Migrating from the mainframe

Many companies share an interest in making mainframe migration easier and more efficient for customers. The Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) brings these companies together to inform businesses about the benefits of mainframe migration and help them transform their IT into a strategic asset.

Thirty or so years ago, the mainframe was the only way to achieve a highly scalable, highly reliable platform for a company’s most mission critical applications. But we’ve come a long way since the birth of the mainframe, and all that scalability and reliability is now easily attainable via Windows, at a fraction of the cost of a mainframe.

In addition to the price of equipment, several other facets of the Windows environment can contribute to efficiencies and reduced cost: the supplier limitations of the mainframe are simply not there in a Windows environment, which offers boundless choice of products and suppliers. The greying pool of mainframe developers also means that Windows far surpasses the mainframe in terms of supportability, and most users, whether end users or developers, are familiar with working in a Windows environment.

When you consider these facts, it becomes crucial to consider Windows as a viable alternative to the mainframe.

Please review the articles and resources listed below for more information on migrating from mainframe systems to the Microsoft Windows platform. We hope you find this helpful, along with additional information and resources that are available at www.mainframemigration.org.

 

15 July 2010 Cross-industry

Migrating from the mainframe

Experts say high-powered processors and mature software are propelling an enterprise movement away from mainframes, even for the most critical applications.

24 May 2010 Cross-industry

Migrating to SharePoint 2010

OnWindows spoke to Jon King, Microsoft technical lead at Parity, about how his company is helping companies migrate to SharePoint 2010.

24 May 2010 Cross-industry

Alchemy updates migration products

Alchemy Solutions, provider of legacy modernisation solutions, has upgraded three of its modernise-as-you-migrate products.

19 May 2010 Financial services

Financial mainframe migration

Ron Langer explores the value of moving to Microsoft Windows.

18 May 2010 Cross-industry

Metalogix enables SharePoint migration

Metalogix Software, one of the leading providers of solutions for Microsoft SharePoint migration, management, and archiving as well as Exchange migration and archiving, has released SharePoint Site Manager 2010.

17 May 2010 Cross-industry

HP launches SharePoint 2010 tools

HP has introduced services, software, documentation, and tools to support business collaboration for clients using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

20 April 2010 Financial services

Shinhan Bank embraces Windows 7

Shinhan Bank has successfully tested and begun deployment of Windows 7 to its large network of branch offices in Korea to help address its data security and desktop performance needs.

6 April 2010 Financial services

Unitrin Direct moves to Windows

Unitrin Direct has successfully migrated its policy administration system from a mainframe system to a Microsoft Windows platform.

26 March 2010 Cross-industry

SharePoint 2010 proves popular

Metalogix Software has released the results of a recent survey, which shows strong plans for current SharePoint users to migrate to SharePoint 2010.

22 March 2010 Cross-industry

Alchemy provides migration support

Alchemy Solutions has announced the first three workshops in a series designed to inform European enterprises about modernising mainframe applications.

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