVP-based, and embracing Gen.
- Marriott's target state architecture and use of Gen.
- Learnings from Marriott's transformation journey.
AWS Mainframe Modernization Offerings
- AWS's history of innovating for Mainframe customers.
- The three pillars: Technology, people, and processes.
- AWS's ecosystem of Gen services and tools to accelerate Mainframe modernization.