Published: 17 March 2022
This 2-minute Consult the Board survey summary features inputs from 27 members regarding the future scope of mainframes. It represents members’ current position relative to mainframes and the lessons learned in the process of transitioning away from on-premises mainframes.
What strategies are members pursuing for applications that are on the mainframe today?
Most respondents(7 of 13) that continue to operate a mainframe environment are decomposing their current mainframe applications and moving toward a combination of mainframe and cloud services working together as a “partial re-platform strategy.”
Almost an equal number of respondents are decommissioning their mainframe applications (6 of 13) or re-architecting and re-coding mainframe applications for cloud platforms (5 respondents).
The majority ofrespondents (6 of 10) use consultants or third-party providers to help in assessing their current setup and/or support their transition while retaining applications from an on-premises
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