Recently, Eric Newcomer, CTO and Principal Analyst, at Intellyx published a new blog that provides insights into planning modernization projects. Below is a snipet from the blog, with a link to the complete article on the Intellyx website.
By Eric Newcomer, CTO and Principal Analyst, Intellyx
The computing landscape has broadened significantly in recent years, with many more types and styles of computers powering new business processes, resulting in the need for organizations to redesign and modernize their existing systems.
IT managers must evaluate and choose the right platform (or platforms) for modernization projects, considering a variety of options, including mainframes, distributed computing architectures, cloud computing, and mobile platforms.
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The recent rapid pace of change highlights the importance of investing in AI, security, and regulatory compliance. Significant IT budget pressures remain, however, due to economic and business fluctuations, and it can be difficult to prioritize modernization projects to incorporate new technologies, especially when trying to demonstrate ROI for projects that may not be production ready yet.
Data remains key across the board, however, both in terms of volume and quality. Increasing volumes of data can flood any existing IT landscape as each new technology and capability adds to the flow. The ability to process, store, and monetize operational data is one of the constant and primary ways to measure success for any strategic IT investment.
New Technologies for Existing Systems
Rather than replace existing systems as part of a modernization effort, it often makes more sense to update them to new versions, instead.
Adding new technologies that complement and extend existing systems is often less expensive and produces more business value for the investment involved than entirely replacing them.
Assessing the capabilities and performance of existing systems is an essential foundation to planning a modernization project. Making sure what’s in place is performing as expected and needed is essential when figuring out what new things you want to include. Be sure to check with your hardware and software vendors, such as Broadcom Mainframe Software for example, to ensure everything in your current environment is ready to take on the next big step.
Read the complete blog on the Intellyx website.
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